Whenever you want to find a teaching job, there is no way to avoid the interview (in most cases). Being prepared to answer the interviewer questions is the first step in obtaining the job.
I teach ESL for kindergarten kids everyday but every Friday morning is special because I teach for large classes. There are around 70-80 kids in my class (3 classes are mixed up, to save money I suppose) sitting on the floor in a big classroom. I did a lot of research on-line and all of the activities for this age involve the use of scissors or colored books. There is no way I can use these in my class. I do have a board (on the wheels, it can be moved), CD-DVD player and TV connected to it.
Three things I have learned during my time teaching 10-12 year old children:
Teaching 7-9 year old children might look easier than teaching 4-6 year old kids but it is not true. Because they are bigger and you can communicate with them it doesn’t mean teaching them is easier. They have different needs and teaching them requires different approach. Below I compiled few characteristics of teaching 7-9 year old kids.
I don’t consider myself an expert in teaching young learners but I have been teaching ESL for 4-6 year old children since September 2010. Here is why I think teaching 4-6 year old children is a big challenge (not in a particular order).
Many people who want to teach English in Vietnam have a big dilemma: where to teach English, in Ho Chi Minh City or in Hanoi? Well, if you ask ten people then probably five of them will say Hanoi and the other five will say Ho Chi Minh City.
This is an overview of the Task Based Learning/Lesson method.
This learning method contains three main stages: pre-task, task cycle, and language focus. Each of these stages are also divided in two or more steps.
This is another attempt to create an easy lesson that is easy to be understood and memorized in the class without any work at home. The topic is “Vietnam” and the purpose of the lesson is to have students talking about their own country Vietnam in English language.
The purpose of the lesson: Talk about past events
Size of the class: 40 students
Age: 14 years old/grade 8
Level: Beginner/A1
Length of the lesson: 40 minutes
The purpose of the lesson: Talk about other people; describe other people; Present Simple to talk about general truths
Size of the class: 40 students
Age: 14 years old/grade 8
Level: Beginner/A1
Length of the lesson: 40 minutes