Author Archives: Richard Graham

Mix ‘n’ Match & Pic Packs A&B

I made a couple of big changes to the site today. The first is splitting the printed/laminated picture card packs in two. Quite a few people already have the cards for CDs 1 to 4, but were getting fed up with the all the hassles of printing out lots of the new ones. After trying…

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The Da Vinci Code Game

One of the things I always try to do when teaching is to make the subject alive, to take it out of the realm of just being in the classroom by bringing in the things kids are interested in from the outside world. With all the hype that surrounds them, Hollywood movies make an obvious…

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Live in Fukuoka

It is a strange feeling being asked to do CD signings and presentations in bookstores. When I was back in England I’d see people presenting in Borders or HMV and think “That looks cool.”, now I’m here in Japan, of all places, doing the same thing myself! It doesn’t seem real somehow. Oxford University Press…

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Easier to find stuff on the site

After finding out how many pages were on the site yesterday, and figuring out that the old search system only indexed about 800 pages, I decided to put in a new google powered search engine on the site. It seems to be working out really well, you just put in the target English you want…

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9,980 Pages

People always ask me how I find the time to write so much for the GE website. The usual answer I give is “it’s taken 7 years”. Today I had a look and according to Google there are 9,980 pages of content on Genki English! Now that is more than a little crazy and I…

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Phonics “a b c” Song

The other day I popped into see the ACET teachers at their monthly meeting in Fukuoka. They are a great bunch of people with lots of energy and ideas! One of the ideas they presented was an “ABC” rap, which was really good. What shocked me though was that some teachers in were still teaching…

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