Best Teaching Tips for Zero Level and
Adult Learners
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Objective
By the end of the training session, teachers should be
able to:
Teach absolute beginners
Apply the best practices in praising, rewarding and
giving corrective feedback to students
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Training Flow
Activate
Engage Study
DEMO
(10 minutes) (30 minutes)
(20 minutes)
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Let’s Rank!
Teaching Aids
Student Disposition
Student’s Level
Difficulty of Material
Teacher Preparedness
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Who are the ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS?
My student doesn’t answer my questions.
Is she an absolute beginner?
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Let’s Get to Know our Learners!
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Age and grade appropriate
topics and approach
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Authentic Opportunities for
children to use English
CLASS TALK TIME
Teacher/Trainer Talk Time
Student Talk Time
30%
70%
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Let’s practice!
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Recycling of Language Elements
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How about Adult Learners?
The time is right for them to learn
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to remove the mystery from; make clear
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No matter how hard a teacher tries, if a student isn’t ready to
learn, they won’t. Luckily, adult students chose to be in your
classroom, which means they have already determined that the
time is right.
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How do Adults Learn?
Discussion
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How Do Adults Learn?
VARK Learning Styles
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Now
HOW ARE WE GOING TO GIVE MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK
AND PRAISES TO OUR
YOUNG and ADULT LEARNERS?
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Tolerance of Language Errors
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Creative Ways to Say "Good
Job!"
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Why it Pays to Praise in different Ways?
You know how powerful your words can be: especially when you’re
giving praise to someone for a job well done.
To empower children to continue to grow and develop more.
To let us know that “Good Job” doesn’t teach students
anything since they are already used to that phrase.
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Ways to correct student:
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Facial Expressions
Gestures
Identify the mistake!
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Plant or Animal?
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Take a Bath
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Let’s Play Soccer
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Learn more about
COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-
comprehensible-input.html
RECYCLING LANGUAGE ELEMENTS:
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/recycling
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