Making your first lesson

awesome

Welcome to Preply!
WARMING UP

Let’s say hello!

● What’s your name?

● Where are you from?

● What language level do you have?

Key Phrases

● I’m Sylvia. Nice to meet you!

● I’m from England.

● I’m a beginner.
WHAT LANGUAGE LEVEL DO YOU HAVE?

Beginner / A1
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What’s your name and how do you spell it?

How old are you?

A1
● Where are you from?

● Where do you live? Who do you live with?

● What do you do? Beginner

● What hobbies do you have? What do you
like doing?
● What did you do yesterday?
Very basic, everyday phrases.
Carefully articulated, slow speech with
long pauses. Very short, simple texts,
familiar names and words
WHAT LANGUAGE LEVEL DO YOU HAVE?

Pre-Intermediate / A2
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What do you do?

How do you get there?

A2
● What do you like doing in your free time?

● What’s the weather like in your town today?

● What did you do yesterday? Pre-Intermediate

● What are you doing this weekend? Very basic personal, family and
job-related language. Enough to meet
the needs with slow, clear speech.
Short, simple texts on familiar matter
WHAT LANGUAGE LEVEL DO YOU HAVE?

Intermediate / B1
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Can you describe your daily routine?

What do you enjoy doing your free time?

B1
● Where did you go on holiday last year? Did
you have a good time? Why?Why not?

● Which job would you most like to have in the

future and why?
● What could you do to make this world a
better and cleaner place to live in?
Intermediate
Main points on common topics at
work, school, or traveling. General and
specific details given clear speech.
Factual texts on subjects of interest
WHAT LANGUAGE LEVEL DO YOU HAVE?

Upper-Intermediate / B2
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What do you normally do to keep busy in your
free time?

If you were going to travel the world, would you

B2
prefer to do it alone or with friends?

● Would you say that money is the key to a

person´s happiness?
● Which person has had the biggest influence on
your life?
● What are the biggest environmental problems in
the world in this day and age?
Upper-Intermediate
Main ideas of complex text. Standard
spoken language, live or broadcast.
Texts with a broad reading vocabulary
and large degree of autonomy.
WHAT LANGUAGE LEVEL DO YOU HAVE?

Advanced / C1
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Is it a good idea to stay in the same job your whole
life or to try different things?

What measures do you put in place to make sure

C1
you use your time effectively?

● What would you consider to be your greatest

achievement in life?
● How has the rise in technology changed our lives
for the better and for the worse?
● If you could go back in time and give yourself some
advice, what would you tell your younger self?
Advanced
Longer texts and their implicit
meaning. Lengthy speech on abstract
topics with relative ease. Details in
complex texts, even if not relating to
your own specialty
EMOTIONS

How do you feel

about learning English?
● Why are you learning English?

● What do you most enjoy about learning

English?

● What do you find most difficult when

communicating in English?

● How confident do you feel

communicating in English?
LEARNING GOAL

Rank your skills

Fluency Reading

Accuracy Writing

Pronunciation Vocabulary

Listening Grammar
LEARNING GOAL

Let’s talk about your

learning goals!
● Why are you learning English?

● How long have you been learning English for?

● What do you need to do in English?

● How often do you need to communicate in

English?

● Where do you study English outside of the

classroom?

● What are your future goals?

LEARNING PLAN

Let’s talk about your

learning plan
● When are you going to study? When do you study
best?

● How many hours are you going to study a week?

How many lessons are you going to book?

My top tutor tips:

● Be consistent. Plan time to study!

● Study a little and often.

● Write down what you want to achieve in the next

lesson.
TUTORING STYLE

How can I be the best

tutor for you?
● Correct my mistakes when I make
them OR wait until I’ve finished
speaking to correct me

● Focus on my fluency OR focus on my

accuracy

● Speak only in the target language OR

give explanations in native language

● How can I help you?

TUTORING STYLE

Tutor lesson feedback

● Your new words and phrases

● Your mistakes

● Your pronunciation

Over to you!

● What did you do well?

● What do you need to practice?

● What can you do now?

GUIDING

Next steps

1 Set the Learning Goal for

next lesson
Congratulations!
2 Task
Ta for the next lesson: Put
into practice what we have
You’ve completed your
first class. Good job!
learned today!
 CLOSING A LESSON

Thank you for choosing me

to be your tutor!