This year has certainly been an “interesting” year!
In spite of Covid taking up so much time and energy for everyone, ย it looks like we still managed to make a lot of videos, ideas & materials to help save kids from boring lessons and bringing everyone’s classrooms – virtual & real – ย to life! ย Which of the ideas, videos and materials did you enjoy the most? Which did you maybe miss? ย And what would you like to see next?
- January
- ๐๐พโโ๏ธ How to Get more Attention by adding Physical Games to Online Classes!
- ๐ฐ The Genki English B1/B2 Level Storytelling Course!
- Zoom Powerpoint Games for Teaching English
- โค๏ธ Are fun little things like this worth doing more of?
- โค Genki Valentine’s!
- ๐ Flash Updates on Windows & Macs for Genki English!
- โ๏ธ Winter Clothes & Winter Sports
- ๐ฟHow To Get 43 Million Views + More Likes & Subscribers on Youtube!
- BBC: Language learning is booming during the pandemic!
- ๐ฑHow to grow your ideas this year!
- ๐ซ How to Teach English Online!
- What went well in 2020? How can we learn more for 2021? Genki Business Zoom Mastermind Call!
- ๐ย Calendars & Lots more printables!ย (2022 Ones are here)
- March
- ๐ฐ How to teach Business English?
- “Get More Students” Course Enrollment Now Closed For This Semester!
- Genki English Certificate Maker – Now In Easy To Use PDF
- VIP Video Training on Pricing, Being a Better Teacher, Pandemic Year 2 Planning & “Invisible Forces!”
- How do we know how hard you are trying?
- ๐ We’re up to “Q & R” with the Learn 1,000 Words of English Videos!
- ๐งจ Elon Musk is after your job too – he just built a school
- Genki English for your students? Yes!! On iPhone/iPad/Android or computer? Yes indeed!!!
- Itโs OK to change – just look at Tuscany! ๐ฎ๐น
- May
- Why you, as an English Teacher, have one of the most enviable jobs in the world right now + How to travel the world (Dubai, Barbados etc.)!
- ๐ฅNew Game: Phone Race Game!
- ๐ Another Mammoth Recode Coming Up!!
- ๐ฅ Vol. 15 Minicards, A4 Cards & Workbooks!
- Help Please: Which joke to use as the graphic for “Do you get it?”
- The Magical Japanese Bakery Curing Cancer & Your Teaching Too?
- ๐ โโ๏ธ How Long Does it Take to Learn English or Learn a Foreign Language? (HINT: It’s not YEARS!!)
- July
- How we can make you a better teacher in 30 minutes!
- ๐ฅ Top Tips to Bring the Olympics Excitement to your Lessons! โจ
- โ 3 Step Process for Teaching English to Kids (as opposed to Adults!)
- The 3 Types Of Students: Which Are You Attracting?
- ๐น What’s working right now for Social Media ( from Ryan Tedder of One Republic)
- ๐ Top Fan Coaching with Teachers! Part 1
- โ Top Fan Questions Part 2!
- August
- If you’ve been away, here’s what you might have missed! ๐
- ๐The Top 3 Causes of Stress for Teachers (theyโre probably not what you think they are!) and how to fix them…
- The 3 Biggest Homework Mistakes Teachers Make + Why It’s So Important For Your Students’ Success!
- Why having fun (โflow stateโ) is the fastest way to learn (or teach) English. (+ the 3 mistakes most teachers make)
- Be Stress Free: You don’t have to, you get to …. ๐
- The best way to predict educational achievement wasn’t to look at school fees or class size, it was …..
- ๐ฌย Shoes, Fortnite & Movie Trailer Music: Why Genki English isn’t your average “kiddy music” & keeps the teacher cool ๐
- Just in case you know anyone who needs a little Genkifying today!
- Are British teachers now banned from teaching in the EU? ( + Why this is good news for non-native speaker teachers!)
- โ๏ธ Do you serve coffee?
- The Quick Tip to Stop “Bad Behaviour”
- September
- For VIPs Only: How to increase your monthly teaching income by an extra $1,000
- Don’t make it complex, the 3 steps you need to make teaching (or learning) a language really easy
- Learn 1000 words of English – vol. S!
- The Secret Trick to Getting Your Students to Pay for Your Teacher’s Set!
- Genki English in Government Schools….how it works, how it can help you and how to get it!
- How to teach English FAQ: The most popular questions answered!
- ๐ย How to teach colours? It’s got to be Pirates ๐
- ๐ย Are you teaching to the head or the heart?
- Gamified Lesson Checklists!
- How to show your students how to use Genki English Online – do feel free to make one of these yourself!
- Is it worthwhile trying to educate parents? How to โsellโ textbooks or materials. How to pass Cambridge exams with Genki? + October for feedback time?
- If you’re teaching online this week….
- October
- Quick Fun Halloween Pronunciation Tip!
- If you want some free samples …. + Mac Monterey!
- ๐ญ The Japanese Art of “Kamishibai”
- Halloween Storytelling & Halloween Story Dice
- Top Secret “Genki It” Halloween Game!
- New Genki Picture Book! Hamster Monster & Monkey Mummy – What do you want to be for Halloween?
- ๐ย Why Captain Kirk going into space is a good thing & how an English teacher saved another Starship Captain!
- How to use Halloween to improve pronunciation!
- The Big 5 Mistakes that English Teachers Make!
- It’s feedback week!! How to improve your teaching beyond what you thought possible!
- More “How to teach English” FAQs!
- Genki Halloween Animations Fully Updated & Now “Tik Tok” Style too!
- ๐ ๐ถ It’s beginning to look at lot like …. Halloween!
- November
- How to get students to make loooooong sentences!
- “The Genki Art of Storytelling” : ๐ฟ Video Training!
- The Magic of โOne Word Past Tenseโ Teaching
- โจ Thank you!!
- Something extra for those of you in ๐ต๐ฑ, ๐จ๐ฟ & ๐ธ๐ฐ!
- Brand New “Oh my!” Level Lesson Updates!
- Check out Nami’s Students and their Awesome Christmas Performance!
- ๐ Learn 1000 words of English: Now up to U V & W!
- For teachers in ๐ฎ๐น : “Have you got…” Remix!
- Genki Thanksgiving Lesson i.e. How To Make Your Kids Happy At Any Time Of Year!
- Interviews with Teachers on How They Filled Their Classes Online – and some made crazy money doing it!
- How teachers of *other* subjects are getting paid crazy amounts for their teaching online!
- December
- Weekly Marketing Ideas To Get New Students In Creative & Genki Ways
- Top Secret Genki It Christmas Game (+ All other levels too!)
- ๐ญย Questions: How we solved one of the biggest English teaching questions!
- ๐ซ๐ทย Feel what it’s like as a student with Christmas Genki French Song!
- The Gingerbread Man Song Now on Youtube!
- ๐ย All the Genki English PDF Picture Books in one place!
- A new Christmas Picture Book for you – which version do you prefer?
- ๐ Wow – So Many Amazing Christmas Materials For Free!โจ
- ๐ย 2022 Genki English Calendars!
- Something new “Paper + Device” – what do you think of this?
- ๐ All Christmas Lessons Now Touch Enabled and “Tik Tok” Styled!
So there you go, ย I hope that’s enough reading to keep you going through Christmas! ย And hopefully we helped fix all the teaching issues that came up for you this year! ย If you want a more condensed version, The Teacher’s Set is there if you haven’t picked it up already.
And finally, from one of my other music projects, ย here’s a special Christmas card for you to say thank you for all your amazing support this year! ย Merry Christmas!!
P.S. ย Or if you want even more to read, here’s everything I’ve made for youย for the past 18 (!) years!ย
