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Unit 19 was about teaching special groups. Teaching beginners We've got the absolute beginner, the false begginer, the adult beginner, the young beginner, the beginner there without Roman alphabet Some tips for teaching beginners are: Don't run too fast, control your language, be as visual as possible, adapt to suit the situation, be aware of your students needs. Give them homework, ask them a lot of questions, don't use the students' mother tongue even if you know it . There might occur some possible problems for weaker students- can you pair them with stronger students? Sometimes we may run out of material in our lesson. In that case - revisions, review activities and some games can fill that time. If the students don't understand the tape, play it again. Motivation Don't forget to be sensitive, don't forget to praise and encourage, explain your methods, what you mean, focus on easy goals not on difficult ones, be spontaneous spmetimes and don't have the book open all the time. When tesching individual students we got some advantages what it comes to teaching, because there are no mixed levels, those students are usually highly motivated, there can be developed a relationship with the student etc. When it comes to teaching children we mustn't forget to repeat a lot, use a higher pitch, be clear and pronounce clearly etc. We shouldn't cheat by using their mother tongue even if sometimes it's not that easy that we should speak slowly, give a lots of gestures, use props or objects, we should be prepared to make fun of ourselves and enhance their motivation, encourage them. Play simple games with them, simple exercises, give them some competitions with a price for winners. We all know children have lots of energy and it's inevitable that sometimes the teacher may have to deal with some disruptive behavior. In that case the best ways to predict these situations are giving them enough attention, change the seating, making the lessons fun so they're not bored. Business English and English for specific purposes Sometimes teachers may be a bit concerned or afraid of teaching business English and they keep arguing that they have no experience in that field, but we should keep in mind that we are not there to teach them business but to teach them English. Some of business clients need basic grounding in English rather than anything specific, it depends what level the student is. We should plan lesson according to what they want to be taught and what area they will work in. The monolingual and the multilingual classes Multilingual classes means students from different nationalities. Monolingual classes are usually classes and your students' home country. Multilingual classes can be very beneficial because the students are forced to talk in English and not their native language. Sometimes it can get really tricky for the students to use English in class, but we can always help them by being clear with what we're saying, and speaking slowly etc.
