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In this unit it is written how to teach special groups such as beginners, individuals, children, business people. I have learnt tips for teaching beginners as follows:
1 Teaching beginners requires special skills and psychology.
2 Be aware of your students' needs.
3 Have clear and realistic aims – don't try to do too much too quickly.
4 Adapt to suit your situation.
5 Arrange the classroom.
6 Be as visual as possible.
7 Take care with your board work.
8 Control your language.
9 Give clear, simple instructions.
10 Pace your lessons.
11 Use choral repetition.
12 Use pair and group work.
13 Ask lots of questions.
14 Encourage students to speak English in class as much as possible.
15 Don't use the students' mother tongue even if you know it.
16 Revise constantly.
17 Homework is important.
Individual lessons also have a number of advantages for the teacher; no mixed levels, usually highly motivated students, needs can be clearly defined, developing a close relationship with the students, etc. Teaching individuals can have drawbacks, however, and almost all teachers comment upon the loss of classroom dynamics and tiredness. Obviously, as there is only one student, some activities become impossible to do. 1 -1 lessons are usually less formal and the teacher will often be the partner of the student, helping/prompting/working with him/her.
It is perhaps fair to say that teaching children can be one of the most rewarding of all student classes to teach. Children possess an innate curiosity, which is in itself a motivating factor.
Children need frequent changes of activities, which are exciting and fun to stimulate their curiosity. They generally have short attention spans and get bored easily if they just have to sit and listen or if activities drag on for too long. I have learnt how to discipline children and some of the reasons why discipline problems may arise.
A growing amount of English teaching world-wide is to business people. It involves an increasing amount of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), for example teaching hotel staff the type of language that will be useful to them professionally. However, while these specialist areas are still developing, it is still more likely that we will find yourself teaching general English to professional people or teaching business content and skills through the medium of English to pre-professionals. I like an idea to include a “Needs Negotiation” session in the day 1 lesson plan.
Finally, we studied advantages and disadvantages of multilingual and monolingual classes.
