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Emmeladelyn Posted 18 years ago
Teaching
One to one lesson ideas
Hi everyone.
I'm looking for inspiration here.
I have a one to one student who basically only wants to do conversation (and isn't at all interested in written exercises, pronunciation or other classic exercises.) This wouldn't be much of a problem if it weren't for the fact that I have the impression that they don't want to talk about themself or disclose their opinions to any great extent, and they seem to find imaginary situations difficult/ridiculous. Can you see my difficulty?
I tend to work on vocab and to prepare as many questions and debates on a subject as possible, and to fit in grammar work through imaginary situations and role plays (although this sometimes yields nothing at all) and I do a lot of reading and listening work on texts that will challenge the student somewhat. I'm running a little dry on ideas and wondered if anyone had some useful suggestions.
thanks in advance.
I'm looking for inspiration here.
I have a one to one student who basically only wants to do conversation (and isn't at all interested in written exercises, pronunciation or other classic exercises.) This wouldn't be much of a problem if it weren't for the fact that I have the impression that they don't want to talk about themself or disclose their opinions to any great extent, and they seem to find imaginary situations difficult/ridiculous. Can you see my difficulty?
I tend to work on vocab and to prepare as many questions and debates on a subject as possible, and to fit in grammar work through imaginary situations and role plays (although this sometimes yields nothing at all) and I do a lot of reading and listening work on texts that will challenge the student somewhat. I'm running a little dry on ideas and wondered if anyone had some useful suggestions.
thanks in advance.
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Students showing disinterest in exercises or the commoner discussion topics I ask to assume responsibility for providing material on their interests. I ask them to bring a newspaper or magazine article that interests them. e.
- Students showing disinterest in exercises or the commoner discussion topics I ask to assume responsibility for providing material on their interests.
- I ask them to bring a newspaper or magazine article that interests them.
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- bring the material the week before) so that you can review it, look for related potential grammar points, new vocabulary, etc.
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Students showing disinterest in exercises or the commoner discussion topics I ask to assume responsibility for providing material on their interests. I ask them to bring a newspaper or magazine article that interests them. If you don't like adlibbing, ask them to get a week ahead (i.e. bring the material the week before) so that you can review it, look for related potential grammar points
Students showing disinterest in exercises or the commoner discussion topics I ask to assume responsibility for providing material on their interests. I ask them to bring a newspaper or magazine article that interests them. If you don't like adlibbing, ask them to get a week ahead (i.e. bring the material the week before) so that you can review it, look for related potential grammar points
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Micawber is right, but have your own articles on hand in case the student doesn't bring one. In fact, the odds are s/he will "forget" to bring one more often than not. I'd find something related to his/her job, profession, or something cultural. Look in the English-language versions of the online papers from his/her country for local content.
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