My Teaching Philosophy:
Care about the students. Make their success the first priority.
Students learn conversational English best when they have real interactions with real people. As a result, an English teacher should include a significant amount of acting/role play. A good teacher will look for every opportunity to create simple, direct interaction, not only between teacher and student, but also student to student.
Students learn English best not by watching people say and do things, but actually saying and doing things. I've used videos and Powerpoint presentations in class, first it's good to consider whether the video or powerpoint could be replaced with real objects and real people.
Let your students get to know you. Take every opportunity to show them pictures of your family, home city, favorite food, baby pictures, etc. Make sure to reiterate that these are real pictures from your life, since the students sometimes assume the pictures are stock photos.
Don't let limitations get you down. My English classroom has limited space. We definitely don't have the latest and greatest of English classroom 'technology' (robots, touchscreens, etc.) but my co-teacher and I have managed to put together classes in which students are, for the most part, having fun, and learning English.
Keep an eye out for students who aren't getting it. You'll likely have a wide range of English skill level between students in each class. There are endless philosophies on how this disparity should be dealt with, and each teacher has to decide their own, but it's important to realize that those kids are there, sometimes lip syncing along to everyone else. Don't let them get left in the dust.
Care about the students. Make their success the first priority.
Students learn conversational English best when they have real interactions with real people. As a result, an English teacher should include a significant amount of acting/role play. A good teacher will look for every opportunity to create simple, direct interaction, not only between teacher and student, but also student to student.
Students learn English best not by watching people say and do things, but actually saying and doing things. I've used videos and Powerpoint presentations in class, first it's good to consider whether the video or powerpoint could be replaced with real objects and real people.
Let your students get to know you. Take every opportunity to show them pictures of your family, home city, favorite food, baby pictures, etc. Make sure to reiterate that these are real pictures from your life, since the students sometimes assume the pictures are stock photos.
Don't let limitations get you down. My English classroom has limited space. We definitely don't have the latest and greatest of English classroom 'technology' (robots, touchscreens, etc.) but my co-teacher and I have managed to put together classes in which students are, for the most part, having fun, and learning English.
Keep an eye out for students who aren't getting it. You'll likely have a wide range of English skill level between students in each class. There are endless philosophies on how this disparity should be dealt with, and each teacher has to decide their own, but it's important to realize that those kids are there, sometimes lip syncing along to everyone else. Don't let them get left in the dust.