It was an amazing demo, it helped me a lot in my demo 2 years ago and I was accepted. Thanks for your help. I wish you upload more videos like this one. You are a great teacher ☺️
Wanted to say thank you ever so much for posting this Matthew, it gave me so many ideas and so much confidence ahead of my own demos for First Leap Beijing, First Leap Nanjing and BFSU... was struggling so much with planning them, but after getting inspiration from this, I have just been offered all 3 of the positions... literally speechless! Massive thank you for this, your energy and enthusiasm is awesome! Hope your job teaching in China is going well :)
I have to do an ESL demo tomorrow and I was a little nervous until I saw this! You killed it, and I'm totally going to copy this and recreate it for my demo!! Thanks so much!
I had to do a DEMO yesterday, I have no teaching experience, I did not deal with kids before, it was my first time of everything. So, You was my leader. And they really enjoy it!
Walaa Mahdy ....for what it’s worth.....”I had to do a DEMO yesterday, I have no teaching experience, I’ve never dealt with kids before, it was my first time for everything. So, you were my leader. And they really enjoyed it! ..all good...keep it up!
I have fun watching you, Now I know what to do with my kids:-) Thank you for sharing your knowledge in teaching Matthew. Your demo is very helpful. Good luck!
After 15 minutes i will do a lesson to kids for job interview, front of teachers and i took some of these worm up moves ♥️💫 thhhhankkk u Matthew you helped me wish me luck.
I can't believe this video is seven years . Your lesson is well delivered, and has inspired me to go get my activity ready for submission. I was just looking for inspiration to get my mock lesson video done and submitted yhen i stumbled on this, it's educating and inspiring. Thanks so much 🎉🎉❤
I enjoyed this. It's simple and straightforward without trying to over complicate the lesson, a danger with any demo class. It's been about 4 years since I've had to do one of these and I this was refreshing and brought back a couple of memories where I was in a similar situation. Keep up the good work!
Tomorrow is my teaching demo and if I do well that's when I'll get hired. I am freaking out tonight internally, I was just being in denial but when I watched your video that's when I knew that there's a lot to know.
Try to avoid long sentences like, "This is the color red." Just say "this is red". For early students, you need to avoid the challenge/response paradigm. I.e. don't ask "Are you happy?" Just smile and point to your face while saying one word only "happy". Doing actions is called TPR, you'll want to google that. You've got good approach already, however in the beginning, and especially for any demo class (your employer will have you do demo classes for new kids) - You must focus on a mimic based paradigm. E.g. Instead of saying "What's your name" You would just say, "Hello" and wave (TPR) "hello" and wave. It takes about one year before you'll be up to snuff as a teacher, and everything I just said is going to be second nature but right now you're green and it's going to be a little overwhelming. Do not narrate. Don't say, "And the last one..." - because they don't know that. If you say anything that they don't understand, they'll worry because they think they're supposed to get it. You have a tendency to narrate and fill in time, explaining stuff like, "OK, everybody's ready to go now, that's great!" - All they heard was gibberish, but now they're worried about it and feel like the class is too advanced for their level because they don't understand the teacher. Then they tell their parents that they don't understand the teacher and the ship is sinking. Excellent use of props and scaffolding. That's going to make a big difference. Red + apple on the wall. You nailed it. Absolutely nailed it. You turned the wall into a platform where things can be moved around dynamically. Doing any kind of combinatorics is going to be teaching gold, particularly because it provides a lot of speed and flexibility, that translates into efficiency. Whenever any future lesson ever feels slow, think back to 'red apple'. Most teachers here don't use props enough. Never lose that initiative. You'll be the top teacher at your job in no time. Chinese students will say things like, "It's a red." - so you want to be careful giving them a sentence pattern like "It's a green broccoli." Start simple first, "it's green." - Simplify language the same way that your math teacher simplified complicated formulas and operations. In language, it's almost a reverse path where you start simple and then build toward complicated expressions. Bounce back and forth with your color page and the broccoli. "It's green." "It's green." "It's green." "It's green." "It's green." "It's green." Then, show them that there IS a linguistic difference. "I see green."... I see yellow, I see orange, I see green... "I see a green broccoli" "it's green." "It's a green broccoli." This is going to come WAY easier if you do some graphic editing and have broccoli for each of the colors. They need to understand that a broccoli could be another color than green, so the meaning is "green broccoli" and not some green food called "greenbroccoli". It's a yellow banana, not a "yellowbanana" "yellow banana" is not the name of the fruit. They'll have a mental moment where they realize that green is green, and broccoli is broccoli, but this broccoli IS green. Now they understand WHY they say "it's green" if you point at green, and why they say, "It's a green broccoli" when you point at the broccoli. You gotta put yourself in their shoes. The sooner you do that, the better off you'll be in knowing HOW to approach ESL teaching. When saying a word like 'blueberry', you'll have to drop you speaking speed waaaay down. Not just because it's a compound word, but because your kids are still learning to differentiate sounds. They're going to echo back, "boobery". Lose the accent. That's not going to come easy, but there's certain words that Brits shoot out lightning fast, or pronounce in a way where it's night impossible to decode the sounds into the correct letters, even if you understand decoding. They'll be learning decoding, and it'll be easier for them if you're using a somewhat more phonetic style of pronunciation. As they're listening, they're training their ears to understand mouth noises that aren't part of Chinese. For example, Chinese people mix up pronunciation of 'L' and 'R'. They mix it up when listening as well as speaking. The bottom line is that you want to go slightly overboard on enunciation, particularly when introducing new words. BL-EW-BEAR-YYyyyyy. With going overboard, overwork your mouth as well. A bit part of listening is watching the shape of your mouth. "Red, yellow, green, and blue" - You nailed that. Use of chants makes a serious difference in the classroom, you'll find that it's one of the top tips for fast memorization. Turn everything into chants. You've obviously studied teaching. You're displaying theory and techniques which some fresh off the boats won't adopt until they're already about three to six months in (or more). I'm interested in showing the ropes to new teachers. If you're passing through Shanghai, I can give you a flash drive which has over 500 instructional teaching videos that I created myself in the last year. You'll see good ESL activities, methods, etc. I hook up all the new teachers at my center, but now I want to start reaching out to other new ESL teachers in China. You put a LOT of thought and work into your demo video. You are a prepared teacher. You apply theory. You're already teaching like someone that has some experience. People like you are going to develop good activities, routines, games, and teaching approaches. I want to get in touch with you because if I hook you up, some day you'll pay be back by showing a great game or lesson plan. I'll give you everything I ever created. Just bring a flash drive with about 34 gigs of space to spare. I know that's a lot, but I'm a collector of sorts when it comes to quality ESL content. You won't use everything I give you, but you'll use a lot, and it will make a profound difference in your first few months. Hit me back with your email. As a new guy, get QQ on your phone and computer. It's how Chinese communicate. Next, get Wechat on your phone. After that, I can introduce you to a wechat group of other new teachers that I created for the purpose of sharing content.
Thank you so much for all your feedback on my Video klancy kennedy, i really appreciate you taking the time to give me such solid advice! I will take this onboard when teaching in the future. I fly over to Beijing on Tuesday to start my first teaching Job! would be great to pick your brains when im over there!
This is a very brilliant way to start a class. I was actually scrolling for some good ideas on how to teach kids coz i dont really have any idea at all. But you just gave me a cool idea. Its a shame that you only have one video. I was hoping to see more. But anyways still thankyou for this ideaaa. Best of luck in your teaching career, children needs an enthusiastic teacher like youuu
You helped me a lot! You have opened up in me even more potential and inspiration! I recorded my first demo lesson! In August I will go to Guangzhou to teach young learners! Thank you! Good luck and success and new videos!
Be aware when working in china the chinese special investigation unit will load your apartment with micro spy cameras and bugs (mics). Avoid saying anything derogatory about the country or your employers (lots of mysterious poison related foreigners deaths have occurred, do your research) Good luck in china (small c)
Hi Matthew! This video will save us in the future!yeah! cuz u did it vividly that I, myself, remembered easily. I hope I can make the same way u have done fantastically in this video.. 'em gonna use this as my inspiration in my presentation soon!!😉
Its awesome so useful! We need more of these videos and .ore travel walking videos coz we want to know what places you live at! Looking forward! Keep it up! 🎉🎉🎉
Sir, you just helped me out with this video. I was worried I was going to have to be real formal, but your presentation reminded me of my teaching younger Boy Scouts. Excellent work and thanks for this man! - Omara Olok
Love your demo lesson Mathew. Right to the point. No blah blah blah, you just did the lesson. I find myself wondering, will the school expect you to show the students how to make the Chinese lanterns?
Fantastic 👍 Mm, Matthew? I personally think, teaching colors with different voice tones would be good to be done too. Actually, it helps students to keep those colors in mind more easily.
This kind of makes me shy away from teaching ESL in Asia....I just don't have the enthusiasm displayed in the video...perhaps I could do it...if I drank a lot of coffee?
I should be drunk to have such enthusiasm
😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
Yes you are right 😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣
I have to do a demo and this here just gave me life because I was freaking out on what to do.
Don't worry,just be warm and active and focus on your job,practice it before final show.
Jas Lyfe ((((( me too!!! ))))) 🤓
โชค ดี Good luck. I am now working in China as an ESL teacher, so it must have worked lol.
good luck, me too!
Jas Lyfe Agreed!
It was an amazing demo, it helped me a lot in my demo 2 years ago and I was accepted. Thanks for your help. I wish you upload more videos like this one. You are a great teacher ☺️
This is awesome, man! Just the kind of energy an ESL teacher for young learners should have. It's an inspiration and a great example for us newbies.
*you are the tallest teacher that I have ever met in my life...*
Quoc Hung 😂😂😂😂
I think it's just a small apartment
Quoc Hung 😂😂🤣
😂😂😂
i m tallest than him :)
Wanted to say thank you ever so much for posting this Matthew, it gave me so many ideas and so much confidence ahead of my own demos for First Leap Beijing, First Leap Nanjing and BFSU... was struggling so much with planning them, but after getting inspiration from this, I have just been offered all 3 of the positions... literally speechless! Massive thank you for this, your energy and enthusiasm is awesome! Hope your job teaching in China is going well :)
Simple yet functional...I loved the way you interacted with the imaginary audience. Got to watch your video in time. Thank you so much. 😊😊
Thank you for sharing this fantastic video; your enunciation and enthusiasm are infectious and your manner of keeping the class engaged is wonderful.
I wish I had his energy! Teaching is very hard!!! I'm going to start saying "FANTASTIC" in every class from now on :)
This was excellent Mathew. You just gave me inspiration for my interview this Wednesday. Thank you!
I have to do an ESL demo tomorrow and I was a little nervous until I saw this! You killed it, and I'm totally going to copy this and recreate it for my demo!! Thanks so much!
I had to do a DEMO yesterday, I have no teaching experience, I did not deal with kids before, it was my first time of everything. So, You was my leader. And they really enjoy it!
Walaa Mahdy ....for what it’s worth.....”I had to do a DEMO yesterday, I have no teaching experience, I’ve never dealt with kids before, it was my first time for everything. So, you were my leader. And they really enjoyed it! ..all good...keep it up!
Same noticing
I have fun watching you, Now I know what to do with my kids:-) Thank you for sharing your knowledge in teaching Matthew. Your demo is very helpful. Good luck!
I'm an ESL teacher for a couple of preschool classes for the next four months. Thank you so much for this. The intro and warm-up were brilliant.
Tomorrow's my demo, your enthusiasm is contagious 👌 your an excellent teacher
I am a new ESL Teacher, and this video is helpful. Thank you!
I have an interview tomorrow and I have to do a Demo lesson. This is very helpful. Thank you so much
Hey! Thank you for doing this in such a straightforward way! It's really helping me with my demo lesson!
After 15 minutes i will do a lesson to kids for job interview, front of teachers and i took some of these worm up moves ♥️💫 thhhhankkk u Matthew you helped me wish me luck.
I can't believe this video is seven years . Your lesson is well delivered, and has inspired me to go get my activity ready for submission. I was just looking for inspiration to get my mock lesson video done and submitted yhen i stumbled on this, it's educating and inspiring. Thanks so much 🎉🎉❤
I just want to tell you that your demo class helped me a lot. Thank you!
I enjoyed this. It's simple and straightforward without trying to over complicate the lesson, a danger with any demo class. It's been about 4 years since I've had to do one of these and I this was refreshing and brought back a couple of memories where I was in a similar situation. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your comment! I'm heading over to China to start my first teaching job in a few weeks!
@@trottingmoose5593 Hey how was your experience teaching in China? Did you go yet? I was thinking of going to China to teach English
I appreciate the efforts put in by you in conjunction with developing critical thinking skills
Thank you for making this, I have an interview and a few hours to prepare for a 5 minute demo lesson. Definitely taking some notes 📝
Matthew thank you for this video. I love it. it's just perfect. I have to do a demo and I came here pulled up this video first. Thanks again.
Tomorrow is my teaching demo and if I do well that's when I'll get hired. I am freaking out tonight internally, I was just being in denial but when I watched your video that's when I knew that there's a lot to know.
Great lesson plan, it was thoughtful, well planned and executed. 🙏🏽
Really love your delivery of this. You're concise and clear with infectious enthusiasm :)
Thank you! This video got me my first job teaching in China which I start in a few weeks!
Try to avoid long sentences like, "This is the color red."
Just say "this is red".
For early students, you need to avoid the challenge/response paradigm. I.e. don't ask "Are you happy?"
Just smile and point to your face while saying one word only "happy". Doing actions is called TPR, you'll want to google that. You've got good approach already, however in the beginning, and especially for any demo class (your employer will have you do demo classes for new kids) - You must focus on a mimic based paradigm.
E.g. Instead of saying "What's your name"
You would just say, "Hello" and wave (TPR)
"hello" and wave.
It takes about one year before you'll be up to snuff as a teacher, and everything I just said is going to be second nature but right now you're green and it's going to be a little overwhelming.
Do not narrate. Don't say, "And the last one..." - because they don't know that. If you say anything that they don't understand, they'll worry because they think they're supposed to get it. You have a tendency to narrate and fill in time, explaining stuff like, "OK, everybody's ready to go now, that's great!" - All they heard was gibberish, but now they're worried about it and feel like the class is too advanced for their level because they don't understand the teacher. Then they tell their parents that they don't understand the teacher and the ship is sinking.
Excellent use of props and scaffolding. That's going to make a big difference.
Red + apple on the wall. You nailed it. Absolutely nailed it. You turned the wall into a platform where things can be moved around dynamically. Doing any kind of combinatorics is going to be teaching gold, particularly because it provides a lot of speed and flexibility, that translates into efficiency. Whenever any future lesson ever feels slow, think back to 'red apple'.
Most teachers here don't use props enough. Never lose that initiative. You'll be the top teacher at your job in no time.
Chinese students will say things like, "It's a red." - so you want to be careful giving them a sentence pattern like "It's a green broccoli."
Start simple first, "it's green." - Simplify language the same way that your math teacher simplified complicated formulas and operations. In language, it's almost a reverse path where you start simple and then build toward complicated expressions.
Bounce back and forth with your color page and the broccoli.
"It's green." "It's green."
"It's green." "It's green."
"It's green." "It's green."
Then, show them that there IS a linguistic difference.
"I see green."... I see yellow, I see orange, I see green... "I see a green broccoli"
"it's green." "It's a green broccoli."
This is going to come WAY easier if you do some graphic editing and have broccoli for each of the colors. They need to understand that a broccoli could be another color than green, so the meaning is "green broccoli" and not some green food called "greenbroccoli".
It's a yellow banana, not a "yellowbanana" "yellow banana" is not the name of the fruit.
They'll have a mental moment where they realize that green is green, and broccoli is broccoli, but this broccoli IS green. Now they understand WHY they say "it's green" if you point at green, and why they say, "It's a green broccoli" when you point at the broccoli.
You gotta put yourself in their shoes. The sooner you do that, the better off you'll be in knowing HOW to approach ESL teaching.
When saying a word like 'blueberry', you'll have to drop you speaking speed waaaay down. Not just because it's a compound word, but because your kids are still learning to differentiate sounds. They're going to echo back, "boobery".
Lose the accent. That's not going to come easy, but there's certain words that Brits shoot out lightning fast, or pronounce in a way where it's night impossible to decode the sounds into the correct letters, even if you understand decoding. They'll be learning decoding, and it'll be easier for them if you're using a somewhat more phonetic style of pronunciation. As they're listening, they're training their ears to understand mouth noises that aren't part of Chinese. For example, Chinese people mix up pronunciation of 'L' and 'R'. They mix it up when listening as well as speaking. The bottom line is that you want to go slightly overboard on enunciation, particularly when introducing new words.
BL-EW-BEAR-YYyyyyy. With going overboard, overwork your mouth as well. A bit part of listening is watching the shape of your mouth.
"Red, yellow, green, and blue" - You nailed that. Use of chants makes a serious difference in the classroom, you'll find that it's one of the top tips for fast memorization. Turn everything into chants.
You've obviously studied teaching. You're displaying theory and techniques which some fresh off the boats won't adopt until they're already about three to six months in (or more).
I'm interested in showing the ropes to new teachers. If you're passing through Shanghai, I can give you a flash drive which has over 500 instructional teaching videos that I created myself in the last year. You'll see good ESL activities, methods, etc. I hook up all the new teachers at my center, but now I want to start reaching out to other new ESL teachers in China.
You put a LOT of thought and work into your demo video. You are a prepared teacher. You apply theory. You're already teaching like someone that has some experience. People like you are going to develop good activities, routines, games, and teaching approaches. I want to get in touch with you because if I hook you up, some day you'll pay be back by showing a great game or lesson plan. I'll give you everything I ever created.
Just bring a flash drive with about 34 gigs of space to spare. I know that's a lot, but I'm a collector of sorts when it comes to quality ESL content. You won't use everything I give you, but you'll use a lot, and it will make a profound difference in your first few months. Hit me back with your email.
As a new guy, get QQ on your phone and computer. It's how Chinese communicate. Next, get Wechat on your phone. After that, I can introduce you to a wechat group of other new teachers that I created for the purpose of sharing content.
klancy kennedy +1 for a constructive as fuck response! Love those who share their passion for learning and education
Thank you so much for all your feedback on my Video klancy kennedy, i really appreciate you taking the time to give me such solid advice! I will take this onboard when teaching in the future. I fly over to Beijing on Tuesday to start my first teaching Job! would be great to pick your brains when im over there!
Matthew, I will use this example for my interview tomorrow!! For Japan!! THANKS!!!!!!!!
I'm really glad I came across this video. Thank you for this!
This is a very brilliant way to start a class. I was actually scrolling for some good ideas on how to teach kids coz i dont really have any idea at all. But you just gave me a cool idea. Its a shame that you only have one video. I was hoping to see more. But anyways still thankyou for this ideaaa. Best of luck in your teaching career, children needs an enthusiastic teacher like youuu
Thank you, Matthew for brilliant example!
I love this video , well done mathew, very informative and very entertaining
Hi, Congratulations... I am Spanish Teacher and your video is a great job.. Muchas gracias espero pronto ver más videos!
You helped me a lot! You have opened up in me even more potential and inspiration! I recorded my first demo lesson! In August I will go to Guangzhou to teach young learners! Thank you! Good luck and success and new videos!
Be aware when working in china the chinese special investigation unit will load your apartment with micro spy cameras and bugs (mics). Avoid saying anything derogatory about the country or your employers (lots of mysterious poison related foreigners deaths have occurred, do your research) Good luck in china (small c)
Thank you! I'm an ESL teacher and I'll try to copy your enthusiasm 🌟
Was really stressing out about this esl demo but seeing these demos has calmed me down
Finally found great idea for interview Tomoro💃💃💃I can use this mock teaching tomoloo😍😍love it thank you
Your way of teaching is really fascinating .....
i loved your energy and confidence
This is brilliant well-done Matthew 👏👏🤝
Hi Matthew! This video will save us in the future!yeah! cuz u did it vividly that I, myself, remembered easily. I hope I can make the same way u have done fantastically in this video.. 'em gonna use this as my inspiration in my presentation soon!!😉
You are so amazing, even I don’t have that much energy.
Hello, from Egypt.Really this is such a great video and you're a great teacher, please make more videos we need your inspiration
Its awesome so useful! We need more of these videos and .ore travel walking videos coz we want to know what places you live at! Looking forward! Keep it up! 🎉🎉🎉
Matthew you really inspired me with your lesson
Man, thank you so much, just what I was looking for my demo class..
Fantastic lesson!!! You are brilliant 😀
I'm 30 years old and found myself wanting to say "YELLOW!!! BLUE!!! YAY FOR ME!!! :D
Zhōu yǔ Qiáo 😂🤣👍🏽
💕👌😁
Please make more videos! Loved the demo
Sir, you just helped me out with this video. I was worried I was going to have to be real formal, but your presentation reminded me of my teaching younger Boy Scouts. Excellent work and thanks for this man! - Omara Olok
Fantastic!Well done Matt!!
YOU SAVE MY LIFE SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
Great demo, Matthew!!! THUMBS UP
this is exactly what i need to see ty so much
What a brilliant idea, it helped me so much!! Thank you very much
Simple and yet very effective, thank you.
Thank you teacher. It gives me an idea on how to teach online. 😊
Really Awesome Way of Teaching Nice....👍
You're awesome, Matthew!
You have a really good energy!
Excellent! Love the lesson!
we had to do a demo lesson recording and this helped me so much thank you
Thanks for sharing. Making a demo is terrifying to me
Very enthusiastic teacher! Hilarious and energetic!
Hi there!, I'm doing my demo lesson in a few days I am a bit nervous about it but this helped a lot, thank you!
I love your energy! ♥
What a wonderful way 2 teach the colours
Thanx
Hiring manager: That’s orange. Get the hell out of my office.
I was thinking the same thing. That's orange.
Your video helped me a lot,thank you.
I realy like your demo it is very enthusiastic
This was very helpful. Thanks!
Wow thank you for this demo, it helped me a lot with mine!
Great to see how we all teach differently 👍
Helped a lot , wanted to say really THANK U
Amazing lesson! You should make more videos with ESL lesson ideias!
If only I could have 50% of this energy
You’re genius. I am impressed!
Hi. i am Muhammad from Tajikistan, Central Asia. Are you still here?
This is how we used to learn Irish in infants class. It was far more effective than the poetry and grammar drills we did in secondary school.
Loved your video. Upload more vidrios like these please.
you sound like speakers from kids learning videos. I feel like I have seen this cartoon 😃 Good job!
you are so enthusiastic
🙌🙌🙌🙌
Omg! Thank you so much matthew 😊 your vidio so helpful, i love your vidio. I hope u can made more vidios 😁
This is excellent!!!
I have an interview where I have to do a demo and this really gave me hope. Much Mahalos
Update, I got the job in Osaka 🤙🏻
@@DustingBread Hi. i am Muhammad from Tajikistan, Central Asia. Are you still here?
Very good Matthew👍👏
Love your demo lesson Mathew. Right to the point. No blah blah blah, you just did the lesson. I find myself wondering, will the school expect you to show the students how to make the Chinese lanterns?
It's really good! Thanks!
Thank you very much for this video!
Nice one bro! I love it when I can go for my demo class
Hi. i am Muhammad from Tajikistan, Central Asia. Are you still here?
thanks for the video! really useful!
Great demo I like it so much
It's a pity that there's only one video here. Are you still alive, Matthew? I wish to watch more of your English-teaching demo videos like this.
What kind of question is that hahha
You can do this for how many classes? How many hours could one keep this energy?
Fantastic 👍 Mm, Matthew? I personally think, teaching colors with different voice tones would be good to be done too. Actually, it helps students to keep those colors in mind more easily.
This kind of makes me shy away from teaching ESL in Asia....I just don't have the enthusiasm displayed in the video...perhaps I could do it...if I drank a lot of coffee?
Try looking into teaching adults instead
you could do it for the decent money lol
Loved it!
An excellent demo.
Matthew please post new videos, your videos are great!
Goos afternoon. Please could you tell me what methodology did you use?
Superb 🖒🖒 at which age group would you say this is aimed at?