Author Archives: Richard Graham

Illustrated Halloween Idioms!

Idioms ( those funky English phrases that don’t quite mean what you think they mean!) are always in demand from intermediate & more advanced students! This week I’ve been working on a few Halloween themed ones: And here are the pdf posters: I’m still working on them but you can click above and watch in…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/illustrated-halloween-idioms/

My Youtube is going crazy: How to recruit new students on Social Media!

I hope you’re doing well! I’ve been having a crazy week because my Youtube has been going a bit bananas! Now most of this is complete luck ( just like getting the 2m+ views on Instagram this year or the crazy millions of views on the Genki English Tik Tok)  but ….. there are some…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/my-youtube-is-going-crazy-how-to-recruit-new-students-on-social-media/

🎶 Advanced Song/Stories: “The Skeleton’s Halloween Costume”

I know I’m uploading too many Halloween ideas. And I know this is far too advanced for beginner students ( check out the regular curriculum for that!) But …. I’m so excited about this that I just had to upload it today! You know how I’ve been putting short stories on my Instagram, yeah? Well,…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/advanced-song-stories-the-skeletons-halloween-costume/

Genki English Cute Halloween Alphabet!

(You can also see this song on Tik Tok, Instagram or Facebook as well as Youtube above!)  The problem with October is that I come up with lots of ideas but there isn’t enough class time to use them all! This morning I had the idea of doing a Halloween Alphabet. But instead of “scary” I wanted…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-english-cute-halloween-alphabet/

🦇 “The Bat Who Was Afraid of the Dark” & 13 other new Halloween Stories

It is the spooky season. 👻  I never used to teach Halloween but it is now such a huge part of UK and US culture – especially for kids – that we really have no choice! The cool thing is that we can use all that spooky power to teach all the English we need…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/the-bat-who-was-afraid-of-the-dark-13-other-new-halloween-stories/

If you’re just joining us …

A huge welcome to all the new teachers joining us this month,  both through the free email course and of course the main VIP Teacher’s Set!  This is our 25th year and my aim is to make kids LOVE learning English & to get amazing results. The best place to start, as they say, is…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/welcome/