Author Archives: Richard Graham

🎯 Gamification: What is it? And how to use it to get students addicted to your classes!

You know your kids are all addicted to phones and tablets, yeah.Β  Β But do you know why? And more importantly, did you know that you can use these same exact techniques to make students addicted to your *classes* in just the same way? It’s called “gamification” It’s been used to help speed up the discovery…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/gamification-what-is-it-and-how-to-use-it-to-get-students-addicted-to-your-classes/

🍿 Teaching English Q&A Video – lots of great questions here!

Here are a few things we covered in this week’s bonus Q&A session! – Bilingual Kids, accents & mistakes – How to choose what to focus on – How to teach younger kids – B1/B2 Level. Goals. Why & MAP – A1/A2 Level & How to teach beginner adults – Old dog, new tricks? –…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/teaching-english-qa-video-lots-of-great-questions-here/

Genki English Vocab Upgrade: Fear -> Excitement

One of the biggest differences between Genki English and just about all other courses out there is the language we choose.Β  And specifically it is in the choosing of positive, empowering language that has a huge impact on the students’ learning and motivation. It’s one of the biggest reasons we get such amazing results. After…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/genki-english-vocab-upgrade-fear-excitement/

🍿 Top Fan Coaching Video Replay!

It was awesome to see so many of you on the Top Fan Live Coaching session the other day.Β  Β And the content was so awesome we’ve kept the replay up for you if you didn’t manage to join us.Β  It’s really cool as you can see real teachers digging into real issues – and probably…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/top-fan-coaching-video-replay/

πŸ‘Έ Linking themes together, the 3 Little Pigs & more stories….

Quite a few teachers have asked for help on linking themes together e.g. where kids have got awesome at using the language for one theme but then how to mix that together with the language from other themes. There are two main strategies for this: Β The Secret Warm Ups & Pink FishΒ  Β Stories! For the…

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/linking-themes-together-the-3-little-pigs-more-stories/

β˜€οΈ Don’t “survive”, thrive!

I see a lot of posts with people saying “Survive till the end of term” or “How to survive till the end of class?” Life isn’t about surviving. It’s about thriving! So what small changes can you make today to make you and your students truly thrive?  

https://genkienglish.net/teaching/dont-survive-thrive/