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Offline oreillyo

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Teaching Elementary School Parents! Help
« on: March 20, 2014, 01:28:28 PM »
Hi,
I have been informed I now have to teach some of the parents at my elementary school. The classes will be approx 90 minutes in length (2 periods back to back) and I believe the level is beginner with one or two who have some English.

Has anyone had experience of this? If so, what topics did you teach?  Can you give me any advice please. 

I believe the parents are all mums.

Thanks in advance  ;D


Offline trayboarder

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Re: Teaching Elementary School Parents! Help
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2014, 03:10:07 PM »
That is what I did last year and this year.  90 minute adult classes.

Of the parents that attend my class, there are two with pretty decent English, but the others only know what they learned in school.  The adults I teach don't want to learn grammar, but want to practice their English in conversation.  I often go to http://iteslj.org/questions/ and will select subjects, read through them and take those questions. 

I print out enough for the adults and have them read the questions out loud as we go along.  After each sentence we each take turns talking about it.  I will give my example if they don't understand, and it goes from there.

When we finish a Topic, I will generally ask what they would like to talk about next, and then I search the site above, or just search the web for that topic. 

Hope that helps!

Offline Jonni

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Re: Teaching Elementary School Parents! Help
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2014, 06:37:27 PM »
I too will be teaching ES mothers as of next week -- would appreciate any other ideas from people who've done this. I'm guessing that they will be slow to open up and be active in class -- particularly to a male teacher? Cheers!  :lipsrsealed:

 

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