Jumat, 22 Juni 2012

How to Teach Kindergarten




By an eHow Contributor
 

Teaching Kindergarten requires a lot of patience, creativity and caring. As children's first year in school, they will be excited and a little nervous of new things. As a kindergarten teacher, it is your responsibilty to help them through and also teach them the skills that are needed in Kindergarten. This article assumes that you are ready and licensed to teach.

Jumat, 11 Mei 2012

Techniques for teaching speaking

Students often think that the ability to speak a language is the product of language learning, but speaking is also a crucial part of the language learning process. Effective instructors teach students speaking strategies -- using minimal responses, recognizing scripts, and using language to talk about language -- which they can use to help themselves expand their knowledge of the language and their confidence in using it. These instructors’ help students learn to speak so that the students can use speaking to learn.

Encourage Students to Speak


Encouraging students to speak
Before I go on, I'd like to ask for a moment's reflection. First, think of a lesson you have taught which you feel has gone really well. Next, think of one that has gone particularly badly. If your experiences are anything like mine, both your top and bottom lessons will have been speaking-focused. Speaking-based classes seem to provide incredible scope for both truly great and truly awful classroom experiences. This article will look at reasons for this apparent unpredictability and try to narrow the vague 'communicative approach' into some practical steps towards successful speaking lessons involving all students.

Minggu, 29 April 2012

Teaching Methods


Each pedagogic approach is described succinctly so you can quickly understand how the technique might be relevant to your teaching. Written by fellow educators, these descriptions include tips for effectively using each technique, related research on their impacts on learning, as well as a set of example activities.
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