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I have just finished a training course on planning, and our trainer told us about how important warmers are at the beginning of a lesson. Please can you give me some examples of warmers you can use? Thanks!
I am currently teaching English in France in the state school system. It's my first post since qualifying as a teacher. I seem to be having problems getting the pupils to be quiet.
I am an English instructor in a private college. My students are very poor at English. They usually ask me to teach them English in Amharic (national language).
I teach a student who has a good level in English but who gets incredibly tongue-tied because he just gets so nervous about speaking English. In his private lessons with me he is always okay after a little warm up,
I have been teaching English for almost twelve years. And this year I have met for the first time a blind girl whom I have to teach English. I was terrified at the idea.
"Hello! I've been an English teacher for 5 years and during this time I've tried a lot of things to try to make my students speak more in English in classes than in their mother tongue, but it has been very difficult.
I am an English teacher in China, in a university. Almost all of my students have poor learning skills, I am always bothered by this. Could you please give me some tips on how to improve their learning and study skills?
"I want to know how I can work in a group with children from diferent levels. Which activities can work with all the students and which not. Thank you."