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1、How to Teach English y learning how to teach English you can become much more efficient and successful.This section of the site is here to give you all the tips and advice you need to truly and effectively help your students.You can start by reading the following article (The 10 Most Helpful Pieces

2、of Advice) and then check out the other articles and resources:eBooks and Downloadable Files for TeachersEnglish Language Teaching Tips and AdviceHow to Teach English the 10 Most Helpful Pieces of AdviceIf you have studied an ESL teaching course you were probably given a lot of advice on how to teac

3、h English by tutors, and by well-meaning friends, colleagues or strangers. Sometimes its too much to take in so here is what I have found useful.The 10 most helpful How to teach English pieces of advice:1. You dont need to stick to a lesson plan.This may come as a shock, but things will happen in yo

4、ur classes that you dont expect! Students will finish some activities too soon and take longer on others. Some things will be easy for them, and others that you expect them to understand quickly will be tougher. It is more important to be flexible than stick rigidly to something that isnt working.2.

5、 You dont need to know all the answers.Another shock? I taught some classes where they asked me questions I couldnt answer right then. I told them I would find out for them, and I did. As long as you are honest, say you dont know, and then give the answers later, thats fine.3. Every student is diffe

6、rent.Now, that may be obvious, but so many teachers forget this when they are teaching and treat each student in the same way. That wont work. Get to know your students, their learning styles and their strengths and weaknesses. If possible, create a variety of tasks to suit different students in the

7、 class.4. You cant force students to learn, nor should you.Teachers often feel responsible if their students dont progress. You can give them the tools for learning and inspire them to want to learn, but then it becomes the individual students responsibility to learn, not only yours.5. Have a person

8、ality.Be yourself. Let the students see youre a human being and not a teaching machine. Laugh at yourself if you make mistakes. Bring humor into the classroom.6. Be encouraging.Error correction is essential in the right circumstances, but if you correct every mistake then you can easily destroy a st

9、udents confidence. Praise good work and never tell students they are stupid. Students who think they are stupid lose motivation.7. Balance your lessons between different skills.A teacher who teaches 90% grammar is not helping the students. Communication skills, reading, writing, and vocabulary build

10、ing are all as important as grammar. Possibly even more important than grammar!8. Keep an emergency resources box.Include games, paper, colored pencils, extra worksheets, magazines etc. This will be invaluable if you need to add a new activity into the lesson or to extend something the students are

11、working on.9. Give homework.This is controversial! You cant force students to do homework, but if you give them the choice then they will feel encouraged and they can take responsibility for their learning. It is really important to mark the homework if you do give it, and not leave it on your desk

12、for weeks.10. Have fun!If you enjoy your lessons, then your students will too.These are the pieces of advice that helped me learn how to teach English and Im sure they will help you too!How to Teach English As a Foreign LanguageEdited by akram saqib, David, Teresa, Buggie111 and 1 otherTeaching is n

13、ot only a profession but also an art. A good teacher is he who performs well. It has become a form of acting. A good teacher should be a good actor, especially when it is a matter of teaching a language. This task has become challenging as well as rewarding. Here are some practical suggestions for t

14、he teachers of languages.Edit Steps11 Be able to act. Teaching is not only a profession but also an art. A good teacher is he who performs well. It has become a form of acting. A good teacher should be a good actor, especially when it is a matter of teaching a language. This task has become challeng

15、ing as well as rewarding. Here are some practical suggestions for the teachers of languages.22 Use body language. A good teacher is a good actor as told earlier. He should act according to the meanings of the word. He should wipe out sweat and fan with his hands if he is telling about hot weather. I

16、n the same fashion he should do his best to illustrate the meanings with the gestures of his body and facial expressions. It becomes extremely helpful while teaching second language.33 Begin teaching with modifiers and quantifiers. The best way for the beginner is to familiarize him with nouns prono

17、uns and adjectives. Avoid using verbal hints in the very beginning. Modifiers and quantifiers are the best cues for this purpose. Performance on the modifiers is easy and leads to the easy understanding of verbs later.44 Make lessons interesting there are many ways to make lesson interesting. Some k

18、ind of joke anecdote or recitation of poetry rise interest in the learner.55 Use media in classroom. Use of media in classrooms has proved very useful. It enables a teacher to use few words.66 Audio visual aids lessen the burden. Example is better than precept. Always keep this proverb in mind and o

19、penly use audio visual aids. A lot of words fail in making learner to understand an idea while a little picture make it easy to comprehend. These can be more helpful in teaching vocabulary, prepositions and verbs.77 Regroup the learners. After some preliminary teaching a teacher comes to know the ab

20、ilities of his students. He should divide the students in groups according to their mental approach and learning capability. This grouping help the learners as well the teacher. The group should be made to practice together the lessons taught to them. Individual practice is always helpful in learnin

21、g and grouping is the best way for this kind of drill.88 Use the language of the learner. If a teacher is well conversant in the language of the learner he should use it as the base of his material. The bilingual method that can also be called as translation method becomes very beneficent for the le

22、arner. It saves a lot of burden of the teacher too.99 Practice makes a man perfect. Practice of anything makes one perfect in his art. Language is a thing that is quite a complex thing. It needs severe repetitions. Not only learners but also teacher should repeat his lesson at least two times in the

23、 class. Every sentence he speaks should speak two times with intervals or continuously. This repetition will make the learner expert and would produce in him the language skills.1010 Avoid descriptive grammar. Descriptive grammar should be avoided in teaching language. It deviate the learner from hi

24、s real objectives. It may be used in disguise. The teacher should not stress on the rules but the function of the words. Too much corrective attitude of the teacher may annoy the learner and he may become disappointed.1111 Build confidence in the learner. Second language learners are conscious of th

25、eir weakness of not knowing the language. Sometimes they may become emotional or irritated. It is the duty of the teacher to provide him safer atmosphere for language learning. He should take the learner into confidence by telling him that every second language learner does not know the language. The mistakes are not to disappoint but to correct his language ad are made by all.