Author Archives: Richard Graham

Saturday 8th April 2006 – Phuket – Nice & easy

I love the sun. Last week I did get invited down here to do a workshop, but as it is the Songkran holidays they couldn’t get things sorted in time. Which is just as well as being in a nice hotel and lazing around in the pool seems to bring out all these amazing new…

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Friday 7th April 2006 – Thailand – Live in Thailand?

When I first arrived here two and a half weeks ago they handed me a ton of breakfast coupons and it seemed like I was going to be here for ages. But today was the last day, and it was time to get all packed up. I also popped into the main hall to sort…

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Thursday 6th April 2006 – Thailand – Life is good

I was about to write here “my life is good”, but it can’t be just me, where ever I go people are having an amazing time. It’s true that the most interesting days to blog about are the ones where you never have time to write! And it’s also true that if you want something…

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Wednesday 5th April 2006 – Bangkok – Ships in harbour + CD6

Spent the morning re-mixing and re-programming versions of the songs for the Thai schools, e.g. things like the “Where are you from?” song. Then another 3 hours of workshops in the afternoon. It’s so nice having three days to do this. In Japan it’s so difficult to get even 3 hours. But those are taken…

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Tuesday 4th April – Bangkok – Training the trainers

Teaching using Genki English is dead easy, that’s what it’s made for. Training teachers to use Genki English is also pretty easy, that’s what I do everyday. But training teachers to train other teachers how to use GE is a new experience! The Ministry of Education has brought together around 180 of the best teachers…

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Monday 3rd April – Bangkok – Way too much…

Getting CD6 ready for release ( and up on the site), learning Thai ( very exhausting!), preparing for the Thai workshops, developing new materials, meeting with teachers and trying to write a book. That’s been this week, I’ll try and keep up with the blog from now on!

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