Thank you for this video! I'm a new ESL teacher and just came across your video to prepare me for my first day. I admit that I'm very nervous since I'm a non-native speaker teaching English to a fellow non-native speaker. There are times that I either stutter or lost in words but I try my best not to show it.
Always remember that you are the expert and that’s why this student has decided to come to you. There’s a good chance the student is feeling a lot more nervous than you.
how lucky you are that you're a native english speaker. you have job opportunitites whereever you want to work. we poor strugglers language learners, we study hard over the years but nothing comes out. a relative of mine was a keen learner of english. it was before 2000s and the only chance we could study english was from the frozen text books, there was no internet, no online practice opportunities, no apps etc .he bought english book sets prepared by oxford-turkey coopeartion, he studied hard, and the time came, he came face to face with a tourist and the girl was standing there, and he asked 'are you coke?' :))) that was the only piece of language we could use at that time, are you coke , are you cake, are you cigarette...?etc. 😂🙂🙃
That's a funny anecdote. You're right, I'm extremely lucky and privileged to have been born where I was born, I recognise that. However, it is my strong belief that both native speakers and non-native speakers can make excellent teachers.
I don't understand how you can ask a non English speaking student roll play if they don't comprehend English? If the shoe were on the other foot, I wouldn't understand what the person was saying. Where do you begin with the student?
Thank you for this video! I'm a new ESL teacher and just came across your video to prepare me for my first day. I admit that I'm very nervous since I'm a non-native speaker teaching English to a fellow non-native speaker. There are times that I either stutter or lost in words but I try my best not to show it.
Always remember that you are the expert and that’s why this student has decided to come to you. There’s a good chance the student is feeling a lot more nervous than you.
how lucky you are that you're a native english speaker. you have job opportunitites whereever you want to work. we poor strugglers language learners, we study hard over the years but nothing comes out. a relative of mine was a keen learner of english. it was before 2000s and the only chance we could study english was from the frozen text books, there was no internet, no online practice opportunities, no apps etc .he bought english book sets prepared by oxford-turkey coopeartion, he studied hard, and the time came, he came face to face with a tourist and the girl was standing there, and he asked 'are you coke?' :))) that was the only piece of language we could use at that time, are you coke , are you cake, are you cigarette...?etc. 😂🙂🙃
That's a funny anecdote. You're right, I'm extremely lucky and privileged to have been born where I was born, I recognise that. However, it is my strong belief that both native speakers and non-native speakers can make excellent teachers.
I've been teaching for a while now and I have just learned so much from this video.
That's awesome to hear!
Ok but can we applaud this man for his Spanish impersonation? Spot on!
Really? I thought it was terrible 😂
As a Spanish speaker, I agree!
Great tips ...like the role play clips ...a little humor can go a long way
Absolutely!
Thanks for the lesson mate! Cheers
My pleasure!
Good work ...my way too ...
Great 👍
Gracias :) This was helpful!
You're welcome!
This is great.
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
I love to have a friend send messages as a listening resources.
What is wrong with doing a warm up activity at the beginning of a lesson? I wouldn´t start with something difficult in the first 10 minutes
I think what I meant to say was not to leave an important or complicated task till the end of the class.
Nice video and channel! Volume is a little low though :)
I'm constantly fiddling with the audio, I'm always worried it's too high. I guess this time I've put it too low.
I don't understand how you can ask a non English speaking student roll play if they don't comprehend English? If the shoe were on the other foot, I wouldn't understand what the person was saying. Where do you begin with the student?
What if you gave them the other half of the dialogue? You could practice it step by step.
great suggestion!@@CharliesLessons
Thank you! I am new to tutoring and feel completely lost 😩
Happy to help!