ESL Teaching Tips

Here are some quick tips for new ESL teachers. This video focuses on developing a workable lesson plan, in this case, I present a plan for what I found to be a fairly successful introductory lesson for both elementary and middle school.

At first, you might be tempted to write out elaborate and detailed plans for your ESL classes, where the lesson plan almost becomes a script to be read, rather than a rough guide.
This kind of lesson plan is nearly certain to fail miserably. Flexibility is critical to a good lesson plan. Repetition and variation is needed to help the students retain the information covered in class.
Try to design a lesson plan in modules, with each chunk being 5-25 minutes. The most important one should come first, and, with a flexible modular design, if the important lesson runs long, one of the latter modules can be eliminated, or covered during the next class.

And remember: languages are not learned by listening to a lecture given in that language; language is acquired by engaging with it, by actively using it.
If you only remember one thing, remember this: Your students should be talking far more than you are.


~Kyle Clements

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[Troy Harkin]

I'm starting my 2nd year of teaching here. It's very true what you say. We all suck when we first get here. We just have to try and suck a little less everyday.

[useahammer]

It's good to see someone who knows what he's talking about, isn't long-winded and doesn't come off as a pretentious bullshit artist.

[grrraciiie]

haha! too funny. appreciate it

[AcquireTI]

Great tips, thanks for sharing

[Itab Apps]

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[Ev1lWaff3ls]

bahahahaha!!! I love the honesty.  This video is awesomely blunt. Spoken like a true egotistical American :-)

[Santa Maria Del Fiore]

Is this video a rub?

[omsct]

But that only takes one lesson. Here it sounds like you spent 20 minutes of every lesson making the same name tags.

[omsct]

Dude, I know this video is four years old or whatever, but I'm just curious, how the hell do you manage to spend 20 minutes putting a few name tags on the desk?

[101Teacherspet]

Love this video :). I am becoming an ESL teacher :)

[gluv208]

Jerk

[sharpe8888]

There's nothing wrong with her comprehension. She's probably an actual qualified teacher, and you are not.