I �ve been teaching in Thailand for just over 2 years, at a Government School to Mathayom 1 �s (12,13 yr olds). It �s quite easy filling in 50 minutes, they �re not too concerned with what we teach them, as long as we fill in the time and keep the kids quiet, so up until now it �s been relatively easy.

I �ll start private teaching soon, which will means 2 hours, to paying clients. I �m really not sure what I �m going to do for 2 hours. Does anyone have suggestions? I was thinking something similar to what I do with my school students - maybe a worksheet on a topic and speaking about it for the first hour, and the second hour role playing and conversation (they want to focus on conversation).

There �ll be 3 of them in the class (one 15 year old and 2 adults).

I �d appreciate any suggestions :-)

Dean

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Sophia

I think one of the biggest things is if you �re imaginative and inventive, thinking up new and creative ways to approach teaching, without letting your anxiety get the better of you ..

It also seems that if I knew how to structure my 2 hours, putting the content in wouldn�t be a problem, it�s knowing what to do when, time allocated to each part etc, then you�ve just got to grab hold of content.

I�d be a lot more confident if I could work that out ..