Author Archives: Richard Graham

Genki in Okinawa – This weekend!

Cesar has another event set up for his English Land Project onΒ  September 27th from 10AM to 12Noon at the Naha Board of Education Hall.Β  If you’d like to pop along and volunteer your time it would be a great chance to learn some Genki English teaching ideas from one of the top teachers on…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-in-okinawa-this-weekend/

When is the critical period?

ELTNews have put up a nice interview with David Nunan. In case you’ve not heard of him, he’s sold over 700 million textbooks in China (which is more than Harry Potter has in the world!) and has just had an institute named after him at Anaheim University in the US. Although some of the interview…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/when-is-the-criticial-period/

Warning! + How much?

WARNING: Do not press play! This is the Japanese version of the “How much?” song, and seriously it will really mess up your head for the rest of the day if you play it just once! You see the torture we inflict on our poor students with these songs! (Just joking of course!) πŸ™‚ iTunes…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/warning/

Teaching 2 & 3 year olds + a Troll

I’ve done a lot of research on how parents can help younger kids learn English, but actually teaching 2 and 3 year olds is not something I know that much amount. But I get asked the question a lot especially as my 0-6 year old Kids English set isn’t available overseas. So here’s a brief…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/teaching-2-3-year-olds/

Teaching Numbers: 28 Tips

I’ve just been updating the Spanish site to have a new Spanish Numbers game, so figured I’d do a list of games and ideas for teaching numbers.Β  So far I’m up to 28.Β  If you have any more, please put them in the comments! Online Numbers Games: 1 Numbers in Spanish (Just updated!) 2 Numbers…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/28-tips-for-teaching-numbers/

Days of the Week

Yumiko has posted some great ideas for teaching Days of the Week. The best one is to use a TV schedule to illustrate days of the week, e.g. instead of saying “What do you study on Tuesday?” which is really boring, you can ask “Today’s it’s Friday, what’s good on TV?” That’s sure to get…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/days-of-the-week/