Teaching Techniques
How To Teach Foreign Languages |
 Tips,
advice and methods on how to to improve and
innovate the classroom experience. Teaching is
an art. It has to be learned not only from your
college or university but from your day to day
experiences in the classroom. The old adage you
learn from the people you teach is very true.
Expect to make mistakes and benefit from those
mistakes. You will professionally grow more in
your first year of teaching than all the classes
you will take in college. |
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Classroom Advice |
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1. Always stay positive, neutral and supportive
of your students in your class, lectures, instruction
and management! |
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2. Keep your instruction using the KIS approach.
Keep It Simple. Not by dummying it down but making it
easy to understand and administer. |
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3. Add humor to your approach in your lectures,
administration and communication. |
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4. Make your materials, lectures and approach
fact and skill based. |
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5. Connect your lessons with all forms of
literature and media. But beware of misinformation and
disinformation. |
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6. Teach them to always think and analyze all
information and materials regardless of source. |
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7. Always look for additional information, ideas
and materials |
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8. Use technology to enhance your teaching
skills, but not to dominate it! |
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9. Don't hesitate to bring in outside experts
and field trips. |
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10. Provide avenues of research and various
forms of inquires. |
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11. Encourage civil debate and discussions
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12. Never discourage or ridicule a
students opinions, but don't hesitate to help them
understated fact from fiction and misinformation
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13. Use audio visual materials provided they are
accurate, high quality and previewed by you. |
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