I’ve spent most of this week with teachers saying, “We know exactly which students we want, but we can’t take them because they don’t have the grades!” As much as I’m sure we’d love to, we can’t simply ignore grades or exam results —unfortunately, the governments haven’t caught up with us yet! This can lead…

First of all welcome to Genki English!  This is the most fun, Harvard researched, way of teaching English to kids or beginners. And there are two main ways I can help you. Learn more The first is to help you get better results for your students and save you so much time lesson planning.  I…

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It’s that crazy time of year where everyone starts to get ready for the new school year – where I am at the moment and some of the students are already back! As always I’m here to make this year super easy for you (it’s my 25th year of supporting teachers full time!) and to…

This is a great game to practice countries,  numbers & how many ….?  1. Put the latest Olympic medals table on the board. 2. Review the Genki English lessons for colors, countries,  numbers & how many ….?  3. Ask the students “How many …… (+Choose a medal colour) medals does (choose a country) have?” 4. The…

English Teaching Basics: The Food Chain Game! This is a really quick speaking game you can use with any topic, but we’ll give it a try with the “Genki Food” lesson! 1. Put the kids in a circle. 2. Ask the first kid “What would you like?” 3. Then answer with “I’d like some …….