Do and Dont's for Teaching English, ESL or EFL | Tips for Teaching English Language Learners

Welcome! Teaching the English language is a fun and rewarding career. You have the privilege of seeing your students grow and the opportunity to spread your knowledge. But how do we make this work in the classroom? Check out these tips for how to teach English and things to avoid when teaching ESL. Basically, the dos and don'ts for teaching English as a second or foreign language. The three do's for teaching ESL: take it student centred; always have a lesson plan, and have fun! For the three don'ts for teaching English abroad, watch the video! Visit the blog post after for more resources. Want to find out more? Check out: https://www.eslactivity.org/tips-for-teaching-english-language-learners/ Tips for Teaching ESL/EFL: https://amzn.to/3o9kFCj https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ #teachingenglishwithjackie #tefl #esl #efl #teachingenglish ----------------------------------------- Even more Ideas for the TEFL Classroom: https://eslspeaking.org/ ----------------------------------------- More teaching advice for new teachers from @The Language Lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7yib0pcdiw&t=4s --------------------------------------- Timestamp 0:00 Intro 0:14 Do: Make it student-centred 0:41 Do: Always have a lesson plan 1:10 Do: Have some fun in class 1:29 Don't talk too much 1:53 Don't do the same old thing all the time 2:11 Don't cover too much Transcript: Hey, this is Jackie from eslspeaking.org. So today, I'm going to share a few quick tips for teaching English ESL, EFL, whatever you want to call it, either in your home country or in a different country. First, I have three do's. The first do is to make it student-centred. Remember that the students are the ones who need to learn english. You are already quite good at English if you are a teacher so students should be doing the hard work, not you. Choose games, activities, and things to do in class where the students are talking and interacting with each other. Writing, reading, listening, as long as they're doing most of the work, then you'll be good to go. Alright, the second one. Always have a lesson plan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcTLTCjtRJo&t=1s). I know it can be tempting and even students will sometimes say that they want this. They just want to do free talking.. They want to do free talking. However, it's not actually the best for the students. Each lesson you go into should have a focus. It should be like a particular grammar point or a vocabulary set or to work on some sort of reading skill or writing skill, etc. Always keep that in mind. Third, have some fun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mymqu9kimsY&t=3s), of course, when you're teaching. Nobody likes a boring teacher, a boring lesson. So yeah, include some games and activities in your classes to make learning English fun for the students and of course mix things up as well. Let's get into the don'ts for teaching English. The first one is don't talk too much. This kind of goes into the other thing I mentioned about student-centred teaching but whatever you do, the students should be talking more. If you have say more than three students in your class, get the students talking to each other instead of to you. That will increase student talking time and decrease teacher talking time which is the goal of any language class. Number two: don't do the same old thing every day. The same old thing often involves powering through a textbook, day after day, after day which can get really boring for the teacher as well as the students so mix things up. Bring some interesting games and activities into your classroom. Number three: don't be tempted to cover too much. My theory about teaching English is that it's better if students know a few things really well than everything kind of not at all. So review a lot. That's my plan and also just slow down a little bit, give students time to process, to understand. So while doing that, combined with review means they'll leave your class with some solid things to grasp.