Author Archives: Richard Graham

Something new “Paper + Device” – what do you think of this?

I really love tech. ย  And I know a lot of teachers really like paper! I’ve also been really impressed with my daughter’s school textbooks that have links to interactive content. The challenge with paper of course is that it doesn’t talk. ย And kids need lots and lots and lots of talking input to be…

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How to get students to make loooooong sentences!

Genki English is a lot like lego.ย ย  In each lesson you get a set of blocks (phrases & words) that you can join together (the questions & answers) in new ways. For example in “How are you?” you learn the block (or “chunk”) “I’m” + a whole host of emotion words. Then in the Pronouns…

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“The Genki Art of Storytelling” : ๐Ÿฟ Video Training!

This was a very fun session! ย  We had a group zoom call and went through the whole storytelling process for beginners and intermediate students. But …….. for some reason zoom didn’t record my face! ๐Ÿ™‚ ย &ย My Italian internet wouldn’t let me redo it again!!! However all the knowledge gems, fun and slides are in…

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The Magic of โ€œOne Word Past Tenseโ€ Teaching

Now that students have Genki English at home, it opens up a whole host of new possibilities. Just like a piano player, taking one lesson a week can be really limiting, but once you have a piano at home things can really take off. So you donโ€™t just save precious classroom time, it also means…

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Something extra for those of you in ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ & ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ!

Last week we had the “Have you got ….” remix for teachers in ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นย . ย  And today is for teachers in ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ & ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐย ! Over in the VIP Facebook Group Marcin asked for a version of the Can you speak? lesson with Polish as one of the options. I had a look on my…

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