Author Archives: Richard Graham

Viaduct Basin – γ‚ͺークランド

Here’s a clip from Auckland’s Viaduct Basin Harbour. Tonight it’s my birthday so we’re going to the big Maori show in Rotorua!

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Simple Valentine’s Games

If you want to use Valentine’s Day to spruce up your lessons this month …. Left & Right Dates First of all do the Β “Left and right” themeΒ  then …. 1. Pin up pictures of famous celebrities on the board. 2. One student is blindfolded at the back of the class. 3. The rest of…

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Genki in New Zealand

Here’s what we’re doing over in New Zealand this month… Update: Β Wow, 146 comments so far on the Youtube channel!

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-in-new-zealand/

New Genki Phonics Workbook

Update: Β The Phonics Workbook is now finished and you can find it on the main Genki Phonics page – enjoy! A few of you know I’ve been working on a completely new integrated phonics system, so once your students can speak and listen with the main Genki English curriculum it’s really easy to teach them…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/new-genki-phonics-workbook/

English Concert for Very Young Kids (from Argentina!)

Want to show parents how good your students are getting? How about an English concert! Val has been at it again making a fantastic video of her students doing an English concert for the parents – Genki English style of course! The songs are Baby Monkey’s Winter Clothes, Β Eat, Drink Dance (Love how they do…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/english-concert-for-very-young-kids-from-argentina/

Creative Questions from Tokyo Teachers

Today we had a private full day workshop for a new set of schools in Tokyo. The cool thing was that the participants were all creative professionals (we had a professional singer, dancer, orchestral percussionist and 2 movie producers!) who are going to be using their talents alongside theΒ Genki English curriculum for premium style English…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/creative-questions-from-tokyo-teachers/