Author Archives: Richard Graham

New Game: Dice Attack!

This is a great game I heard from Diep at the ACET meeting the other day.  Their next meeting is October 2nd and for 1,500 yen you get a ton of great ideas! So…  today we have “Dice Attack”: 1. Spread out the mini cards for today’s theme e.g. Happy Halloween. 2. The first student…

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Genki English & College Kids

A lot of teachers think that Genki English songs are just for grade school (years 1 to 12) kids. But just look at the all the comments my latest track has got on Youtube. This is so addictive..! 😀  Great way to learn! (25 thumbs up!) This made me laugh 🙂 great i love it….

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Top 3 ways to reward *great* teachers

Thanks for all the great comments on the post the other day – it is so good to hear from so many really great teachers. It’s often easy to get caught up in the bad side of government schools (“Bad teachers can’t be fired” etc. ) but it’s always better to “criticise by creating”  and…

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Teaching Retired People English

Helen wrote in asking: Hello again Richard, I’ve started teaching an elderly person English who has a good understanding but is a bit timid . Any ideas!  I can’t really see her doing the disco warm-up!!! Many thanks Here’s my reply: From what I’ve experienced, retirees tend to fall into two camps, one are the…

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Bill Gates & Seth Godin on Why School is Broken

School is broken and we need to change it.  That’s what Genki English is all about. Instead of “sit down, shut up” we need questions as the curriculum, instead of “chalk and talk” we need songs & games, we need positive rules and generally more “Genki” – meaning “energetic”, “exciting” and “full of life” – energy into class….

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/bill-gates-seth-godin-on-why-school-is-broken/

Spider Preposition A4 Cards

Hello, Today I have some brand new A4 prepositions cards for you. They go with the “Where is the spider?” lesson. Enjoy! P.S.  Regulars may know what’s coming soon ….. 😉    Non regulars might want to pick up a Download Pack ASAP…

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