I’ll be glad if you advise me how can I impress my students in the first class,Iam an English language teacher

You will impress your students the most if you have planned your lessons well. Think about what you want them to know, how you will teach it and what you will need to teach it (and what they already know about it). Then think about what you will need if some of them finish early while others are still working. Will you have an “anchor activitiy” (such as a book they should be reading) or an “extension activity” (such as an expanded concept of the general idea that you are teaching).

Have a back-up plan in case something flops (having several lessons prepared helps eliminate this problem). Divide up the time into different parts of the lesson. If you are teaching for one hour your lessons will look different than they will for someone who is teaching for 2 1/2 or 3 hours. You should be doing a lot of hands-on activities in a language class. Do you want to “engage” your students with an activity right away or do you want to introduce them to an activity after they have had a chance to get more comfortable with you and their classmates? (a scavenger hunt of information? Find the bookcase, the door, the papers, etc).Label these items in the room.

Get Harry Wong’s book , “The First Days of Teaching” and read that. It is the best purchase you’ll ever make.

A common mistake new teachers make is deciding that the first day of school will be a “game day”(games without a purpose). Decide what your goals will be for the class for the year and limit them to 4 or 5 things. Because you are teaching a language trust is important to your students so you need to establish “respect” as a goal in your classroom. (I personally think this is the best goal for all classes).

“Model” what respect looks like to you. For example, looking at you,(this one is important in an ELL class) listening not talking when you or someone else is speaking, etc.). Do NOT make an example of a student who is doing something wrong. DO point out positive behavior for all the class to see.

Correct in private, compliment in public!

Language classes I have been a part of are most successful when students speak the new language often so make activities that allow for this. Also include written activities.

Laugh! Laughter relieves the tension. Encourage laughter!

Greet your students at the door and say, “Good Morning!” (or good evening if that is when you are teaching), Also say “Hello” and “Hi” as they enter the room so they know there is more than one greeting. Write your name on the board. Write important information on the board. Decide whether you will speak in the other language at all.

Decide what “procedures” you need in place in your room. For example, in my classroom we have a procedure for using the bathroom or getting a drink. What is your procedure for this? Do students have to ask permission or just get up and go? Is there a sign out sheet? Where is it? How many people can leave the room at once? I only allow one person out of the room at a time, they must ask to go (quietly) and they may NOT go during directions.

Good luck and be passionate about what you do and what you want to accomplish and you will be fine.

If you are a newly certified teacher and you have done your student teaching then you should have a bunch of ideas for your class. But one important rule for the first day – keep it simple, but keep it educational. You are not there to impress or make them your friends – you are a teacher.

I have given out surveys or questionnaires the first day that are fun and I get to learn about my students too. They LOVE to talk about themselves – you could do it as an interaction thing but many students are afraid the first day to say anything that would embarass them. They are also tired of writing all their stats for other teachers – So keep it light, keep it fun. You should be doing the requirements of the first day which would be a review of the syllabus, taking attendance and doing any “housework” before giving out the survey. Make your rules CLEAR and short. Don’t elaborate but do establish the fact that you are the teacher and THEY are the students. YOu have expectations – hopefully high ones.

You may not win the most popular teacher prize this first year but you will be remembered for a long time by your students who will come back to you when they are all ‘grown’ and graduated from college. It does pay off! Good luck and have fun.

Congratulations on your first class!!

What grade will you be teaching? Because you put specifically that you are an English language teacher I am going to assume you teach either in the middle school or at the secondary level.

Some ways to impress your children are to:

1. Probably the most important, be yourself. The students appreciate teachers who will act normally rather than one that tries to act in a different manner just to impress the students.

2. You will want to set up the rules of your classroom on the first day. Do not treat the students differently because they will be able to pick up on that right away. An example would be, disciplining one student for talking but allowing other students to continue talking.

3. Dress for success. Students appreciate teachers who dress “in style” rather than those teachers who wear out of date fashions.

4. Make learning fun.

5. Create a positive learning atmosphere and don’t be too serious.

There are some cool sites with games on:

Try these :

www.free-english.com

www.english-avenue.com

www.onestopenglish.com

www.free-english-games.com

Make your lessons interactive. Instead of them writing and answering questions in a book, make Flashcards that you give each of them then write questions on a board and let them come stick their answer card in the right place next to the question.

Use a ball and make an activity where they throw it to each other and have to say something or memorise something etc.

Hope i helped!!

They are there to learn. Parties…save till the end of the year. But choose good books to read, and come up with questions that make them think. Most kids are shy…they need to be called one randomly a few times and then they will learn to raise their hand all on their own…and you have a good class.

at least in 5days in a wk do a 3day work try 2 give goodies sometimes dont give 2much homework and u cud bring in some videos 2 watch but dont giv way 4 disrespect and dress cool 2

goodluck

never give treats before christmas, they’ll …. well, trust me, you’ll regret it BADLY.

try setting up your classroom as a mock-up of the first novel study for the year. you should wear a costume and decorate the whole room as the book. I did “Anna and the King” one year. i dressed up as anna and stacked desks at the sides of the room. I painted murals of the siamese ballroom and couples dancing. i had siamese and waltz music playing and had props that were important to the story, as well as food samples of traditional siamese and ‘old-english’ recipies. the kids were hooked!

Start by telling them about yourself and how you became a teacher, try to be a little humourous Then tell them about your expectations for them and about the course. Of course you want to tell them about good behavior and how to listen You will be off to a good start that way. This has worked for me as I was a teacher for 33 years.

try to see things from their point of view. Make fun of characters in books in a 20-something kind of way. Smile a lot. Be nice.

I wish I knew what grade you were teaching…I say “reading time” or acting out the story as you tell it or having them act it out…

this is a really good resource: www.daniellesplace.com