Author Archives: Richard Graham

OK, I give in!

OK, I give in…. I wasn’t really wanting to do any more of them, but I’ve had so many requests to include more songs into the HipHopEnglish.com pages that I’m just about to go out and buy Native Instruments Maschine… Which means I should be able to belt out a few more hip hop tracks…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/ok-i-give-in/

Circle My Clothes

Here’s Mido Farid’s game for this week, it makes a great bridge between the Summer Clothes and Winter Clothes theme, and also includes a touch of weather vocab! 1. Β Put flashcards of both Summer andΒ Winter Clothes on the board. 2. One kid from each team comes to the front with their back to the board….

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/circle-my-clothes/

Lesson of the Week: Eat! Drink! Dance!

After the Easter and Golden Week holidays let’s start off with a really simple lesson of the week to ease our way into things: Eat! Drink! Dance! Judging by the comments from teachers this has proved to be really popular. Β MyΒ nieceΒ also really loves it! You can also use it to teach …. Simple Present Tense…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/lesson-of-the-week-eat-drink-dance/

World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements

Elizabeth just sent in this great link to teacher John Hunter’s TED talk on his amazing World Peace game. As a teacher you’ll also get two great takeaways on: 1) What to teach 2) How to control a class The thing is I can’t actually find anywhere where you can get the game, does anyone…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/world-peace-and-other-4th-grade-achievements/

Darts!

Here’s Mido Farid’s game of the week, this time for any level, right up to high school! SUMMARY . Just like the real game except that you use markers instead of darts (andΒ you don’t throw the markers). . SET–UP . 1. Draw a bulls-eye like the one above on the board. 2. Divide the class…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/darts/

Where to start with Genki English? Easy as 1,2,3

A very nice lady came up to me in Starbucks today saying how she’d just bought the Teacher’s Set and was now relocating to Tohoku, Japan to help the tsunami damaged communities up there. But … she said she was a bit overwhelmed with all the Genki English material and didn’t really know where to…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/where-to-start-with-genki-english-easy-as-123/