I wrote this last year in Kyiv, so figured today is as good as any to finish it and get it online. It is unbelievable to think this war has been a year. I have been astounded by the bravery and strength of all my Ukrainian friends. You have become the heroes & inspiration of…

I just did a great podcast with Matt from Dream English.  ( If you don’t know who Matt is,  he has 2.6 Billion, yep that’s Billion with a B, views on Youtube and he is on TV screens in classrooms in almost every country I visit!) We talked discipline, lesson planning and lots more. You…

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Richard Graham – GenkiEnglish! (@genki_richard_graham) 👩‍🍳 After yesterday’s awesome Pancake Day Lesson, here are 3 ways I’ve found to do cooking lessons without needing a kitchen! 1. 🍳🥚 Use toy food! 2. 🖨️ Use printed pictures of the food. 3. 💭 Imagination – get the kids…

If you want to try Genki English … In quite a few countries it’s coming up to the new school right now. And if you want to try Genki English, to see how it works for you and your students,  the easiest way is just to sign up as a student.  It’s only a few…

  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…