I have been thinking of asking for your help for long time ago but I delayed it every time thinking it will be better when time passes.

 

I �m working in a scholarshipped private highschool- but it �s a bit different from the other highschools as in this highschool the students don �t pay any money even if its private. This is my first year and the students � profile is not very good in terms of education. I am teaching 9th- 10th and 11th graders.

 

Since 9th graders are new in this school too, we have a very good connection with them. I really enjoy every second of my class and I know they enjoy it too. We have a good realtionship other than the lessons. I �m a skills teacher and I teach reading, writing, speaking and listening- plus I �m a native teacher so they have to talk to me in English.

 

Now my problem is with my 10th and 11th graders...I have never thought of teaching teenages, I have an excellent relationship with the children but maybe because of my age- 24- my teenages don �t respect me enough. They under so much stress, I know and try to understand this but I �m losing my tolerance every time I encounter a disrespectful behaviour. I really don �t know how to respond or how to react to them. I tried talking to them but since their English level is not that high, we couldn �t solve anything. I yelled, spoke in private, threatened with the administration, dismissed from classroom, spoke in the friends � level, ignored... Every possible thing! but eventually it doesn �t work. They kind of react to me and my lessons- actually they are reacting to English lessons- thus to all the English teachers as a whole, but I think I am the one who gets the most disrespectful reactions since I don �t understand every word they say...

 

I desperately need your help, please give me an advice. Cuz we have another term ahead of us and I can �t go on like this. We couldn �t create the connection we have with 9th graders and that �s so sad... Is it me? this is the question I �m asking recently to myself...

 

 

I would appreciate any suggestions!

Thank you in advance...

You might find these helpful:

http://www.behaviourneeds.com/blog/

http://busyteacher.org/3644-how-to-motivate-esl-students.html

http://busyteacher.org/4934-5-dreadful-teacher-types-avoid-turning-into.html

I �m sure more wise pieces of advice are on the way:)

Sophia

 

Thanks again...

Nesrin