1. Seven Questions 1. What do English teachers teach?
2. What is the goal of the English teacher?
3. What is fluency?
4. What is the biggest mistake most non-native English teachers make?

2. Seven Questions (con’t)
5. What is the #1 fear of most people?
6. What are the three most important principles of teaching?
7. What are the three most important English class rules?

3. Question # 1 What do we teach?
We don’t teach
ABC s
Nouns
grammar
adjectives
verbs
What's your name?

4. We don’t teach
English

5. We teach

6. Teachers don’t teach a subject, like English.
Teachers teach students.
Students learn.
Teachers help students learn.

7. The focus should be on the
students
Not English

8. Therefore, as teachers
Our focus should be on the students, not on English. We should focus on our methods – our approach – our techniques – not the subject.
How do students learn?
How can we make learning easier?
How can we make learning fun?
How can we make learning interesting?

9. Our focus How do students learn? How can we make learning easier?
How can we make learning fun?
How can we make learning interesting?

10. Question # 2 What is our goal?

11. We say we want to be “better” at English
We say we want to be “better” at English. We want our students to be better at English. What does that mean?

12. We want to be fluent in English? or ….
When we say “better” don’t we mean
Fluent?
We want to be fluent in English? or ….
…more fluent in English?

13. We want our students to learn English, to be better using English.
In short, to be fluent in
English.

14. Question # 3 What is fluency?
Fluency is the ability to
__ __ __ __ __
and communicate in a language.
Communicate fluently =
read - write - speak

15. Fluency is the ability to
What is fluency?
Fluency is the ability to
? ? ? ? ?
and communicate in a language.

16. Fluency is the ability toK
and speak, read and write
- to communicate -
in a language

17. Question # 4 What is the biggest mistake most foreign language teachers make when trying to help students learn English?

18. They speak Korean to their students.

19. When teachers use Korean in English class it makes the students lazy.

20. When Korean is used in the English classroom, it helps in the short run
Skill
Time

21. But is harmful in the long run
Skill
Time

22. Long run - no Korean
Skill
Time

23. What the teachers should try to do is help the student figure out the answer using
body language
songs
role play communicative approach
activities - competition
pictures – images

24. When you show a picture and its English word
Students learn to think in English when they see that object in real life.

25. Question # 5 What is the biggest fear of most people
Question # 5 What is the biggest fear of most people? What do most people fear the most?

26. The # 1 fear of most people is

27. Speaking in front of a group.

28. But they are more of afraid of speaking in front of their friends then they are of death!

29. They are afraid the other students are going to laugh at them.

30. We make it ok to make a mistake.

31. Another mistake teachers make is thinking rote is learning.
Question # 6
What are the three most important principles of learning?

32. Three Principles
#1. Repetition
#2 Repetition
#3 Repetition

33. Again, what is a teacher’s goal?

34. To get their students to think in English

35. The Three Rules of Learning are Repetition Repetition Repetition

36. That is - present the material in different ways.
body language
pictures – images
songs - role play
competition
activities - games
communicative approach

37. Body language

38. Pictures - Images

39. Songs

40. Activities – games competition

41. Methods I use
Communicative approach – what the student needs to learn.
Total Physical Response – what the student does.
Competitive games – make everything a game.

42. Three Classroom Rules? Rule # 1 Have Fun Rule # 2 Have Fun
Finally, what are the
Three Classroom Rules?
Rule # 1 Have Fun
Rule # 2 Have Fun
Rule # 3 Have Fun

43. Everyone likes to have fun

44. You already know all the notes.

45. All you need is more practice.