tips for a novice English Teacher

[Zaris]

i was recently hired to teach someone English and its my first time tackling the subject. So I was wondering if any of you all have any tips as to how I can improve his learning experience and my teaching experience. Many thanks

[Drydic]

What's his L1?

[Ossicone]

Ask what they want from these lessons. Knowing what they're hoping for helps a lot.

You've probably already done this though.

[Viktor77]

Constantly teach them English idiomatic phrases. Tie them into the lessons but make them an addition. Any student will love learning cultural tidbits of a language. My French teacher would consistently teach us French idiomatic phrases and we all loved it! Plus it improved our French and made us sound more sophisticated.

[Zaris]

What's his L1?

his L1 is Spanish.

[Zaris]

Constantly teach them English idiomatic phrases. Tie them into the lessons but make them an addition. Any student will love learning cultural tidbits of a language. My French teacher would consistently teach us French idiomatic phrases and we all loved it! Plus it improved our French and made us sound more sophisticated.

this sounds hella fun! Im going to try this with him next. thanks