how do you know that your student is secure in having chosen you as their teacher
Give your responses, good or bad, and then what do you do about it?
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Best answer
His success and confidence will say it louder.
- StephanCertified TEFL and ESL Teacher
I believe it comes down to student teaching preference and the teacher's teaching style. It is therefore very important that there is a good form communiction between teacher and student to understand which way will be more effective and adapt better to the needs of the student and how they prefer to be taught. That is also a good quality of a teacher: being able to adapt to the student, rather than the other way around.
Ask them how you can improve your interactions. :-)
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"You are only as good as your next lesson". You have to make sure that the lessons you give make the student feel good about speaking English. Always give positive feedback, and constructive criticism. Also, take an interest in the student, always ask about something that they have mentioned in past lessons such as : "How did the company golf day go? Was it fun?" It is also advisable to inject some fun into the lesson. When a student is relaxed, feeling confident and knows that the lesson will be fun, they will learn more, and remember what they have learnt.
Allowing students to speak their minds and letting them feel comfortable in learning by making mistakes will surely make them feel safe to be in you the same space as you.
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What kind of method do you use to explain clearly each conditional for students? Do you provide some examples from real life and how you do it? Thank you!
Best answer
The first thing to do when teaching conditionals would be to explain what conditionals are, then provide them with examples, then play a game where they need to identify the conditional, and finally have them create their own to see if they understood it
- Could you explain me, please, when I need to use 0,1,2,3 and mixed conditionals? Thank you!
Can you provide examples?
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Mixed conditional combined second and third conditionals to talk about the past situations has a present consequence or a present situations that is a result of a past action Structure: If + past perfect + would +verb If I had studied medicine, I would be a doctor now.
