How to Teach Beginners English: 13 Fundamentals You Need to Use

Teaching beginner English students is one of the most rewarding levels to teach. It’s also the most difficult if you don’t speak your students’ language. Beginners might be my favorite level because it really tests the skills of the teacher. Unfortunately, most teacher-training courses (TEFL/CELTA), tend to ignore this level completely. Luckily, I’ve got some great methodology and tips for you.
Welcome teachers to my series on teaching beginners! This is part 1 of the series, and it’s all about your approach. In the video, we go over thirteen important fundamentals to teach this level effectively.
The two most important fundamentals of teaching beginners are to know exactly what you want to teach and to spend a lot of time building up toward language fluency. Even someone with zero English ability can end a lesson with real-life communication. Watch the whole video for all of the beginner methodology you need to be successful in the classroom.
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Helpful Links
Watch the entire beginner series!
Part 2: Teaching vocab https://youtu.be/pJAvTTMKweE
Part 3: Planning a lesson https://youtu.be/bguRK8G2Em4
Part 4: Teaching grammar perfectly https://youtu.be/F5dObYZQN8Q?si=ahPScQuIbtO-M4Be

My favourite resource for teachers
I get asked this all of the time and my go-to resource for teachers is Fluentize for all your lesson plan needs. This site has hundreds of tailor-made lesson plans, ready to go, with accompanying videos. Perfect for individual or small group lessons.

Use my code CHRIS20 to get 20% off the entire site! Trust me, get a year membership for full access to their entire catalogue. It will save you hundreds of hours of planning + the lessons are fantastic.

Link https://app.fluentize.com/pricing

The Language House TEFL: https://www.thelanguagehouse.net
This is the course that I run in Prague. We are an award-winning, onsite, teacher-training TEFL course in Prague. If you are interested in teaching abroad, do check us out.
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00:00 intro/subscribe/background
03:00 1 know your goals
03:50 2 charisma
04:50 3 assume they know nothing
05:38 4 hardly ever speak
06:44 5 built up slowly
07:14 6 use visuals
07:57 7 elicit everything
08:29 8 slow it down
09:05 9 teach less
10:00 10 teach chunks
10:57 11 error correction
12:09 12 teach contractions
12:55 13 drill to death
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Teaching English without Teaching English | Roberto Guzman | TEDxUPRM

In this talk Roberto discusses his three phase system which he uses to teach English without teaching English, to improve the learning experience for students and the teaching practice for professors.

Robert Guzman is a full professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla Campus. Guzman teaches undergraduate English courses in which he stresses the development of critical thinking skills and hands on language development skills. He’s also a freelance writer and political commentator on the WPRA 990 AM radio show Comunicando with host Toti Figueroa. So far Guzman has published, among other books The Devil’s Advocate Reader, Tropical Tales of Terror, Mitos y Conflictos en la Biblia and Heroes.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx