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TEFL Shangzhi

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C.O. - Korea said:
Teaching english to children of different levels, in a foreign country, can be both insanely enjoyable and rewarding or the most dreadful decision anyone could undertake. As a new teacher in a strange country, there are certain things one could do, to avoid temptations of running away in the middle of the night. To survive your new school, learn how to control your classes, make effective lesson plans, engage your students and finally support and encourage them as they embark on their journey to learning english with you. Controlling your classes, by no means equate to having an iron-fist and showing your students who is the boss. You must quickly create a working relationship with your students. Learn their names and use them. When you see your students as valued individuals, they respond to you with a lot more enthusiasm and respect. Those that are uncomfortable in your class will surely avoid any communication with you. Next, use a call and response system to bring your class to order and maintain focus. There are several ways to go about this; however change is eminent over the course of the week, to avert boredom. Here are some favorites of mine: 1) Before class starts, I have my students put their hands on their head and close their eyes for about a minute. When time is almost up, I count backwards in a low voice from 10. Following this, I ask them to open their eyes and put the hands on their knees. Those who misbehaved will see their names on the board with points deducted from their teams. Over the course of the term, have students replace you in leading this. (Works for all grades at the elementary school level.) 2) teacher: “Clap” (hold up corresponding fingers) --- times (Students do so). Repeat a few times, changing fingers. Note: If several students aren't following along, continue but direct your gaze at them. Their classmates generally nudge them into compliance. 3) Clap and speak. teacher: Clap your hands 3x (students do so and yell QUIET.) teacher: Clap 2x (Students do so and yell LISTEN.) teacher: Clap 1x (Students do so and yell LOOK.) The key to these techniques is complete student participation and frequent repetition. Permitting one or two kids to continually ignore your instructions, run the risk of others following suit. Focus on them while keeping the rest of the class engaged until their peers encourage them to pay attention and follow along. After successfully creating well-behaved classes, you need smooth and fun lessons to keep your students coming back with excitement, which can be easily attained through careful lesson planning. It will be hard to successfully teach materials you haven’t mastered. Lesson planning allows the teacher to foresee potential problems that may arise. If working with a co-teacher, make sure you involve them in the planning. Both educators knowing what’s going on will help students achieve success. Make sure you plan for both high and low-level students. Be aware of what will bore your high level kids and what might be outside the abilities of the low level students. This will help you better manage your classroom. Use teams of mixed levels to help keep students focused on the lesson and welcome competition between teams. Find some type of a reward for the day winner. Fun lessons are pointless unless we can include all our students. You must find ways to motivate, involve and challenge your students on daily bases. As educators, we need to create opportunities for our students to practice their english outside of the material. Simple basic homework sheets that requires the student to do some reading and writing, is much better than rote repetition and writing lines. Make yourself available to your students and allow them to practice the language outside of classroom. Be excited! Acknowledge their work to keep them excited and inspired. Once you get your students going, you need to support and encourage them to keep trying. Have positive expectations for all the students; believe in them so they can believe in themselves. Challenge them and help them move closer to their dream of speaking english. As teachers, we’re like play or movie directors while our students are the actors and actresses. With a good director, the stars will enjoy acting. Similarly, the teacher influences students a lot. A student (low or high level) may enjoy learning english more and work harder due to their teacher. One of the best ways to get the children to like learning english is to get them to really like you. Upon arriving at your new school, quickly establish a relationship with your students, learn their names and build trust quickly. Develop a system of communication to get your students attention. Create juicy lessons and find ways to get all your children excited about them so that they are willingly jump on board. Above all, support and encourage them.


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