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Originally Posted by Carolita123
Hey everybody. I'm a student of English as a second language. I will graduate as an English Teacher this year. If there's a teacher that could help me by telling me his/her personal experience, it would be really nice! thank you!  |
Hi and Congratulations, Carolita. As a retired American teacher now teaching in China, I will try to offer some suggestions. The first days of class are important for you to let the studnets know what you are going to teach (as in a syllabus), and what your expectations are of them. Some simple but clear classroom rules will let them know that your class is to be taken seriously. They will generally be very interested in knowing how you are going to grade them, e.g. what percentage of the grade will be for attendance, participation, quizzes, final examination, etc.
The advice given to keep it fun and meaningful is certainly good. I would recommend that you use the vast ESL resources online suh as
http://eslmaniac.web-log.nl/ to help you generate ideas.
A good activity on the first day is to do an "icebreaker". I tell the students that each must say four things about themselves, and one of them must be false. Then the class tries to guess which is false. I begin by stating four things about myslef. This relaxes the class, and equallly important, gives you an indication of the general English level of each student.
Your English appears to be excellent and you are researching new ideas, so my best guess is that you will make an excelellent teacher. Good luck, Rich