HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVEEFL TEACHER

DON’T SWEATTHE

SMALL STUFF!

BE A GOOD ACTOR!

FORM SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS

WITH COLLEAGUES

DISPLAY STUDENT WORK

DECORATE!

FIND OUT WHAT

STUDENTSALREADY KNOW

ESTABLISH RULES AND PROCEDURES

DAY 1

HAVE A PLAN!

PROVIDE AN AGENDA.

Be prepared to make changes

to or scrap your lesson plan.

FOCUS ON VERBVOCABULARY!

GET TO KNOW YOUR

GRAMMAR

GET TO KNOW YOUR

STUDENT’S CULTURE

DON’T ASSUMETHE CLASS TEXTBOOK

WILL WORK

GO FROMCONTROLLED

(WHOLE CLASS) TO LESS CONTROLLED

(PAIRS/GROUP)ACTIVITIES

DON’T NEGLECTTO TEACH

LISTENING!

TURN REGULAR

ACTIVITIES INTO GAMES OR

COMPETITION

MOTIVATE STUDENTS

WITH

BE OVERLY

PREPARED

FOCUS ON

COMMUNICATION(STUDENT’S NEEDS)

THE 3 Rs

REPEAT!REVIEW!REFLECT!

ENGAGE! STUDY! ACTIVATE!

KNOW THY STUDENTS.

PERSONALIZECONTENT

MAKE SOME OF YOUR OWNCLASSROOM MATERIALS!

USE HUMOURUSE SONG

GET ALONG!

CIRCULATE

DON’T HAVE“PETS”

SHOW AN INTEREST IN

THEIRNATIVE

LANGUAGE

SPEAK NORMALLY AVOID

“TEACHER TALK”

DON’T TALK TOO

MUCH!LET THEM

SPEAK!

TEACHFOR DIFFERING LEARNING

STYLES

BE ENTHUSIASTIC

BE A COACH

DON’T OVER

CORRECT!

POINT STUDENTS

TO LEARNING RESOURCES

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

MAKE A“COMMUNITY”

- WEBSITE, NEWSPAPER, - SOCIAL NETWORK- BLOG, WIKI, PODCAST- RADIO SHOW, CLUBS

KEEP IN TEACHING SHAPE!

- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT- CONFERENCES / COURSES

- TEACHER GROUPS

HAVE A LIFEOUTSIDE

THE CLASSROOM

BE REFLECTIVE!

TEST COURSE CONTENT

NOT INTELLIGENCE!

KISSKEEP IT

SIMPLE, STUPID!

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