Getting Started with Beginners

Let’s assume that the students entering a Beginner’s Class know the English alphabet, that is, they can name the letters and identify the vowels. They don’t, however, have any speaking or reading vocabulary. They want to learn to understand, speak, read, and write in English.

How can we help them to make a positive start and discover that learning English can be fun?

The most important concept to be stressed in any language program is that the students speak in complete sentences. Although learning a limited number of vocabulary words with each lesson is necessary, the students need to be using them in a variety of oral language situations. They need to be interacting with each other if they are studying in a classroom or they need an interactive computer program if they are working alone.

The English Centre
Karlovy Vary
The Czech Republic

A position is available for an English Second Language teacher in this beautiful historic town of Karlovy Vary, in the Czech Republic, about sixty kilometers east of the German border and a two hour bus ride from Prague.

Email:clarapension@quick.cz

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ESL Warm-Up Suggestions

Students studying English as a second language usually have a hard time participating immediately in class.  Sometimes, teachers have to resort to doing about 10 to 15 minutes worth of warm-up exercises first in order to prepare the students for the speaking activities in class.  Here are some suggestions on what kind of warm-up exercises or icebreakers teachers could do in class:

·  Introduction Icebreakers
At the beginning of class, when students do not know each, the teacher could facilitate an icebreaker to help everyone get to know each other and start chatting.  One of the most fun icebreakers is called Alliterative Introductions.  It involves the student introducing himself to the class using a sentence based on the first letter of his name.  For example, Charles might say, “I’m cool Charles.  I like chasing cars.”  The usual pattern in this type of introduction is putting an adjective before the name then describing an action of a noun in the next sentence.  The more interesting the description, the more other people will remember it.  Students will need some help and some examples before they get the hang of it, but once they get it, they will really have fun!

A variation of this kind of introduction is the ice breaker called Name Chain.  It involves a student introducing then introducing the person on his right in the same way.  For example, “I’m cool Charles.  This is pretty Pamela.”

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