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Teaching teens



Aninha Feliz
Brazil

Teaching teens
 
I may be starting to teach teens soon enough. Except I �m completely lost, as I only taught children before.

How one should teach basic English to 12 to 15 year olds?

16 Feb 2012      





carme sammut
Malta

The best way is by finding what their interests in music, fashion and films are. Then choose some light lyrics of any song of their liking and use it as a teaching aid.  Print out the lyrics and underline nouns and verbs and adjectives.  You may use colour coding for subject verb and object.  It totally depends on what your grammatical objective is. 
 
It is fun seeing teens enjoy themselves and learn at the same time.
 
Good luck

16 Feb 2012     



helena2009
Hungary

I feel the same as I am in your shoes. After 2 weeks I will teach teens and I am scared. I have only one idea:

I will take photos of them or download their pictures from Facebook and when I make worksheets for them I will use these pictures.

I hope they will love it.

 

Good luck.

 

Helena

16 Feb 2012     



Mariethe House
France

HI aninha and helena! yes, starting teaching teens can be frightening! But they are not that terrible once you understand how they work and you have got a few good strategies! Have a look at these links. It should help!
http://busyteacher.org/3644-how-to-motivate-esl-students.html
http://busyteacher.org/4276-speak-up-sure-fire-ways-to-help-teens-and-adults.html
http://busyteacher.org/7373-how-to-distribute-talking-time-between-students.html
God luck! I am sure you will  do very well

16 Feb 2012