Author Archives: Richard Graham

2011 Ninja Bootcamps

After the success of last year’s ย “Ninja Bootcamps” (basically where you get to teach in front of everyone!) I’ve decided to move all this summers’ workshops to “Ninja” format. Doing the 1 day workshops was fine, but the teachers who really weren’t up to standard motivation wise I felt were really hindering you guys, the…

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Draw Off!

This week’s game comes from Michael Jeffcoat in Hong Kong, it’s a very cool reward game! I have never seen this game fail to actually (as hard it may be to believe) get the whole class engaged. Even my 11/10 yr old girls in Hong Kong really get into it!! This is an excellent motivator…

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Sorry I forgot!

Sorry, I forgot to upload the video the other day. Here it is: P.S. ย I’ve also added a British English version of the School Subjects song. ย And I’ve also uploaded British English versions of the mini cards and flashcards. ย (Along with the US ones as well of course! ) Check all the printables out here:ย https://genkienglish.net/schoolsubjects.htm…

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Donโ€™t forget your โ€ฆ. card game

Margit put up a request on the Wishlist forum for Summer Clothes mini cards but with one thing “forgotten” from each one, so you can use them to practice “Don’t forget your …. ” As I was just in the process of making the minicards they were a very timely request. Here you go, enjoy!…

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Pirates of the Caribbean Shapes Game!

This is a fun little game to get younger kids into doing Englishย presentations. As a fun way of introducing the vocab in the new Shapes Lesson (free demo here!) , you tell the kids (in their own language of course) “Did you hear? ย Jack Sparrow’s getting a new hat! What shape do you think it…

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If you’re thinking of getting just 1 Genki English volume … this is it!

Thank you to everyone for all the amazing vol. 11 feedback last week, it was amazing! Check out some of the comments below: What can I say Richardโ€ฆ!ย SIMPLY FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ย The kids will love itโ€ฆBaby Monkey is a real superstar! – Nena I absolutely love itโ€ฆ interesting subjects and fun songsโ€ฆ the kids are getting addicted! –…

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