Which skills are a must for teaching English talk well, react well, explain well, or all mentioned?
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Speaking at the learner's level is a must! Also, positive encouragement and explaining things as simple as possible will go a long way.
Have a likeable attitude and an understanding personality. Patience is the major skill needed especially with beginners.
I think skills for teaching English are a positive attitude, must known your grammar rules, and explaining things as simple as possible.
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Listening, patience, understanding/empathy play vital roles, these will allow you to speak at their level but also help them improve.
All mentioned
Being Helpful to the student's needs is vital, also recognizing what the student needs to improve on when it comes to Grammar and Speaking
Hello! All are actually related to communication skills. You provide students with clear questions and thought-provoking topics to discuss, and then you listen well to give the best feedback, including self-correction, too. The language should be graded and also with sufficient input for the student. Concept-checking questions are great for involving the students and reducing teacher talking time. Controlled practices and asking students to give samples for each new vocabulary and grammar are really helpful without explaining too much. In these cases, you can understand what your student knows and doesn't.
Oh, it is a complex question. Firstly you have to be a good listener (as your students speaks and you shouldn't interrupt them). The second you should ask proper questions (depending on what topic you are learning). For instance, if you learn Past you should ask: Where did you go last summer? The third one: my approach is not a direct correcting. I try to hint at the mistake so that student could be able to realise by their own.
Active listening, cultural sensitivity, and enunciation
Recitation, class work during classes.
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- Which phrases do you find useful when making small talk in English?
Describe a specific situation where you will need to make small talk.
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A good way to do this is to discuss weekend plans. What do you usually enjoy doing on the weekends? Any fun plans for this weekend? How was your weekend?
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"The dark side of the light chasers" By Debbie Ford. Simple and easy to understand for an intermediate-level student. (Self-growth)
