One to one English teaching - General thoughts (by Jo Gakonga)

#11 Lesson Planning: Teaching one on one

▶️ Teaching students individually has many advantages; it’s easy money compared to classroom teaching, you can arrange classes flexibly and let your student make fast progress. Here’s some advice:

🔹 Build a good rapport
You and your student’s motivation level depends very much on how you two get along. Be professional friends with your student. Being too informal can be a problem because you’re getting paid.

🔹 Deal with needs and expectations
Find out what your student wants and needs with a needs analysis. Be clear that you’re not just providing a paid service. Learning a language needs your student’s active involvement.

🔹 Share the power
One-on-one classes are not your ego show. Put your student in the driving seat. Give plenty of choices when it comes to materials and ways to practice. Plan and assess together. Be ready to compromise but know what’s efficient.

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Watts English for Children, Pt. 4

If you say YES …
… you’re no stranger to the concept of immersion. You know that language learning must be meaningful and is often coincidental. When taught in English, physics and geography classes are great places to learn English!

If you say NO …
… perhaps you survived learning English the hard way with years of grammar classes and you’re still thankful for the “foundation” it gave you. Unfortunately, most students are not deeply interested in linguistics, and why should they?

If you say IT DEPENDS …
… you probably want to be on the safe side. Of course it’s never wrong to say it depends, and ideally students have all types of classes.