Teaching Different

Classes
ESP and Business English
O English for specific purpose (ESP)
courses focus on developing english
communication skills in a specific
discipline,such as
finance,marketing,manangement,human
resources,engineering and strategic
thinking.
O Business english means different things
to different people. It focuses on
vocabulary and topics used in the worlds
of bussiness,trade,finance and
international relations.
 Exam Classes
O An examination preparation course should probably
include ;
O language work that is likely to be relevant to needed in exam
;
O task and activities to raise general language
awareness,ability and skills ;
O specific practice on exam techniques ( multiple choice
question,writing essays,etc )
O work on study skills ( use dictionaries and grammar
books,ways working with recordings at home,etc ).
O A good idea on exam preparation courses to be even
more systematic than usual about what has been studied
and to take care that items,once met,are recycled
usefully. l have seen the following idea used by a number
of teachers on exam courses;

O posters
when new language is studied,the students ( or you ) make
posters to help them remember it.

O Lexis box/file
An alternative is the ‘lexis box’. At the end of each lesson (
or day ), the students review what they have learned that
day,record any words worth recording on squares of paper
(or card ) and file them in the box or file.
Teenage Classes ( age 13 – 16 )
In teenage classes,the learner are discovering a range of
new possibilities for themselves.

O Why might teenage classes seem demanding on the

teacher ?
O It’s difficult period of life.
O Strong emotions of various kinds may be
rising and falling.
O Motivation may appear to be low,especially
if learners feel that they have been forced
to attend something they don’t want to.
O Discipline can seem to be a problem.
Many of the problems that teachers notice in teenage classes-
especially ones related to boredom,discipline,answering
back,rudeness,etc.

O All of which suggests that key techniques for teenage classes

might include;
O A willingness to listen and be flexible in response ;
O Following the class as much as leading ;
O Where appropriate and possible,sharing the responsibility for
key decisions topic,work methods,work rate,home
work,tests,etc ;
O Ways of getting useable feedback regularly through lessons
and courses.
 Large classes

Some common resulting difficulties ;

O Student can’t move easily.
O You can’t move easily.
O The seating arragement seems to prevent a
number of activities.
O There is limited eye contact from you to
students.
O There is limited or no eye contact amongst
students.
Toolkit 3: Tools, Technique,
and Activities
1. Flash Card
2. Pictures to pictures can be in a book or hand out drawn on the
board or on flash cards or on poster.

Thus we could follow this route:

O 1.Introduction of topic/story
O 2. Focus on interesting or grammar or function.
O 3. Look at the pictures and discuss; possibly more language
focus
O 4. tell the story
O 5. writing exercise
3. Story telling is the way to convey a story to listeners
by some pictures or sounds

4. Songs and music

Ideas for using songs in class:
O 1. Reading or listening comprehension
O 2. Listen and discuss
O 3. Gapped text
O 4. Song jumble
5. Getting to Know a new Class
O Spoken to everyone at least once
O Learned everyone’s name
O Started to learn some personal information about
them.

6. Fillers
7. Lexical Games
8. TV,DVD and Video
9. Computer and the Internet
O Computer
O The Internet

10. Dictation
O Keywords dictation
O Dictogloss
O Wall dictation
11. Sound-effects recordings
O Pictures from noises
In here, the teacher gives the recording to the student,
then the student in charge of hearing what the
recording contains, he describes on the board or on
paper. Then, the group guesses what the picture means,
and the drawing student just answers "yes or no" to
each question his group asks.

O Verb hunting
Play the recording a few times. Learners find as many
verbs as possible to explain what people are doing.
12. Poetry
Poetry is used in learning good language because it's
a new way of greatly stimulating the mastery of new
languages. Poetry is unique and interesting, so
students will be easy to remember lessons. It also
makes students familiar with parables or metaphors
because this is part of their daily language use.
13. Drama
Six types of drama activity are commonly found in
English language teaching classrooms:
O Role-play
O Simulation
O Drama games
O Guided improvisation
O Acting play scripts
O Prepared improvised drama
14. Project
In here, the project gives students more opportunities to
practice than to learn theory. They typically involve
learners in decisions about precisely what is done and
how to do it, as well as in collecting information, solving
problems and presenting the final outcome as a written or
performed presentation.

15. The Pack of Cards

This technique is a way to observe new teachers in the
classroom. We prepare notes of discussion, select
common arguments, randomly list cards (for example,
argument 1 = card A. argument 2 = card B, etc). If there
is time (anytime), select one of those cards at random.
Then, we think about the card (like what you think of the
argument on the card).
LEARNING TEACHING
 LEARNING TEACHING

What is
learning
teaching ?

A step
towards
being a Teacher
‘learning development
teacher’

1. Read new ideas in
magazines and try them
out.
2. Write an article for a
magazine.
3. Start a local newsletter.
4. Try a “Bold parabola.”
5. Go to a conference or a
seminar.
6. Go to a conference and give
a talk about what you have
been working on in class.
7. Learn about a completely
different approach.
8. Discuss what are you doing
with other teacher.
9. Make an agreement with a
colleague to observe each
other lesson.
1. Find a way to get involved
in some in-teacher
trainings.
2. Do a seminar for your
colleagues.
3. Become a director of
studies or a head teacher.
4. Start your own school.
Teach 5. Give private lessons.
er 6. Specialise ( e.g. computer,
devel business, self-access
opme centers, video, music, etc.).
nt 7. Write a mesage for a
website, write a magazine
article, write a book.
8. Join teacher development (
TD ) groups and
associations ( e.g. local TD
groups, regional, national,
and international teachers’
associations.
 How can a
teacher change ?

Observerd Studying
lesson your own
teaching