Author Archives: Richard Graham

NHK Genki Programme No Go

Those of you who attended my Summer workshops might remember the “top secret” meetings I was having with one of the NHK (the Japanese equivalent of the BBC I guess) production companies about a Genki English TV series next year. The plan was to have one of the weekly 20 minute shows for adults based…

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Windows 7 is making me buy a Macbook…

As you know I spend a lot of time on my computer. Β With all the dust in India and Cambodia, it has been getting slower and slower, which means it’s Β been taking me longer and longer to get things out to you. So with Windows 7 out last week I figured I’d pop along to…

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CD10 On sale! Dispatch on Monday 26th!

CD Vol. 10 is finally ready to go! We’re getting the big boxes from the factory today and we’ll be sending them out first thing on Monday. It’s a huge opportunity to get some amazing songs for teaching real English like colours or prepositions but with a holiday feel! There won’t be a member’s discount…

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Trick or Treat Game for 6th graders!

Here’s a game to play with “too cool to sing” 12 year olds (or older), that gets them wanting to try more …. After you’ve taught the words and gone through theΒ song once… 1. Give each student anΒ A4 picture card. 2. As theΒ song plays if you hear your card you hold it up in the…

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Black & White Masks

You asked for them, so here you go,Β black and white versions of the Halloween masks!

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Skeleton Body Parts Song!

Here’s a new body parts song for you, just in time (maybe!) for Halloween, featuring the very popular Mr Skeleton. Draw a big bowl on the board, print and cut out theΒ A4 (or larger if you can) skeleton and add the body parts one at a time according to the song. “Body” is included due…

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