Hope you had a great weekend! 😎 It’s always interesting looking at what students actually like. The cool thing with social media is that you get numbers to measure it ( i.e. we’re not guessing!) So I was just about to add in the latest “Ear Worm 👂 🐛” QR codes to the new cartoon…

I’m quite fortunate to get invited onto some very interesting podcasts! Today Kris from English Everyday just had me as a guest on his podcast talking about Genki English, business & the future of English teaching! Here’s some of what we covered: 01:07 Richard’s story 03:43 Life in travel 05:07 How Genki English started 08:02 The…

Hello! This is a very strange time of year. Some teachers in Europe are getting ready for a 3½ (!) month vacation. Whilst some teachers in Asia can barely take a few days off in August. And in the Southern hemisphere, it’s the beginning of winter! For me the nicer weather in the UK (not…

Idioms are those crazy phrases which just don’t make any sense.  To make them easier to learn I’ve been adding a “Genki English Idiom of the Day” cartoon over on Instagram & Facebook for a while now. And …. I’ve also made some crazy “ear worms” to get them firmly stuck in your head all day…

This is just crazy!  The new ChatGPT-4O Voice Mode doing revision for the English GCSE exam! Hopefully when you see this you’ll go “Wow – that is going to help soooo many students!” But if you find yourself feeling “Well, there goes my job!” …. Remember most English teachers don’t speak English & most English…

How did I get my first big classes? Some magical powers or famous parents?  No.   I did it with my press portfolio.  And I’m not Prince Harry, so it didn’t start with big national papers. I’d pop into schools saying “Can I do this cool Genki English thing?” and they’d say “Errr, who are…