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paisleyyama (October 7, 2008 at 9:28 am)
In Madrid`s defence,he`s getting students who may be forced to attend Eng. classes by the company or school. It may not be their lifetime desire to learn Eng. They may be wishing they could be home. Also, in his sit. it is impossible for his students to be fluent in a yr. unless they give more. A person can be fluent if they immerse themselves in Eng. but just casually taking a class 1-2 times a week & then not thinking about Eng. till the next class won`t make them fluent.
marisabellas (August 14, 2008 at 11:05 am)
yes!
iopkythowal (July 21, 2008 at 1:13 pm)
Hi Steven,
I am from Brazil and I am enjoying a lot your movies.
your pronunciation is very good, I got understand every thing about you've told in your movies, " FANTASTIC "
And Congrats about your movies qualitys,
the sound is very clear.
By
Cassoli.
Frnlam (May 28, 2008 at 7:36 am)
Really wanting or needing to learn another language makes a difference in making it a priority.Also the individuals method of studying decreases anxiety,increases confidence.
esteloquillo (April 15, 2008 at 5:04 am)
Muy buena exposiciòn . Tengo una pregunta.
¿Es posible enseñar un buen Inglès sin haber estado en un paìs de habla inglesa por algùn tiempo?
theshredda (March 30, 2008 at 1:45 pm)
is it possible for an adult to obtain a 3rd language? do they still have "it"?
Kaguyua (February 15, 2008 at 3:40 am)
Thank for this posting. I teach English in Japan, and my experiences are very similar to yours. I used to teach elementary students almost exclusively. Now I teach adults almost exclusively - mostly coorporate clients and individual classes with students who have very specific goals. I agree with your comments about using your students personal experiences to fuel conversation and about possible disagreement with other collegues and superiors.
MadridTeacher (January 16, 2008 at 8:40 pm)
Prospective teachers who read my dialog with David Cruzing below should get a little further insight into another possible obstacle when teaching English: disagreement with colleagues and bosses as to what constitutes good English teaching methodology. Sometimes we just start out at opposite ends from each other with a completely different set of assumptions, etc. Even the superstars can't agree as to the best approaches, etc.
MadridTeacher (January 16, 2008 at 8:17 pm)
Regarding your comment: "at the end of the day . . . students who feel good about themselves?" I don't understand how students feeling good about themselves comes into conflict with their learning English. In all humility, I can't lay claim to your superb 100% though I've gotten plenty of students to learn English. I teach my students how to speak English from the very first day, but does this count as "speaking?": "What's this/that?" "It's a pen."
MadridTeacher (January 16, 2008 at 8:04 pm)
Students' needs and wants differ very much from each other. I have: university students preparing for the CAE exam who expect to follow a pretty strict program, a low-level student who requests high-level real-world texts and videos, an intermediate student who only wants conversation, a pre-intermediate student who only likes to follow a course-book and gets nervous in conversation (feels it's a waste of time), etc. |
