I want to make Genki English the number one choice for all English Teachers around the world.    The main program is already certified to A1/A2 on the CEFR so I’ve just added in another complete training, this time on how to teach C1/C2 level advanced English. The idea is to make the  Genki English Teacher’s…

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…