What a great ESL teacher: he keeps the pace lively and brisk, which keeps everyone awake and engaged. He stays on task, and he uses enthusiasm and praises the students. Thank you for this demonstration.
Thank you so much for this wonderful example! I found your channel today and watched a bunch of videos. Any trained teacher would know that the methods and techniques you used in this class are exactly what a good teacher should use. For those who are asking if the students know the words and why he’s teaching them something they already know, oftentimes students know the words but they can’t speak or can’t use those words in sentences very comfortably. Lessons like this are extremely helpful!
For larger groups, put students into pairs or groups of 3-4 and have them go from there! The teacher doesn't always need to be in the centre of everything!
Very good Demo. Thank you! Very much helpful. Like it very much. :-) It is strange but one can rarely find good demo lessons in the internet & I don't know a reason why these types of lessons are absent in the net. I know the languege & would like to be a good teacher. :-)
How about a lesson on how to plan a lesson plan in stages. A1 to Expert level? Not a lot of them on the net. And could be of great help to students studying TEFL TESL (EFL ESL). To be used as guidelines when they have to do lesson plans.
I would never give the answers that they gave. The pics show a snowman, the sun, a bird. To drink looks like a tulip. Anyway, it doesn’t show an action. In our digital era, it is so easy to find very good and clear pictures on the internet. Alcohol-related words are not the best to include in the lesson unless the students are learning English for hospitality. He had Marina repeat the word “winter” without her understanding what she needed to improve and how. And she didn’t get it right. However, he showed the place of articulation of “the” very well. He worked on “I like to ….” and “I don’t like to ….” quite effectively. The substitution drills helped the learners practice and memorize the target language. It is OK to practice speaking with notes. This is natural, real-life and reduces anxiety. Did everyone in the classroom understand the meaning of “favorite”? How was that checked before drilling? Meaning should come before drilling. The gapped dialogue on the whiteboard was very helpful. Was it clarified why it is better to say “to ride bikes”? Learners need to know why.
Great video! My only question is: how did the students know the words for 'seasons' and making questions like 'do you like...'? Did they learn this before the lesson either through homework or a previous lesson? thanks!
I like your teaching, as for me, repetition seems boring but really effective. However, I'm having problems with classrom atmosphere and student motivation.
technically good, effective, nice learning method and friendly style. Spot on, sometimes effective learning sessions are boring to watch, but what's more important of course is that learners are learning. good job Chris Westergaard. Are you a native English speaker?
Thank you so much! I haven't taught beginners for about a year or year and a half, and I needed to go back to the basics becuase I''ll be teaching beginners the next month. Thank you for your tips, i loved that you show how to keep TTT low. Really cool vid !!!
how can you elicit with complete beginners? Or even elementary? We were always told to elicit but with low levels they just won`t know. Won`t they feel that they are incompetent while we want them to feel successful?
As you can see in the video, there are times when nobody in the class knows what I’m trying to teach. The elicit helps with 1. The concept 2. Trying to pull the word out if they by chance have seen it before. If they haven’t, I give it to them, drill it and then ccq. However, since my elicit was good, they should know exactly what concept I’m trying to teach them.
They might not be able to give you the word, but if your elicit is good, they’ll know the concept you are trying to teach. At this point, you will write the word you’re teaching on the board, drill it and then ccq it.
Hi Chris, is this considered A-level for teens & adults? I realize A, B, C levels are used in UK education school systems, much like in Asian countries. I'm just trying to see the American equivalent. Some jobs are asking me if I have A-level experience. All these acronyms are like alphabet soup.
Yes you seem like a good teacher I know nothing about teaching. However it seems to me that when you're teaching the word ski aren't you confusing them by saying to ski? And keep putting the word to in front of the object? Like the winter instead of just winter?
Naočkoval bych denně hodinu Duolingo a dvoujjazyčnou knihu. Kdo nemá vůli, potřebuje hl. motivátora, a až poté native speakera. Do urovně B je imitace native učitelů, kdy AJ má několik native stylů ... (I actually sail in winter, too ) overkillem.
You insist the person should come up with a good pronunciation but the person comes up with the shittiest pronunciation ever and yet you say "good!!! perfect!!!!" What the hell?!?!?
In retrospect, it would have been better to order them in their correct order, but I wanted to first teach the language that I thought would be the easiest for them. Most beginners have an understanding of Winter and Summer, so I wanted to hit those first before moving into language that would be more difficult.
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What a great ESL teacher: he keeps the pace lively and brisk, which keeps everyone awake and engaged. He stays on task, and he uses enthusiasm and praises the students. Thank you for this demonstration.
Thank you so much for this wonderful example! I found your channel today and watched a bunch of videos. Any trained teacher would know that the methods and techniques you used in this class are exactly what a good teacher should use. For those who are asking if the students know the words and why he’s teaching them something they already know, oftentimes students know the words but they can’t speak or can’t use those words in sentences very comfortably. Lessons like this are extremely helpful!
I love this one! You should upload more videos with absolute beginners.
I'll try! I really don't teach much and I only get to do these when I do a demo for a TEFL class.
me too
You're such a Great role model for every potential teacher! Thanks a bunch Chris
🎉 I enjoyed your way of teaching . It's not boring at all.All the students are engaged.They practisd the language.❤❤
What a great lesson demonstration!
Thanks!
I am just starting out as an ESL teacher and this was so helpful! Thank you so much!
Nice to hear! I have a whole series on beginners! Check out all of the vids
This can be perfectly applied for small groups, not easy for large group of people though. Elicitation always works best.
For larger groups, put students into pairs or groups of 3-4 and have them go from there! The teacher doesn't always need to be in the centre of everything!
This is amazing. We really take the ability to speak english for granted.
Thank you for all your help. I like that you show us with students. I would like to see the worksheets.
I did love this lesson. it's amazingly recursive and practical!
Very good Demo. Thank you! Very much helpful. Like it very much. :-) It is strange but one can rarely find good demo lessons in the internet & I don't know a reason why these types of lessons are absent in the net. I know the languege & would like to be a good teacher. :-)
How about a lesson on how to plan a lesson plan in stages. A1 to Expert level? Not a lot of them on the net. And could be of great help to students studying TEFL TESL (EFL ESL). To be used as guidelines when they have to do lesson plans.
Thanks for sharing this class! You sparked my mind to teach easily. Greetings from Mexico!
Hey Chris you're such an inspiration
I would never give the answers that they gave. The pics show a snowman, the sun, a bird. To drink looks like a tulip. Anyway, it doesn’t show an action. In our digital era, it is so easy to find very good and clear pictures on the internet.
Alcohol-related words are not the best to include in the lesson unless the students are learning English for hospitality.
He had Marina repeat the word “winter” without her understanding what she needed to improve and how. And she didn’t get it right. However, he showed the place of articulation of “the” very well. He worked on “I like to ….” and “I don’t like to ….” quite effectively. The substitution drills helped the learners practice and memorize the target language.
It is OK to practice speaking with notes. This is natural, real-life and reduces anxiety.
Did everyone in the classroom understand the meaning of “favorite”? How was that checked before drilling? Meaning should come before drilling. The gapped dialogue on the whiteboard was very helpful. Was it clarified why it is better to say “to ride bikes”? Learners need to know why.
Singling out one student for pronunciation error is a big no-no in my book. You're supposed to reduce the anxiety not increase it.
Great video! My only question is: how did the students know the words for 'seasons' and making questions like 'do you like...'? Did they learn this before the lesson either through homework or a previous lesson? thanks!
may be because they are adults with some English?
I like your teaching, as for me, repetition seems boring but really effective. However, I'm having problems with classrom atmosphere and student motivation.
Yea engagement and positivity is hard to get all the time
Awesome! Learned a lot from this demo lesson! Thank you so much
technically good, effective, nice learning method and friendly style. Spot on, sometimes effective learning sessions are boring to watch, but what's more important of course is that learners are learning. good job Chris Westergaard. Are you a native English speaker?
no he is Czech
a really hard work . really appreciated.. 🥺🥺🥺
Best video ever! helped me rejuggle my skills of when i use to teach.
You spend a lot of effort , may god be with you
I also like to have students do the cherades and Pictionary than elicit the answer a great way for engaging and involvement
Thank you please show us more video like this and for teaching naughty kids🙏🏻🌸
Thank you, I will
Thank you so much! I haven't taught beginners for about a year or year and a half, and I needed to go back to the basics becuase I''ll be teaching beginners the next month. Thank you for your tips, i loved that you show how to keep TTT low. Really cool vid !!!
What is TTT? : ) No idea.
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Wow. I wish I was anywhere near as good at you at teaching. Thanks.
Cool! So much enthusiasm!
wow this was amazing and so so helpful, thank you
Hey Chris thank you so much for having this channel and information. All of your videos have been extremely helpful...but thats no wine glass @ 2:40
Great demo🎉 Learnt a lot
Simple, great lesson
Hello from Kurdistan ❤️. Thank you so much, I really got benefit from this video. Keep going 😊❤️
I love your classes please upload more demo classes :)
Great video!
I would love to know what was written on those papersheets which you gave to your students in the first practice!
I believe they are the lexis with blanks that students had to fill in.
You are doing really well!
Yo Chris you the best dude 🤜🤛
how can you elicit with complete beginners? Or even elementary? We were always told to elicit but with low levels they just won`t know. Won`t they feel that they are incompetent while we want them to feel successful?
As you can see in the video, there are times when nobody in the class knows what I’m trying to teach. The elicit helps with 1. The concept 2. Trying to pull the word out if they by chance have seen it before. If they haven’t, I give it to them, drill it and then ccq. However, since my elicit was good, they should know exactly what concept I’m trying to teach them.
Hi awesome class, is there anychance we can get your worksheets and/material?
What should I do if students don't even know any vocabulary. How can they give me words to guess the action I do in front of the class?
They might not be able to give you the word, but if your elicit is good, they’ll know the concept you are trying to teach. At this point, you will write the word you’re teaching on the board, drill it and then ccq it.
Does this seem to work better with beginners whose alphabet is similar to the English alphabet? As opposed to the Arabic alphabet, for instance.
Your enthusiasm!
Hi Chris, is this considered A-level for teens & adults? I realize A, B, C levels are used in UK education school systems, much like in Asian countries. I'm just trying to see the American equivalent. Some jobs are asking me if I have A-level experience. All these acronyms are like alphabet soup.
Thanx for this amazing tips it really helps a lot
You’re welcome!
excelent video, thanks
How long are your classes? (time-wise)
These are 45 min, but they can obviously be expanded for 60 min or 90 min classes
great
Question, would this method be considered tpr or audio lingual ?
Well done
what is the real time of the session ? one hour or one hour and half ? thanks in advance
Yes you seem like a good teacher I know nothing about teaching. However it seems to me that when you're teaching the word ski aren't you confusing them by saying to ski? And keep putting the word to in front of the object? Like the winter instead of just winter?
What kind of method are you applying?
the penis method
Awesome
❤😊
I like it too
what country are they from?
Good! = I give up! Say it however you wanna say it.
Naočkoval bych denně hodinu Duolingo a dvoujjazyčnou knihu. Kdo nemá vůli, potřebuje hl. motivátora, a až poté native speakera. Do urovně B je imitace native učitelů, kdy AJ má několik native stylů ... (I actually sail in winter, too ) overkillem.
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quick question: is it a good idea for students to compare their work before checking the exercise with the whole class?
Having peers check their work is not a bad idea. I usually have students work in pairs/groups anyway during the majority of written tasks.
I wonder why he writes a word on the board before he drills it?
\o/ The fall ! \o/
I’m already annoyed and it’s been 1 minute
You can never drill too much= okay, let's spend 60 minutes drilling a pronunciation of a certain word.
I like to ride a bike?
This class is very confusing ..
A lot of it is the editing + sound + camera I’ll try to make some better demo videos in the future
You insist the person should come up with a good pronunciation but the person comes up with the shittiest pronunciation ever and yet you say "good!!! perfect!!!!" What the hell?!?!?
is he trying to teach the words they already know?? Is this a joke?
Why didn't he teach the seasons the correct order. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
In retrospect, it would have been better to order them in their correct order, but I wanted to first teach the language that I thought would be the easiest for them. Most beginners have an understanding of Winter and Summer, so I wanted to hit those first before moving into language that would be more difficult.