Author Archives: Richard Graham

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) ย but ….. there are some…

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

๐ŸŽถ Advanced Song/Stories: “The Skeletonโ€™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,ย Instagramย or Facebook as well as Youtube above!)ย  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/

๐Ÿฆ‡ “The Bat Who Was Afraid of the Dark” & 13 other new Halloween Stories

It is the spooky season. ๐Ÿ‘ป ย 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, ย both through the free email course and of course the main VIP Teacher’s Set!ย  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/

Goodhartโ€™s Law: Why Genki English Teachers Get It Right (And Traditional Schools Miss the Mark)

Traditional schools love numbers. Parents demand them. Administrators track them. Test scores, vocab lists, grammar drills โ€” these are the “gold” standard. But here’s the secret: Goodhartโ€™s Law. Named after economist Charles Goodhart, it says โ€œWhen a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.โ€ The moment schools focus on hitting test…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/goodharts-law-why-genki-english-teachers-get-it-right-and-traditional-schools-miss-the-mark/