View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Richard Graham – GenkiEnglish! (@genki_richard_graham) “Kids these days have got short attention spans, they’re impossible to teach!” This is something I hear a lot these days. The thing is that I have been teaching since I was 16, so when I hear it, it…

Zsófia just wrote in to share how her students have been using the Genki English Avatars as a motivation sticker book! I’ve been meaning to share this for some time now but I just got to the end of my “experiment”. I used the firebird avatars to reward a group of younger students. The story…

The tablet is always going to be the heart of learning English at home because that’s the only place kids, and more importantly their parents,  can get the correct sounds at home. But we also want it to be as an immersive learning experience as we can, not just screen time. The idea is that…

Hello, Everyone has different preferences and combinations of how they learn. * We all need to hear the new words. * Most of us need to see it.   (With flashcards, not writing just yet) * And many of us need to feel it. (With gestures and actions) So the more of these we can…

The day of love is upon us soon so I just uploaded a “Magazine” style workbook for the Genki Valentine’s lesson with extra worksheets to go along with the tablet homework. (We don’t just want screen time!)   You can find the workbook on the Valentine’s Lesson Plan page and in the “Student Pays” Homework Course! 

It’s always quite funny when some people find out I write the Genki English songs 🙂 That’s how the Genki English music works so well, as a teacher I see what needs teaching, then with my songwriter hat on I use all the techniques we have available from ads, TV & movies to get the…