HOW TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO SPEAK UP?

How Teachers Are Making English Lessons More Exciting

Executive summary about How to Encourage Students to Speak up by Mike Selvon

One of the biggest challenges that educators face is keeping students interested in the work. Adequate preparation time is essential for instructors. For example, when teaching adults, the material should reflect usage in real life situations. Instructors set the tone for the room, so exercises that are light and funny will help the students to feel less self conscious.

Seeing as well as hearing words will help your student to learn English. Teachers should incorporate flash cards and picture dictionaries into their English lessons because it allows the student to associate a visual image with a word. Reading out loud to students is critical in order for them to gain language proficiency. English language teaching facilitators should read out loud in a clear voice and speak slowly.

For particularly difficult words, over enunciate until it becomes clear to the students. Have the students listen closely to how the words are said. The biggest hurdle for teachers is getting students to be excited about the material. In time, you will see that enjoying the learning process does indeed help students to learn faster.

Is Grammar Important?

Are grammar classes important or not?

Students learning English in their home countries usually study grammar (and so do foreign language students in the U.S.) For the same reason, some people - including many American English teachers - do not like grammar classes. Grammar is a set of rules that help you to communicate. Adult students need to study the rules because adults learn languages differently from small children, whose developing brains can absorb the rules of language indirectly. It is important to connect the grammar concepts you learn to your use of English.