Author Archives: Richard Graham

πŸŽƒ πŸ‘» What’s new for Halloween 2024?

I think I do have to stop making all these Halloween things, so far this year we’ve had 13 new Halloween stories, new Halloween jokes, a Halloween alphabet ( & song!), Halloween idioms and a brand new, very dramatic, song for the Halloween adjectives!! Plus last year’s pumpkin verbs & scary monsterΒ & all the classic…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/whats-new-for-halloween-2024/

Illustrated Halloween Idioms!

Idioms ( those funky English phrases that don’t quite mean what you think they mean!) are always in demand from intermediate & more advanced students! This week I’ve been working on a few Halloween themed ones: And here are the pdf posters: I’m still working on them but you can click above and watch in…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/illustrated-halloween-idioms/

My Youtube is going crazy: How to recruit new students on Social Media!

I hope you’re doing well! I’ve been having a crazy week because my Youtube has been going a bit bananas! Now most of this is complete luck ( just like getting the 2m+ views on Instagram this year or the crazy millions of views on the Genki English Tik Tok) Β but ….. there are some…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/my-youtube-is-going-crazy-how-to-recruit-new-students-on-social-media/

🎢 Advanced Song/Stories: “The Skeleton’s Halloween Costume”

I know I’m uploading too many Halloween ideas. And I know this is far too advanced for beginner students ( check out the regular curriculum for that!) But …. I’m so excited about this that I just had to upload it today! You know how I’ve been putting short stories on my Instagram, yeah? Well,…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/advanced-song-stories-the-skeletons-halloween-costume/

Genki English Cute Halloween Alphabet!

(You can also see this song on Tik Tok,Β InstagramΒ or Facebook as well as Youtube above!)Β  The problem with October is that I come up with lots of ideas but there isn’t enough class time to use them all! This morning I had the idea of doing a Halloween Alphabet. But instead of “scary” I wanted…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-english-cute-halloween-alphabet/

πŸ¦‡ “The Bat Who Was Afraid of the Dark” & 13 other new Halloween Stories

It is the spooky season. πŸ‘» Β I never used to teach Halloween but it is now such a huge part of UK and US culture – especially for kids – that we really have no choice! The cool thing is that we can use all that spooky power to teach all the English we need…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/the-bat-who-was-afraid-of-the-dark-13-other-new-halloween-stories/