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I just got hired to a school up in the cordillera outside of Santiago, without even an interview (through an aquaintance). The class I am to teach tomorrow, first class, there are about 8-10 students and I think they are high beginner to low intermediate with maybe a few intermediates.

I have NO idea where to start. The school doesn´t have a curriculum in place for this class and it´s for 1.5 hours long. I have a few icebreaker games to start off with but in terms of an actual lesson, I am lost. I have no text book from the school either.

One teacher said I will have to assess were the students are in their level of english...what??' how do I do this? TESOL did NOT prepare me for this at all.

I am totally anxious and worried .

Any help would be great!

V

Start with colors, shapes, greetings. Make a list of the 100 words you think anyone visiting your English-speaking home country would have to know: house, street, phone, please, menu, car, street, etc. write them on the board, say them over and over and have the sts repeat. If you don't have copies of a bk they/you can read simutaneously, write out a paragraph-at-a-time and read...they repeat every few words. Write out their names and words that are important to them; say them together over and over. Ritualize whatever you can: the same greeting every class - they repeat: "Good morning, teacher." etc.