Author Archives: Richard Graham

Bonus Rooms of the House game!

Here’s a quick little bonus games you can use with the animated flash cards in the Genki English software… And here’s the song … The “students” came up with their own gestures. ย You can find the song & software in the Teacher’s Set. What do you think?

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/bonus-rooms-of-the-house-game/

School Subjects Song

Here’s a new School Subjects song for you. The question is, should this version be the one forย Volume 11 or is it a bit too “hip hop”? What do you think? P.S. ย Yes, I still intend to keep the “In Baby Monkey’s School” song to combine days and subjects after the individual songs!

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/school-subjects-song/

Genki … as in Star Wars

I watched the new Karate Kid movie last night (it’s pretty good.) In it Jackie Chan tries to explain the Chinese meaning of ๆฐฃ chi. ย He tries to explain it in lots of oriental sounding ways like the flow of your internal energy. And Jaden Smith comes out with “Oh, you might like the Force,…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-as-in-star-wars/

What did you say…? Game

Here’s a great game we use with the Genki English card game for communication practice, and getting people out of their shells. ย It works just as well for adults and for kids and is even better with a huge class! (If you’re on email and can’t see the video, click here!) What do you think?

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/what-did-you-say-game/

ICT: Monsters, Robots & Tons of Great Resources + New Days of the Week Song

Marรญa in Spain has just sent in this amazing ICT / English project she’s done with Monsters &ย Robots The best thing is you get to see what the kids have actually done, check out the links at the end! An ICT project for Monsters /ย Robots and body parts (and maybe shapes!) Task # 1. Draw…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/ict-monsters-robots-tons-of-great-resources/

Phonics Gestures!

Update: ย Videos of all the gestures here! I’ve had quite a few people writing in for the full set of gestures to the new Genki Phonics course. I’m still working on refining a few of them, but here’s the list at the moment. s superhero a (bite an) apple t tea p penguin i in…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/phonics-gestures/