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Zinnia Posted 21 years ago
Teaching
conversational classes.. heeelp!
HI everyone
After a year of teaching mainly business English in fairly formal settings in France I'm about to start a conversational class. My group seem to want a 'club' kind of feel, where the learning is invisible ie no obvious grammar, no nasty I dont know moments etc. I'm not usually hugely strict but they say my style of teaching sounds too formal.
Does anyone have any tips on how I can get an hour's session (beginners, middle (about pre-int) and their advanced (about intermediate pet standard) flowing smoothly. I have minimal French so my 'classes' will be in English. I'm really stuck!!
Thanks heaps.
After a year of teaching mainly business English in fairly formal settings in France I'm about to start a conversational class. My group seem to want a 'club' kind of feel, where the learning is invisible ie no obvious grammar, no nasty I dont know moments etc. I'm not usually hugely strict but they say my style of teaching sounds too formal.
Does anyone have any tips on how I can get an hour's session (beginners, middle (about pre-int) and their advanced (about intermediate pet standard) flowing smoothly. I have minimal French so my 'classes' will be in English. I'm really stuck!!
Thanks heaps.
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If you are the chatty type, just do so. Weather, news, gossip. Act like a moderator and a fellow gossip as much as possible, but encourage them to speak to each other more, instead of just to you ('What do you think about that, Ms.
- If you are the chatty type, just do so.
- Weather, news, gossip.
- Act like a moderator and a fellow gossip as much as possible, but encourage them to speak to each other more, instead of just to you ('What do you think about that, Ms.
- ').
- Spend your first class finding out what they are interested in-- hobbies, pastimes, current events, sports-- and then you can augment your 'free conversation' with authentic materials of any kind on those topics.
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If you are the chatty type, just do so. Weather, news, gossip. Act like a moderator and a fellow gossip as much as possible, but encourage them to speak to each other more, instead of just to you ('What do you think about that, Ms. LeFevre?'). Spend your first class finding out what they are interested in-- hobbies, pastimes, current events, sports-- and then you can augment your
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Thanks for that. Huge help. And a good excuse to read my magazines again!
Will let you all know how it goes.
Will let you all know how it goes.
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