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scott1985 · Joined: 19 Feb 2011

I received my teaching timetable on Friday and I have noticed I am down to teach the schools teachers for 2 hours a week. I don't have a problem with this, but I am a little confused what to teach! My co-teacher was pretty vague when I asked her.

Would it be acceptable to just turn up to the session with a very basic lessons plan just introducing myself and asking the teachers what they wanted to get out of the lessons?

Does anyone else have experience teaching teachers? I am new to this tefling business so any help and/or signposting to teaching materials would be appreciated.

Cheers
Scott

Squire · Joined: 26 Sep 2010 Location: Jeollanam-do

Bump. I'd be interested to know what teaching teachers is all about too, I've got a class every week with them this year Confused

andrewchon · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:27 pm Post subject:

I've done it. Are you by chance at a small school? If so, then teacher classes are fillers for 22hours a week schedule. Prepare for big turnout the first time then grudual thinning of attendance to an eventual cancellation. Teachers interests vary, some are keen to improve but most are too tired or too busy with work. So first thing to do is to let them ask the obvious questions and answer them: where are you from? how old are you? married? girl friend? she pretty? children? family? is (your country) a good place to live? etc. They want to listen to you talk: A LOT! They don't wanna speak much. Show them pictures of your home town, country, culture, and on and on. They want to be passive receivers, OK?!
After that, talk about yourself and your country: ad nauseam. They want to know more about you but are afraid to ask.

Squire · Joined: 26 Sep 2010 Location: Jeollanam-do

jrwhite82 · Joined: 22 May 2010

Is the class mandatory for the teachers?

What the above poster said about attendance is right. They will start to get really busy as the semester progresses and your attendance will drop.

Just stick to basic conversation. Your class will probably have mixed levels. So keep it simple. Use the first session to determine their levels and then plan from there.

In the beginning of your classes start off with an easy idiom, then do some vocab related to a topic, a grammar point or two, a short reading/listening sample and then conversation where you practice the grammar, vocab and idiom. Start the conversation portion with a scripted role play, then have them change the scripts to fit their own opinion or experience. Then they role play with a partner or two. Then have pairs or teams do it in front of the class.

If you have a group of high level teachers Dear Abby articles are great. Low or mixed level, stick to conversation.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Take coffee, tea and cookies to the first one. Chat, introduce yourselves and make friends.

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Julius · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

I teach teachers of teachers.

Carbon · Joined: 28 Jan 2011

wallythewhale · Joined: 12 Mar 2009

What Andrewchon said.

The first few weeks will be full of teachers, but eventually their schoolwork will catch up and sooner than later, there will be no more students (= no more classes).

My teacher told me they hate it when an NSET goes into a class like this and asks the teachers what they want to learn. They prefer you to already have something mapped out so they can just learn. So prepare for a month's worth of class and then go on from there if they are still attending your class. GL.