Module 3: 1-1 Teaching and small group classes Flashcards
What are some pros to 1:1 teaching?
- Easier flexibility with 1 student.
- Personalization.
- Clear focus on L1 interference.
- Can set individual learning program.
- Immediate feedback.
- Studying at right level and pace.
- Relevant topics and material.
What are some cons to 1:1 teaching?
- Can be tiring for teacher and student.
- Less variety of interactions.
- Constant participation.
- Personality clash.
- Comparison is difficult in terms of marking progress.
What is the biggest challenge in a 1:1 lesson?
Not running out of material. Always have back-ups, since interaction is minimal and engagement needs to be high.
What external sources can I use in a 1:1 to keep the student engaged?
- Use another voice: accents can help the learner hear a range of vocab and pronunciation.
- Watch a video clip.
- Listen to audio.
- Play music.
- Play a game together.
Explain post-it notes as a first lesson.
Put some post-it notes on your screen with various topics on them. Allow the student to choose each topic and elicit info from them.
Elementary: fruit, veggies, colors, sports
Intermediate: holiday destinations, recipe you like to cook, films you enjoy, your hometown, someone you admire.
Upper-intermediate: global languages, global currencies, article from today’s paper, global warming - threat?, recycling.
How can you use post-it notes as a form of needs analysis?
Produce a selection of cards with skills and language items and make them visible to your learner(s). Students must choose them according to preference.
General: Speaking / Listening / Vocabulary / Grammar / Pronunciation / General conversation / Exam focus / Increase fluency
Business: Small talk / Negotiations / Meeting language / Writing emails / Speaking on the phone / Business idiomatic language / basic business vocab / Marketing / Making decisions
Talk through 8 online activities you can do.
Share a text: share with enough time to read through before the class starts.
Use a post-it note app: different themes or topics to activate schemata or to elicit info from learners.
Share a news headline: to start a discussion or debate, good for new vocabulary.
Sentence starters: focus on topic areas or grammar points. I have never… London is…
Screen sharing answers: show answers to questions learners have to come up with. English… 10 years…
Show a video with no audio: have learners write a sentence to summarize what they saw (Simpsons).
Timed speaking activities: give 30 seconds to talk about your hobby, the weather, and favorite food.
Summarizing: show learners a paragraph or text and have them re-tell the information in their own words.
Six tips for younger learners.
- Visuals!
- Story-telling through visuals.
- Puppets or characters.
- Short clips.
- Mini whiteboard applications.
- Realia.
How can you teach small online classes effectively?
- Students will need to have the same or similar goals.
- Monolingual is preferable for lower-level learners.
- A sharing forum is a positive way to bring the group together.
