ESL lesson in Houston

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[YaOmri2]

You are a little aggressive; you can respect your students AND teach creatively. . Don't just bark "what's the subject" "what's the verb?" endlessly. They aren't babies, but they are people. Correct their mistakes, teach them grammar, respect them, but don't go on autopilot and stress grammar without relevance.

I don't care if this was part of the lesson. I would have dropped my head on the desk and mentally sat those nine minutes out.

[vincedog666]

I teach the old way and I have often been criticized for it - but I find that it works very well for my students. If you hadn't noticed, there were over 40 students in that classroom and each should have a chance to be asked questions. Teaching creatively is nice for other things such as speaking. Too bad everyone wants to try to be "creative" in all classes. Try teaching 3 years in inner city public schools and you would change your mind quickly.

[kcamp111060]

hey! this is kool! its like when i learn spanish i saw what you wrote on the board! "me he she it they we them" and all that stuff! haha but i want to know how do your students know what your saying? if they are learning? im guessing you don't speak their language, it sounds kind of tough

english doesn't seem so hard, but there are many ways we say things different than what they may be use to...i guess english IS hard to learn!

[maryfarrag]

Keep up the good work. Are there any other videos, besides the 2 that I watched? Do you have a Skype nick? I can use some pointers.

[tractrg]

I personally think Vincent is doing a good job. Grammar is quite important. Adults tend to fossilize, and fixing the problem will be extremely difficult. Some may not like this old school method, but we are only seeing parts of the curriculum. Keep up the good work ;-)

[asli330]

Hey I'm Turkish and I live in the U.S. (texas.) and I learned how to speak enlish in 7 months, I passed my ESL classes with an A+

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[472729393]

"How often do you write to your son?" What is the object? (Letters) is the object. "Son" is not the object of this sentence. The object is not stated. "Son" is the object of a preposition which is not the same as a direct object of a verb. The direct object of the verb is not stated, though "letters" or "e mails" is the object implied. Perhaps the only value of this lesson is the vocal exchange between teacher and student and not in the grammar itself.

[Bravers]

my god english a tough language to learn. This guy makes learning english extremely difficult.

[cjw9999]

Great job, you have to orchestrate your lesson differently, depending on the setting. As razzgirl said, experience shows that with a large group of students you need to teach in more of a lecture format. It would, of course, be ideal if all instructors could give each student the majority of the class time to speak. But, alas, this isn't effective in a large class size. Nice work! Great vid.

[vincedog666]

Thans CaveManD - I try to　mix in a little of the old with the new. Problem is that we have too many people trying to throw away the old completely - and experiment on something new! I say - if it ain't broke ....

[CaveManD]

agreed. Blueaspen can't read apparently.

I saw your lesson and another one and I think you're doing a great job.

I am an ESL teacher myself and have had good results with a similar style to you.

[vincedog666]

eyz73, Before you start writing an essay, you have to organize your thoughts. Basically, you will need an introduction paragraph that introduces your topic. Next comes the body paragraph/s. This is where you write all the details to your essay. Last, you need a conclusion paragraph. This is where you write your final thoughts.