If you done studying from all the materials here are some general tips outline from all the modules on how to be an effective TESOL teacher.
- Don’t sweat the small stuff
- Learn to be a good actor
- Form supportive relationships with colleagues
- Display student work and decorate
- Find out what students already know
- Establish rules and procedures on DAY 1
- Have a plan provide a agenda
- Be prepared to make changes to or scrap lesson plan
- Focus on verb vocab
- Get to know your Grammar
- Get to know your students culture
- Don’t assume the class textbook will work
- Go from controlled (Whole Class) to less controlled (Pairs/Groups) activities
- Don’t neglect to teach listening
- Turn regular activities into games or competition
- Motivate students with daily variety
- BE OVERLY PREPARED
- Focus on communication on students needs
- Repeat review reflect (3 Rs)
- Engage Study Activate
- Know thy students. Personalize content
- Make some of your own classroom materials
- Use humor use song get along
- Circulate around the class and don’t have class ‘Pets’
- Show interest in their native language
- Speak normally and avoid ‘Teacher Talk’
- Don’t talk too much and let them speak
- Teach for differing learning styles
- Be enthusiastic be a coach
- Do not over correct
- Point students to learning resources outside the classroom
- Make a community using: website, newspaper, social network, blog, wiki, podcast, radio show, clubs
- Keep in ‘Teaching Shape’ by ongoing professional development, conferences/courses and teacher groups
- Have a life outside the classroom
- Be reflective
- Test course content and not intelligence
- ‘KISS’ Keep it simple, stupid
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