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tips for a novice English Teacher
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:34 am
by 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
Re: tips for a novice English Teacher
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:37 am
by Drydic
What's his L1?
Re: tips for a novice English Teacher
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:55 am
by Ossicone
Ask what they want from these lessons. Knowing what they're hoping for helps a lot.
You've probably already done this though.
Re: tips for a novice English Teacher
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:32 am
by 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.
Re: tips for a novice English Teacher
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 11:59 am
by Zaris
Drydic Guy wrote:What's his L1?
his L1 is Spanish.
Re: tips for a novice English Teacher
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 12:00 pm
by Zaris
Viktor77 wrote: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
