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Teaching special groups includes : the absolute beginner,the false beginner,the adult beginner,the young beginner,the beginner with roman alphabet.The term beginner falls into two or three categories. Tips for teaching English to beginners Keep instructions clear and simple. ... Let them listen first. ... Drill, repeat, drill, repeat, drill… ... Establish classroom language early on. ... Avoid metalanguage. ... Don't forget that your students are fluent in their own language(s) ... Prepare well, prepare a lot, keep them talking. 10 Steps to Creating Beginner ESL Lesson Plans:: Teaching ESL to Children With children, use all sorts of games and activities. According to the British Council, young children are natural language acquirers. All they really need is to see that English class is fun! Teaching ESL to Adults When it comes to teaching adults, get them talking about themselves and asking questions with other students. 2. Develop a Plan The big picture question you have to ask yourself before you start planning lessons for beginning students is: What do you want them to be able to do by the end of the class? This might include what they’ll be able to understand, say, read or write. 3. Create interactive classes Make it your goal to get the students doing most of the talking. Absolutely nothing is more boring than a teacher droning on and people—no matter what age they are—tuning out after about five minutes. 4. Include all four language components Young children will start off with speaking. This comes most naturally to them. With older students and adults, though, the general trend is that the first skill they’ll learn is to read in a new language. Next they’ll be able to listen and understand. Television, radio, DVDs, computer programs and music come in at this point. The next step for adults is that they’ll start to speak. In some cultures, students of all ages are horrified about making mistakes and will be reluctant to talk. If you can convince them that making mistakes is acceptable, you’ll have accomplished a major step towards making them willing to speak and interact. 5. Develop a vocabulary book Again, this requires some planning in advance. Developing vocabulary books will depend on the situation. With one-on-one adult tutorials it’s a straightforward exercise. With young children it’s best done as a class activity so that everyone is, literally, on the same page. With beginner students about 12 or older, you’ll find that they may want to develop personal vocabulary books to reflect their personal interests. 6. Start with the pronouns English is a pronoun based language: I, me, you, he, she, it, us, them. With children you can use flashcards with pictures. Older students and adults will have written materials before, so the focus is getting them to memorize the words. Pick key topics for fluid conversation. For example, you could help them to create a pronoun chart. Another essential set of words are the 5-Ws: who, when, where, when and why. Again, create a chart and get them using the words regularly. 7. Introduce the most important verbs. 8. Pick out the most important nouns or objects Different students will have some nouns or objects that are most important to them. Again, this goes back to your big picture planning. 9. Speak in sentences “I see the book” may sound very elementary—which it is—but it’s a sentence. When beginning students can start to put pronouns, verbs and objects to real use, they’re closer to being able to move up to the intermediate level. 10. Begin each class with a review Rather then launching into new material, take the time to review the material that was covered in the last lesson. With children it might be getting them to identify the names of food from photos. With adults it could involve asking them about what they learned in the last lesson. Motivation: 1.Do not over correct 2.Do not have the book open allthe time. 3.Besensitive to your students. 4.Respond to your students as individuals. 5.Create relaxed and supportive atmosphere. 6.Praise and encourage. 7.Focus on what is easy Explain your methods.and not on what is difficult. 8.Explain your methods.