Priscilla Osbourne

Teaching English One to One

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  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    it is important that you don’t promise anything that the course cannot provide
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    You cannot use some teaching techniques, such as pair/group and peer correction, in a one-to-one situation.
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    Individuals within a group may have very diverse learning styles, and the teacher has the task of providing a teaching style which will fit the overall group. In a one-to-one scenario, you only have to tailor your approach to fit one individual’s learning style.
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    In a group class, more able students can become frustrated if they feel that the weaker students in the group are slowing down the progress of the course, whereas less able students will feel demotivated if the pace of the lessons is too fast for them to keep up. In a one-to-one class you can work to the individual’s pace and allow him or her to control the timings of activities (although you will need to discuss this with the student and make it explicit).
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    The teacher in a group situation can be flexible, but is unlikely to be in a position to change a lesson plan completely if an activity does not suit one or two members of the group. The teacher in a one-to-one class, on the other hand, can be completely flexible; if a prepared activity doesn’t suit the student for some reason, the teacher can modify or junk that activity and move on to something different.
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    Students learning in a group have limited control over classroom activities, but you can give the one-to-one student a great deal of control over his or her own learning process.
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    In this sense, all one-to-one students are ESP (English for Specific Purposes) students, although the term ESP is normally used for describing courses which address a specific usage of language — e.g. Legal English; English for the banking sector; English for hairdressing; academic English.
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    It is easier to give personalised feedback after output activities in a one-to-one lesson, and one-to-one classes can address specific areas of linguistic difficulty much more effectively.
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    Progress in a one-to-one class is often more rapid than can be achieved in the group classroom, so this method of learning often represents a better investment of time and money
  • Jhonathan Ribeiro Ovídiohas quoted6 years ago
    You can also learn a great deal from the student; the business knowledge that you accumulate in teaching executive students, for example, can help you in your teaching of other business English students.
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