Teaching Teenagers English #4 Beware of tips for teaching teens

Back in Spain! The title of this video: ’Beware of tips for teaching teens’ may seem a little odd, given that’s exactly what I seem to have set up this channel to do. However, in this clip, I’m warning about the tendency one sometimes sees online and in printed articles, meant for teachers of teens, of providing directive reeled out in the imperative which appears to try to simplify the experience of teaching adolescents. I think we should go the other way and try to make our perspectives of our classes as complex as possible. Watch the video for more... In this series of no-frills videos for teachers, methodology writer Chris Roland talks about teaching teenagers, with techniques, anecdotes and discussion about the psychological and emotional world of being a teens teacher. Further reading Chris’ book Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom (2018) is available from Pavilion Publishing & Media as part of their Teaching English series. There’s a link to th