If you are interested in teaching abroad, please check out my school, The Language House TEFL in Prague. We help people learn to teach abroad. www.thelanguagehouse.net
I got accepted into my first teaching job as a teacher at a Marines school near me and I'm watching this because my anxiety is getting the best of me rn, i hope this can help me for tomorrow
@@briabree7683 it was great actually!! I met the teachers there and they were sooo nice, same for the students (all 25y and older) also the place and scenery is by the sea so it's gorgeous, best decision I've made :3
@@briabree7683 i hope it works out for you too, i know it's natural to be nervous, but as long as you're confident in yourself and abilities you'll do it, don't worry, the fear actually disappears the moment you start talking!
I just got offered and accepted a teaching position at my local college as an electrical instructor. I’m super hyped and start August 10th. Thanks for this video!
Thanks for this useful and resourceful video. I’m starting a side job as an English tutor tomorrow and I love the confidence that you portrait when explaining. I will let you all know how it goes after my first class.
A week from today will be my first day teaching all by myself. I'm an ESL student and I'll be working for my university this term. I'm very excited and nervous at the same time. Thanks for the advice, Chris!!
This is really solid advice! i have teached for around 6 years (5 of them part time) and these are good also for starting up a new class even after you have some experiance under your belt. I do a fairly simple group exersice the first day to get my students to bond and start talking with each other: in groups of two, they have to represent each other and talk about: 1. something they like to do that they like 2. talk about expetations for the course. after they have done this for around 5 mins they have to switch over and let the other student talk about the same topics. once that is done, they have to represent the OTHER student and tell some basic infomation to the rest of the class. this is both a good icebreaker and it makes the students talk with each other plus its a little assigment in active listing. also very good tip about balancing the icebreakers/games and the more tradtional teaching; Dont underestimate that students are often (hopefully) motivated to come to your class due to the core stuff that you are teaching (that might be language, math or i my case HR and business stuff). I have been a mentor for new students while i was at university and the first 3 days even we had alot of icebreakers and games to make the students bond with each other. But often i got the question: when does the actual teaching start!? some of them felt de-motivated for the tradtional teaching wouldnt start at day one. so yes balancing "core teaching" with icebreakers is a good tip.
Please Chris keep on making similar videos. Yesterday was my first teaching lesson, it was a success. You were my trainer, I've watched your teaching videos and tips on teaching several times. For my planning I've followed you lessons structure. Your class demos where the best and most useful to me. Can you please make a video on inclusive teaching and differentiation.
This was the best possible explanation! It's time for the show! Know your part, and deliver, with room for adlibs and improvisation!!! Creating games for elementary students is still most challenging for me, though.
This has been the most valuable video I have watched in the last 2 days of prepping for a potential IT Tutor role. Experienced in teaching one to one, not so much of groups. You have built my confidence a great deal !
Thanks a lot for this video really make me realize for what actually the problems that I should solve for my teaching in class. Just about one month being english teacher. And very tough enough for me because never had any experience in teaching before. Thanks a million sir
Wow this is so helpful! I am volunteering at our church to teach beginning ESL for adults. I really want to do a good job for them. I am not a teacher! I will be binging your videos! Let me know if you have certain videos I should watch. Thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge with us :)
@@christinaserrano6379 that is wonderful :) you will do great! I ended up switching gears and taking a job with Read To Succeed. It is a nonprofit that promotes adult and family literacy. We do ESL and help native speakers that never learned to read. All of our teachers are volunteers and i will tell you .that most of them had never taught before. They have a heart and just share that with their students and it goes so well!! I stressed for months before I took this job and thought what if I am not good enough and wont say the right things and they wont actually learn anything from me. What I see is that the most important thing is that you are making them feel loved and welcome and the rest will come naturally. Thank you for your sweet message and God bless you in your new role. I know you will do great :)❤️
@@eb8645 I have realized that if you want to do well in this you will!! The students will know be able to tell how much you care :) you don’t have to be perfect! Just do your best and things will fall in to place and they will learn every time they meet with you :) also you are showing them that you are happy that they are here and that is wonderful :) thank you for what you are doing :)
Hi Mr Chris you have no idea how much this video was helpful as a teacher who has just started his career I have learned lots of interesting tips and things which I had no idea about before, I believe you are one of the most successful teachers and your students must be lucky to have such a great teacher like you Greeting
Great video man! I'm going to have my first lesson tomorrow as a teacher and ngl I was excited and a bit nervous about it. However, I'm a lot more confident now after watching this video, so huge thanks.
Thanks so much, I am from Cuba and I found your grammar videos so informative and practical. I feel so much comfortable teaching grammar points now! Please continue!
Thanks for the tips. I think exactly the same as the projection of being prepared in the video and I hope I get it all done for my first lesson to young adults as a teacher:))
Hi Chris, Thank you for such an informative video. I have learnt very useful tips from your videos. I did my CELTA 4yrs ago and never got to teach nor practice my ESL skills. I'm now ready to for the challenge so am following your videos as a refresher course. I haven't come across the one with detailed Lesson plan, which I always struggled to be honest. I'll appreciate if you could create one video on it, I'm sure there are more new teachers out there having similar problem. Thank you so much for your time and efforts.
Well, I had a lot of FIRST LESSONS i still don't know how I did it I still have a day and a month to be a real teacher but thank you Mr.Chris I really searched around the internet and finally decided to see the TH-cam and your vids and tips are really helpful I'm really grateful for you thank you
Hello professor Thank you so much for your help and advice. I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. All the best. Take care and have a good time. Your follower from Algeria.
Thanks. Very helpful! I am thinking about teaching something voluntarily at the school library using my special knowledge. People often enjoy hearing about cool stuff I have studied so I thought this could help if I want to officially try teach it to someone.
Hi Chris, thanks for all your great videos and pointers. I often teach 1 to 1 and I'm struggling to adapt everything. Could you give some pointers about that situation? Thanks in advance!
Hi Chris ! I just adore your videos!!! They really inspire (especially when I run out of energy or desire to create something engaging for my students I always watch one of your recent videos and voila the super 👌 cool lesson is ready!!! I've got a question about homework or home assignments:do you give your students any h/w?
HW is pretty important for the learning process. There’s only so much a student can learn from a few hours a week in the classroom. So, yes! Whatever you can give them that’s fun and gets them working on the language is great. Thanks for the comment!
Hi Mr. Chirs tomorrow I have an interview about English language teaching at primary Schools , So I will explain simple present tense, what the main point should I put in my mind about this subject? Please reply me 🙏
Biggest tip is getting comfortable in front of your camera. Have your camera slightly facing down, too. It gives a better perspective. And get used to looking at the camera lense, to communicate better with your audience. You’ll also want to make sure your audio sounds clear. Lastly try to have an interesting background.
Thank you for the video. I do have some questions though. What level are these tips for? I realize many of them are general but something that stood out to me was when you mentioned 'dress up', I can't really think of a place or an age group where this would be appropriate except maybe preschool. Another concern of mine is the line between being the teacher, as the 'authority' figure and as the students' friend. I truly believe it's important to set a clear boundary that even though you may be friendly at times you are still the HEAD of the class. Any thoughts on this?
1.Dress up = Dress well 2. Leaders generally don’t tell people they are leaders. If your teaching and classroom management is at skilled up, they will naturally follow your lead. However, it’s not a bad idea to go over goal/expectations during the first day
@@TheLanguageHouseTEFL thank you for the answer. 1. Sorry I was thinking about "play dress up". 2. I would rather err on the side of having boundaries than not. I've seen teachers playing it cool lose respect real quick with younger students (teens for example). I realize this has to do with context, I'm just speaking from experience. I do appreciate your suggestions as they are a reminder to losen up every now and then. 👍
hello sir chris , really gained a lot of teaching knowledge and skills from your video, i want to ask that how do you select topic to teach the learners? do u have any course book or you just select by yourself according to their level?
Well it probably depends on where you teach. I teach at a private business english academy, and each level has its own methods and duration, so as im starting by teaching beginners, they gave me the book and with each unit they give me a guide to lead me on how to present my lessons and courses but i still have the freedom to choose any topic i want thats related ofc to the lesson and the level of students/learners :)
Good morning Chris. I am finding difficulties making ILP (individual learning plan) for my ESL class. Any specific format? How to assess students and review the plan? Couldn't find anything useful on TH-cam.
Chris, great advice! Do you teach a course yourself? Are your courses available online? I want to find a good TEFL certification course but it has to be online because I am currently disabled. I'd like to be prepared to start to teach once I am able to go back to work. Thanks again for all these great tips! Many thanks from North TX, US of A
If you are interested in teaching abroad, please check out my school, The Language House TEFL in Prague. We help people learn to teach abroad.
www.thelanguagehouse.net
Please Sir I'm interested
İt is hard to get prepared for each lesson when we think someone has 20 class in a week
I got accepted into my first teaching job as a teacher at a Marines school near me and I'm watching this because my anxiety is getting the best of me rn, i hope this can help me for tomorrow
how was it???
@@briabree7683 it was great actually!! I met the teachers there and they were sooo nice, same for the students (all 25y and older) also the place and scenery is by the sea so it's gorgeous, best decision I've made :3
@@katherine6107 wow congratulations! I'm gonna apply to be a teacher, was nervous, but this gave me a new perspective
@@briabree7683 i hope it works out for you too, i know it's natural to be nervous, but as long as you're confident in yourself and abilities you'll do it, don't worry, the fear actually disappears the moment you start talking!
@@katherine6107So happy for you Darling!!!
I almost quit before I started, thank you for these basic tips that I can work with and work on.
Thank you so much for NOT holding back sharing to the new teachers, what to do in their first ever teaching journey
I just got offered and accepted a teaching position at my local college as an electrical instructor. I’m super hyped and start August 10th. Thanks for this video!
I hope everything went great!!
@@彭小蕾-p9q absolutely! Been teaching now for few months! I love it
@@dougfoster445 that’s awesome! I’m starting with this new job on Friday, I’m excited too!
@@彭小蕾-p9q what kind of job?
Thanks for this useful and resourceful video. I’m starting a side job as an English tutor tomorrow and I love the confidence that you portrait when explaining. I will let you all know how it goes after my first class.
A week from today will be my first day teaching all by myself. I'm an ESL student and I'll be working for my university this term. I'm very excited and nervous at the same time.
Thanks for the advice, Chris!!
You’re welcome! Enjoy your class and thanks for watching.
thank you chris, I am so nervous for my first time of teaching
This is really solid advice!
i have teached for around 6 years (5 of them part time) and these are good also for starting up a new class even after you have some experiance under your belt.
I do a fairly simple group exersice the first day to get my students to bond and start talking with each other: in groups of two, they have to represent each other and talk about: 1. something they like to do that they like 2. talk about expetations for the course.
after they have done this for around 5 mins they have to switch over and let the other student talk about the same topics.
once that is done, they have to represent the OTHER student and tell some basic infomation to the rest of the class.
this is both a good icebreaker and it makes the students talk with each other plus its a little assigment in active listing.
also very good tip about balancing the icebreakers/games and the more tradtional teaching; Dont underestimate that students are often (hopefully) motivated to come to your class due to the core stuff that you are teaching (that might be language, math or i my case HR and business stuff). I have been a mentor for new students while i was at university and the first 3 days even we had alot of icebreakers and games to make the students bond with each other. But often i got the question: when does the actual teaching start!? some of them felt de-motivated for the tradtional teaching wouldnt start at day one.
so yes balancing "core teaching" with icebreakers is a good tip.
Please Chris keep on making similar videos. Yesterday was my first teaching lesson, it was a success. You were my trainer, I've watched your teaching videos and tips on teaching several times. For my planning I've followed you lessons structure. Your class demos where the best and most useful to me. Can you please make a video on inclusive teaching and differentiation.
I’m glad I was able to help!
I’ve got a new video coming out now.
@@TheLanguageHouseTEFL you're a star. ..thanks 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
This was the best possible explanation! It's time for the show! Know your part, and deliver, with room for adlibs and improvisation!!! Creating games for elementary students is still most challenging for me, though.
This has been the most valuable video I have watched in the last 2 days of prepping for a potential IT Tutor role. Experienced in teaching one to one, not so much of groups. You have built my confidence a great deal !
Thanks a lot for this video really make me realize for what actually the problems that I should solve for my teaching in class. Just about one month being english teacher. And very tough enough for me because never had any experience in teaching before. Thanks a million sir
Wow this is so helpful! I am volunteering at our church to teach beginning ESL for adults. I really want to do a good job for them. I am not a teacher! I will be binging your videos! Let me know if you have certain videos I should watch. Thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge with us :)
I am doing the same and have no idea where to begin! God bless you in that ministry. Hope it is going great.
@@christinaserrano6379 that is wonderful :) you will do great! I ended up switching gears and taking a job with Read To Succeed. It is a nonprofit that promotes adult and family literacy. We do ESL and help native speakers that never learned to read. All of our teachers are volunteers and i will tell you .that most of them had never taught before. They have a heart and just share that with their students and it goes so well!! I stressed for months before I took this job and thought what if I am not good enough and wont say the right things and they wont actually learn anything from me. What I see is that the most important thing is that you are making them feel loved and welcome and the rest will come naturally. Thank you for your sweet message and God bless you in your new role. I know you will do great :)❤️
I'm teaching Arab women ESL. The program is part of a church
I'm not a teacher either. Lol
I want to do a good job too. Blessings to you
@@eb8645 I have realized that if you want to do well in this you will!! The students will know be able to tell how much you care :) you don’t have to be perfect! Just do your best and things will fall in to place and they will learn every time they meet with you :) also you are showing them that you are happy that they are here and that is wonderful :) thank you for what you are doing :)
Absolutely amazing pointers. Thank you so much for this. I love how you explain 🤗
Hi Mr Chris you have no idea how much this video was helpful as a teacher who has just started his career I have learned lots of interesting tips and things which I had no idea about before, I believe you are one of the most successful teachers and your students must be lucky to have such a great teacher like you Greeting
Thanks Buddy!
What you’ve done in this video is absolutely fantastic.
After watching this video, am even more than ready to go for an interview. Thank you teacher
Great video man! I'm going to have my first lesson tomorrow as a teacher and ngl I was excited and a bit nervous about it. However, I'm a lot more confident now after watching this video, so huge thanks.
Thanks so much, I am from Cuba and I found your grammar videos so informative and practical. I feel so much comfortable teaching grammar points now! Please continue!
Hello there! Thanks man. Your attitude is awesome. Your videos have really helped me with my teaching methods.
Thanks for the tips. I think exactly the same as the projection of being prepared in the video and I hope I get it all done for my first lesson to young adults as a teacher:))
I love this. Thank you! I'm studying to teach English Language, these tips are going to be soooo handy :)
Hi Chris, Thank you for such an informative video. I have learnt very useful tips from your videos. I did my CELTA 4yrs ago and never got to teach nor practice my ESL skills. I'm now ready to for the challenge so am following your videos as a refresher course. I haven't come across the one with detailed Lesson plan, which I always struggled to be honest. I'll appreciate if you could create one video on it, I'm sure there are more new teachers out there having similar problem. Thank you so much for your time and efforts.
I am planning on having some of those up
whoah you are an amazing synthesizing material....incredible...
Hi my name Regine, I just started teaching ESL at our community center. Thanks for the tips, they are very helpful.
Well, I had a lot of FIRST LESSONS i still don't know how I did it I still have a day and a month to be a real teacher but thank you Mr.Chris I really searched around the internet and finally decided to see the TH-cam and your vids and tips are really helpful I'm really grateful for you thank you
Great job!
Hello professor
Thank you so much for your help and advice.
I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity.
All the best.
Take care and have a good time.
Your follower from Algeria.
Wow that was a great one there. So interesting getting to know how to go about in a first class with students.
Thanks. Very helpful! I am thinking about teaching something voluntarily at the school library using my special knowledge. People often enjoy hearing about cool stuff I have studied so I thought this could help if I want to officially try teach it to someone.
Woooow thank you. I got so valuable informations that i need. I will be the english teacher soon God willing :)
Thank you so much dear teacher for your fantastic pieces of advice, I found them crucial to my teaching experience.
Thank you so much for all of your advices! You've been so helpful!
I'm so glad!
I'm watching this 1h before the actual lesson lmao. Wish me luck
14 And teaching English as an American in Cambodia, thanks for the tips!
Thank you so much teacher, next week I will have my first student on line.
How was it?
Thank you so much .you explained all specific points in teaching which teachers should consider and pay attention to them.Good job
Thank you Chris i am from india and i am an informal teacher ... you helped me a lot😊❤
It was awesome dear Chris, I really enjoyed your tips. Thank you sooooooooooooooooo much!
Hi Chris, thanks for all your great videos and pointers. I often teach 1 to 1 and I'm struggling to adapt everything. Could you give some pointers about that situation? Thanks in advance!
Thankyou so much for this,I really needed it as I have just started teaching yesterday,, thankyou 💖
Thank you for teaching us the right way you are really doing same as you saying
My pleasure
Very useful tips.I'll be performing my first lesson next September and I'm sure these tips will help.
Thank you
Ice breaker suggestions would be very helpful! Especially for ESL
This is really helpful. Teaching English abroad is one of my goals
Thanks Chris this is very helpful! I'll be teaching my first highschool class soon and I'll be using your tips
Thank you brother for your work.
Thank you for watching
Thank you, send you good vibes from Dominican Republic.
Thank you, this was super helpful!
you’re awesome, thanks for sharing this, so helpful
This is really usefull for me!!!
Thanks a Lot!
Thank you for this ❤️ taking a lot of notes.
Hi Chris. I've just found your channel and it's absolutely amazing! Thank you so much
You’re welcome. A new video is coming out tonight!
Thanks a million Teacher Chris❤❤❤❤
A million thanks back to you!
Hi Chris ! I just adore your videos!!! They really inspire (especially when I run out of energy or desire to create something engaging for my students I always watch one of your recent videos and voila the super 👌 cool lesson is ready!!!
I've got a question about homework or home assignments:do you give your students any h/w?
HW is pretty important for the learning process. There’s only so much a student can learn from a few hours a week in the classroom. So, yes! Whatever you can give them that’s fun and gets them working on the language is great. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you so much, it was really helpful!
Thank you for your tips!
Thank you!!! This is so helpful!
amazing and very useful for me thanks for making this video
love your tips
Glad you like them!
Thanks so much Chris
Oh! 🌹❤️Thanks for this informative video, it helps me to get an 💡 idea. 🎶🌹
Good, clear advice; thank you.
Thanks Chris, great advice ❤
Hi Mr. Chirs tomorrow I have an interview about English language teaching at primary Schools , So I will explain simple present tense, what the main point should I put in my mind about this subject? Please reply me 🙏
Great video, this really helped for my zoom interview later.....gulp 😮
Let me know how it went!
It went very well thank you 😊
Excellent advice -- thanks!
You might want to check this out th-cam.com/video/tZ3IQrT9vqA/w-d-xo.html
Do you have any videos on online teaching and other techniques ie teaching for gist etc
Lesson plan suggestions. Hard to know what to tackle after basics ABCs 123s.
This is very helpful, thank you very much.
Amazing, Chris. Please, keep making videos. Don't stop!
hello chrissss long time no see 👋
this vid was so useful man
Well, thanks! I’m glad you liked it
Thanks Chris.
You’re welcome ☺️ thanks for watching
It was very useful for me, thank you
Hi Chris. Any ideas for the first online class for adult immigrants?
Biggest tip is getting comfortable in front of your camera. Have your camera slightly facing down, too. It gives a better perspective. And get used to looking at the camera lense, to communicate better with your audience. You’ll also want to make sure your audio sounds clear. Lastly try to have an interesting background.
Very helpful , thanks a lot.
Thank you for your video.
Thank you so much ✨🤍
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
Lots of thanks 👍
Very useful video thanks a lot is exactly what i needed. Im still panicking by the way
"check room at least 24 hours before your first lesson" I wish I could have, but my plane didn't even land 24 hours before my first lesson, haha
So helpful ❤
thanks very much.
Thank you for the video. I do have some questions though. What level are these tips for? I realize many of them are general but something that stood out to me was when you mentioned 'dress up', I can't really think of a place or an age group where this would be appropriate except maybe preschool.
Another concern of mine is the line between being the teacher, as the 'authority' figure and as the students' friend. I truly believe it's important to set a clear boundary that even though you may be friendly at times you are still the HEAD of the class.
Any thoughts on this?
1.Dress up = Dress well
2. Leaders generally don’t tell people they are leaders. If your teaching and classroom management is at skilled up, they will naturally follow your lead. However, it’s not a bad idea to go over goal/expectations during the first day
@@TheLanguageHouseTEFL thank you for the answer.
1. Sorry I was thinking about "play dress up".
2. I would rather err on the side of having boundaries than not. I've seen teachers playing it cool lose respect real quick with younger students (teens for example). I realize this has to do with context, I'm just speaking from experience.
I do appreciate your suggestions as they are a reminder to losen up every now and then. 👍
Mmmmm, thank you so much Chris
You are the best
hello sir chris , really gained a lot of teaching knowledge and skills from your video, i want to ask that how do you select topic to teach the learners? do u have any course book or you just select by yourself according to their level?
Well it probably depends on where you teach.
I teach at a private business english academy, and each level has its own methods and duration, so as im starting by teaching beginners, they gave me the book and with each unit they give me a guide to lead me on how to present my lessons and courses but i still have the freedom to choose any topic i want thats related ofc to the lesson and the level of students/learners :)
Thanx!
Cool!!!
Thank you
I just got offered a teaching position as well. I have no teaching experience, but I do have the degrees.
Very interesting thanks Chris🤝new subscriber
Good morning Chris. I am finding difficulties making ILP (individual learning plan) for my ESL class. Any specific format? How to assess students and review the plan? Couldn't find anything useful on TH-cam.
thanks for the tips
Thankkk you so much 🥺🥺❤️❤️
You’re welcome!
Do you have recommendations on books/videos to on how to teach ?
As in, techniques that you can use to help someone understand an idea.
Check out my vids on teaching vocab
Hi chris, any tips for my first class which is a private, in person class ?
Chris, great advice! Do you teach a course yourself? Are your courses available online? I want to find a good TEFL certification course but it has to be online because I am currently disabled. I'd like to be prepared to start to teach once I am able to go back to work. Thanks again for all these great tips! Many thanks from North TX, US of A
I'm watching this in order to teach myself ☺
Glad to be able to help