Author Archives: Richard Graham

2 New Songs + Imagination

I’m (hopefully)Β  on an aeroplane flying somewhere over Russia at the moment.Β  So today’s blog is just a catch up on the stuff that was in this month’s newsletter in case any of you missed it, or had it spam filtered out! 1. New Pronouns Song This has been quite a hit on the members…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/2-new-songs-imagination/

Dominoes

Thank you for all the requests…. if you have a look half way down the right hand “bonus materials” column on about 3/4 of the themes you’ll find 43 new sets of dominoes.Β  If you have the time to print and cut them out they are a great activity.Β  Just pick your favourite theme from…

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Discipline & Power Teaching

After yesterday’s less than positive (but heavily commented!) post, I figured it would be good to balance things up with at least what I think is an example of good teaching. And it isn’t even Genki English! πŸ˜‰ They’re techniques called “Power Teaching” designed by Chris Biffle. They are similar to what great teachers have…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/discipline-power-teaching/

Japan is sooo bad!

For the past few days it feels like I’ve been flying along in a Ferrari doing 200mph, talking with all sorts of people about all sorts of amazing projects. All the education stuff was a given and we were talking about really leading edge stuff. Then what happens today? I’m back in Japan and I…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/bang-in-japan/

Thailand British Council

I’ve been working so hard this week, but that’s the pace that everyone has been keeping and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. Luckily this morning was my day off so I took it in Bangkok, doing a little shopping. You can’t believe how futuristic the Siam Square area is, just look at the cars they sell…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/thailand-british-council/

Different Pronouns Cards

After the pronouns minicards post the other day Joelle sent me a photo of the pronouns cards she uses.Β  I thought they looked familiar, they were from Genki English! https://genkienglish.net/iyousheheshecards.htm On these ones there are several characters for each card.Β Β  If I changed the images to be a little more genki, which do you prefer…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/different-pronounes-cards/