A podcast with tips regarding Conversation Classes with music use.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Top 5 tips for new teachers
1. Be On Time
Punctuality is very important for teachers. If you are late, you will definitely NOT start out on the right foot.
2. Dress Appropriately
The clothes do help lend you an air of authority, especially if you look awfully young. Further, your dress lets the coordinating teacher know of your professionalism and dedication to your assignment.
The clothes do help lend you an air of authority, especially if you look awfully young. Further, your dress lets the coordinating teacher know of your professionalism and dedication to your assignment.
3. Be Flexible
If you normally teach only 3 classes and the coordinating teacher asks that you take on extra classes one day because he has an important meeting to attend, look at this as your chance to get even further experience while impressing your dedication to your coordinating teacher.
4. Follow the School Rules
This might seem obvious to some but it is important that you do not break school rules. For example, if it is against the rules to chew gum in class, then do not chew it yourself. If the campus is 'smoke-free', do not light up during your lunch period. This is definitely not professional and would be a mark against you when it comes time for your coordinating teacher and school to report on your abilities and actions.
5. Plan Ahead
If you know you will need copies for a lesson, do not wait until the morning of the lesson to get them completed. Always go to class knowing exactly what you have to teach and have alternative activities. Every group reacts in a different way to the activities.
Motivate your students!
Motivating students is one of the greatest challenges teachers face. While it is true that as teachers we have little, if any, control over external factors that influence our students’ behavior and engagement, we do play a vital role in shaping what happens in our classroom. In fact, our choices can make a positive or a negative impact on student motivation.
Some important points instructors should pay attention to in order to keep learners motivated:
Course Design Students respond positively to a well-organized course and meaningful syllabus.
Some important points instructors should pay attention to in order to keep learners motivated:
Course Design Students respond positively to a well-organized course and meaningful syllabus.
Set the tone early in the semester Your syllabus should clearly state your learning objectives, course goals, and student expectations for the course.
Vary your teaching methods Incorporating problem-based learning, collaborative learning, experiments, and the
Use of technology such as blogs allows for greater student interaction and the opportunity for students to practice newly acquired skills and knowledge.
Give students options in the classroom give them a sense of autonomy and help them develop skills for self-directed learning.
Create assignments that are appropriately challenging It’s important to consider your students interests, background knowledge, and abilities when designing coursework.
Use of technology such as blogs allows for greater student interaction and the opportunity for students to practice newly acquired skills and knowledge.
Give students options in the classroom give them a sense of autonomy and help them develop skills for self-directed learning.
Create assignments that are appropriately challenging It’s important to consider your students interests, background knowledge, and abilities when designing coursework.
Make your lessons relevant Research suggests that students display greater enthusiasm and interest for a course if they can relate the content and course activities to their daily lives.
Intonation
Using the correct intonation, when speaking in English, is a way of showing fluency. It is interesting how the wrong intonation can be a problem for communication.
Linking the words during the speech is another way to ease communication among the teacher and the students. Motivation is the key for a student keep up the study, and if the teacher have the students motivated by their full understanding, the class turns out to be meaningful.
1. Tom took ten tables at a time.
2. Peter put the pots near the pans.
3. The cat can’t cut the cake.
4. Two times twelve is twenty-four.
5. Tim supposes that Pam caught the key.
6. A tab was attached to each package.
7. You can’t keep a pet in an apartment.
8. Did Paul and Peggy attend class on Tuesday?
9. Come on, Ted! Call Kathy!
10. Everything occurred according to our plans.
11. Pick up your pen.
12. Keep the puppy away from the pepper.
13. Put it on top of the map.
14. Kay called Pat to take her back.
15. Pack your case quickly.
16. Keep cool and call a cab.
17. Tell Tim to pay the teller.
18. Come and take one.
19. Where did you put the cup?
20. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
Linking the words during the speech is another way to ease communication among the teacher and the students. Motivation is the key for a student keep up the study, and if the teacher have the students motivated by their full understanding, the class turns out to be meaningful.
Here are some examples and exercises to practice connected speech and intonation:
Aspiration in the pronunciation of /p, t, k/
1. Tom took ten tables at a time.
2. Peter put the pots near the pans.
3. The cat can’t cut the cake.
4. Two times twelve is twenty-four.
5. Tim supposes that Pam caught the key.
6. A tab was attached to each package.
7. You can’t keep a pet in an apartment.
8. Did Paul and Peggy attend class on Tuesday?
9. Come on, Ted! Call Kathy!
10. Everything occurred according to our plans.
11. Pick up your pen.
12. Keep the puppy away from the pepper.
13. Put it on top of the map.
14. Kay called Pat to take her back.
15. Pack your case quickly.
16. Keep cool and call a cab.
17. Tell Tim to pay the teller.
18. Come and take one.
19. Where did you put the cup?
20. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
Working on the pronunciation
It is very important for the learning process that the students learn the correct pronunciation of the words since day one, in order to avoid fossilising mistakes.
Most students fail to learn the correct pronunciation of some words and this may cause communication problems in the future.
There are a few adjectives ending in -ED, derived from verbs or not, whose -ED is also pronounced /-Id/. Following is a list of such adjectives.
Similarly, when we add -LY to some adjectives ending in -ED, whether they are derived from verbs or not, the ending -EDLY is pronounced /-IdlI/. Following is a list of such adverbs, their pronunciation and meaning.
Most students fail to learn the correct pronunciation of some words and this may cause communication problems in the future.
Adjectives and Adverbs Whose Final –ED Is Pronounced /-Id/
There are a few adjectives ending in -ED, derived from verbs or not, whose -ED is also pronounced /-Id/. Following is a list of such adjectives.
Similarly, when we add -LY to some adjectives ending in -ED, whether they are derived from verbs or not, the ending -EDLY is pronounced /-IdlI/. Following is a list of such adverbs, their pronunciation and meaning.
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