I’m on a bit of a Martin Seligman run at the moment.  His classic book Learned Optimism (the opposite of learning helplessness, which is something that many are falling into right now)  is a must read,  The Optimisitic Child is a little old but contains some very useful material and his new book Flourish is…

Exactly 20 years ago, back in the year 2000, I gave up my full time school teaching job and Genki English became my full time occupation. The website I had started one year earlier to share my ideas, lesson plans and games. My motivation was seeing so many kids suffering from really bad lessons and I…

I’ve been teaching online for 20 years now and over this past 4 months we’ve seen nearly all the Genki English teachers move online at some point or another. So here are my top five tips: 1. Don’t change it.  Keep doing what you’re doing! Making the shift to online, either temporarily or permanently, is a…

The secret to picture book reading is a thing called “Rubato”!  Check it out in the video below: How can you use this technique in your class? This digital picture book and many more like them are in the Teacher’s Set! Enjoy!

As it can be quite labour intensive to measure, it can sometimes be hard to come up with goals for your students. So let’s try the Genki 3: 🥉100 hours = Great, basic English 🥈1,000 hours = Fluent 🥇10,000 hours = Nobel Prize level Which level are you up to? Be genki, Richard * 100…

As you know I focus Genki English on what works best for learners.   And of course I practice what I preach and am constantly learning languages myself! 🙂    Here is one of my top tips – “Genki Lists!”