Guidelines for new English teachers
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Teachers should… |
Teachers should not… |
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1) Classroom Management |
Prompt students with some warm-up activities before starting a lesson (ex. TPR activities). |
Start a lesson when students are not ready (ex. talking and chatting). |
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2) Dealing with Behavior’s |
Talk to students about what the teacher wants and don’t want them to do to avoid unnecessary behaviors. |
Let students do whatever they want, then they’ll realize that the teacher is O.K. with those things (talking out of turn) |
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3) Activities for speaking |
Use real situations or real tasks to encourage speaking (ex.surveys or role-plays) |
Only let students take turn practicing the target language. |
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4) Target Language and Useful Language |
Present a clear target language on the board and also introduce useful language to the students (ex. How do you spell that?, Can you repeat it?, Can you say that again?) |
Speak Thai |
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5) Activities for assessing speaking |
Use informal assessments ( ex. Row up students in 2 lines and ask questions about target language) |
Use worksheet because it’s not appropriate to assess the ability to speak |
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6) Student’s interaction |
Spit students into pair works or into groups to encourage interactions |
Talk too much |
