Author Archives: Richard Graham

The “What sports do you play?” Olympic game!

A fantastic class game for the Olympics to practice โ€œWhat sports do you play?โ€ย  Learn the โ€œWhat sports do you play?โ€ lesson as usual using the Genki English song/software.ย  Then โ€ฆ. Print out pictures of medal winning athletes that the kids know. Put them on the board with their faces facing the board so no…

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It’s 24 years to the day since I quit my teaching job!

I hope you are having a wonderful July! This time of year is always special for me because it marks the anniversary of leaving my full time teaching job and going full time with Genki English! ย ๐Ÿ˜ณ It has been quite the roller coster, travelling through Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, some amazing successes…

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Just added more Cartoon Idioms!

If you’re looking to make English idioms ( those popular sentences that just don’t make sense!) a little easier for your more advanced students, I just added more cartoon idiom “Ear Worms” ( wait, is that an idiom too??? ) ย to the Genki English Youtube Playlist:   Students can also find the playlist on Tik…

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How You Can Help Even More Students

Whenever I talk with English teachers, there’s always a point where they feel conflicted between earning more from their teaching and wanting to help more students. They feel if they charge too much, they won’t be able to help the right people. Have you ever felt that way? Some teachers try and overcome this by…

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Printable List of the First 100 Lessons!

Ah, I wasn’t expecting this to be the most popular post this month ๐Ÿ™‚ Liora & Massimo asked for a printable list of all the Genki English lessons along with their vocab/phrases. ย  If you print theย main curriculum pageย it’s waaaaayyyyy long (because there’s so much on there!) but then I thought,”Ah, let’s ask ChatGPT to…

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