Author Archives: Richard Graham

So proud of my advanced students!!

πŸ‘ Very proud of my students who just completed this year’s Advanced Genki English Course! This year we had students from France, Ukraine, Israel, Afghanistan & Korea – you were all AMAZING!!! 21 Books in 21 Days plus all the journaling and video calls is a huge challenge and you all aced it!!   P.S….

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Christmas Freeze Game

Here’s a really simple and fun Christmas game! 1. Play some Christmas music as the kids dance around the classroom. 2. Β Stop the music. 3. The kids have to shout out the question you want to practice, Β “What would you like for Christmas?” is a great one or “What can you see?” or “What do…

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Memorization Monday!

Good morning! It’s Memorization Monday today. Β So I just brought back, just for today, what seems like my most popular Masterclass on Memorization.Β  I go through all the techniques I went through as a student (that’s basically the main focus for a Grammar school education in the UK!) and lots of techniques that you can…

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Quick Christmas Games!

If you celebrate Christmas it can be a really easy way to raise the fun factor and of hence attention of the kids. Β  I just moved my top “Quick Christmas Games” to the main Christmas page along with all the Christmas lesson plans. Β  Enjoy! Be genki, Richard P.S. Β If you want more classroom…

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πŸ™ Today is Giving Tuesday!

Hello, The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is called “Giving Tuesday.” The idea is that after the gratitude of Thanksgiving and the crazy commercialism of the day after, Β then we have a day to give back. At Genki English we do this throughout the year, Β in the past supporting many projects throughout the world from workshops in…

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A.I. is replacing teachers, which is a good thing and also something to watch out for!

Β  Too many kids in the world are still suffering through really boring lessons. And look how many graduate from English classes without being able to say a word! A decade ago students started turning to Youtube to help, which has led to empty university lecture theaters and billions of views for kids channels. In…

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