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. I love it when I get feedback on my videos, so all your comments and suggestions are welcome. Helpful Links Watch the entire beginner series! Part 2: Teaching vocab Part 3: Planning a lesson Part 4: Teaching grammar perfectly 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 The Language House TEFL: 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. . Pack Your Bags and Move to Prague: A great FB group to connect with grads of the course to learn all about teaching and living in Prague #teachingbeginners #teachenglish #howtoteachbeginners timestamp 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