Author Archives: Richard Graham

Stormy & Classroom English

The weather is very strange recently, today was a full on electrical storm with lightning going everywhere! I also had a splitting headache so after my laptop’s battery died I went for a lie down. I woke up in the afternoon and felt a lot more genki so got to work on the Classroom English…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/stormy-classroom-english/

Show, workshop, Classroom English

As it’s back to term time now teachers only have time for workshops after classes have finished. Which is good as that means I can do some stuff with the kids beforehand to show the teachers just how well the songs and ideas work in practice. I usually do this by getting all the kids…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/show-workshop-classroom-english/

A Sunny Holiday – Yeah!!

Wow. For the first time in ages it was actually sunny on my day off. Wonderful.

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/a-sunny-holiday-yeah/

Bits and Bobs

Did quite a few bits and bobs today, playing around with some music ideas and stuff.

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/bits-and-bobs/

Samples, Samples, I robot

Couple of hours doing email catch up, then had a meeting with a mate about some business stuff. Then I popped into the music store for a couple of hours to listen to a load of sample CDs. There is some fantastic stuff out there, and I ended up buying quite a few. This new…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/samples-samples-i-robot/

Yanagawa

I was first invited to today’s school a long while ago by one of the parents. At the beginning it was quite tricky to get the school to agree to the visit, but once they find out what I do they’ve been well keen, even sending out teachers to my other workshops to get some…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/yanagawa/