Teaching Adults English: Your First Lesson

I wish I'd seen this video last week before my first one on one adult classes! Luckily, I basically did what you described and had conversations intended to get to know them (both as people and just trying to get an intuitive handle on where they are with English). They all went really well with this approach. Thanks for the great video!

cool!!! thanks a million for the tips, really helpful 🤩🤩

Super stressed!!! extremely stressed perhaps.

You're adorable!

I'm a TEFL teacher who's skill and gift is with kindergarten and elementary levels, but I started teaching adults yesterday.

It was the worst class I've ever had. The student's level was way below what I thought, and my whole lesson plan was useless.

The only good things is that my school is supportive and I'm going to not give up.

I will say that I like the students, so there's real room for growth. ❤

Great recommendations! I also "toss" books, curricula, and assessments to the proverbial winds upon initial interactions with my students, rather relying on getting to know them, and on letting organic conversations materialize. The suggestions concerning preparedness with videos and articles, as well as taking notes for future lessons are also spot-on!

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Great advice ❤

Hello Suzi!I liked your video and your positive vibes and I would like to ask you if you could please become my online tutor!😊My name is Yiuli, I am Greek, I am 49 years old and I'm desperately looking for online lessons to improve my English.Would you please undertake that task?If yes, how can I contact you? Greetings from Greece 💐

Which curriculum do you suggest for someone who is beginner in learning English?

I rarely write comments, and I felt insecure for not having any lesson plan prepared or anything, but it's good to know that this sort of start is good and acceptable for a first lesson. Having my first online one today so wish me luck :p

I want to learn how to read and write

Suzi, so grateful to you for your videos. Love your approach!

This is not helpful for those who speak NO English. It is also not helpful for those of us who have multiple students at a time, not just one-on-one.

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Es war sehr schön und toll 👌😍👌😍👌😍

Don't really understand how you would spend time to get to know your student if they are A1/A2, or do you only teach intermediates and above?

nice

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how do i get to know the students who does not have any knowledge of english?

Hi teacher ❤❤❤😊😊 I need to learn more English with you

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Spelled first wrong in your slide.

I live in México and accidentally volunteered to teach English to a friend and her (rapidly growing) circle of friends. They are at... is there a negative level? They're at English (101 - 2). I've never taught English in my life, and with the first class starting next week, I'm looking for a very basic step-by-step guide. You know: Step 1: Open door. Step 2: Walk in. Step 3: Say hello--in English....

I don't know how I get myself into these things, but I look forward to watching the rest of your videos--you're an absolute delight!

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Thank you

Suzi, you are inspiration personified! I LOVE your approach.

Next week I’ll teach my first ever English class to adults who have no English at all.. where do I start!

Make new videos

very useful thank you very much!

I have a student who is very shy. And in the beginning it was really hard to talk to her. She was scared to open her mouth and say something in English. But the minute I found out that she is crazy about Harry Potter movies we had a breakthrough. Suddenly she started telling me all about her favourite part of Harry Potter. And she was so happy) It was important to her to share her passion with me and all of a sudden she stopped being petrified of speaking another language 😊

Thank you! :)

Hi how are you there❤❤

The first lesson is always stressful, but it will feel more comfortable with time 👍

Thanks for this! I'm about to start tutoring ESL adults. I'm pretty nervous/excited! This is helpful!

Her method isn’t good you should always do a baseline assessment of English speaking English and writing English is two very duy things

Great video, very informative and helpful, you go straight to the important points. Thank you!

im ready for this lesson

I thought about creating a gathering spot with a carpet and some comfy chairs and spend a few minutes each day taking time to talk about current events...using an article or short video from the news. I love the question...how did the coronavirus affect you, your work and your family...here in LA and what about back home? Great ideas. Thank you.

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You saved me. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for all the interesting tips and links. I like your approach very much :)

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Hi, I'm 32 and I need to teach my mother English. Although English isn't my mother tongue, it is my strongest language since that is the medium that I have studied in. My mother (57 yo) however has studied in Marathi (a regional language in India) and although she understands English, she isn't very fluent. She is used to watching English (Hollywood) movies too but she is quite nervous while conversing in English. She struggles the most with forming longer sentences. So, my mother has asked me to teach her. Any guides here who can help me out?
Thanks Suzi for your channel. It is certainly going to be very helpful!

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New subscriber 😊 thx!!!

I'm in Germany and I teach business adults. I feel uncomfortable going off cuff, as they've paid and have expectations

Thank you for these wonderful ideas. Who do you teach through. I have
my tefl certificate but I don’t know how to get students. I would love to work with adults on conversational English.

Hello, Suzi. I'm 24 and going to teach a 27 year-old adult who knows pretty much only 1% (she said) English. I'm quite nervouse and start to looking for mor tips on Google and came across your video. I'm glad that you mention that it''s not obligated to use a specific curriculum and that eases me a lot. Wish me luck for tomorrow, my first teaching session with my student :) This video really helps

This so related to me.. I thought i was the only teacher who teaches using this kind of method..