hatikva
New member
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2011
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- Israel
- Current Location
- Israel
I REALLY need the kind assistance of experienced ESL teachers!
Here's the story. I have been asked to teach a group of ten factory workers. What the company wants is for me to help the workers master English terms that appear on their computer stations (nothing terribly difficult, i.e., 'moisture', 'malfunction', etc.) in both reading comprehension and speaking. Also to generally improve their spoken and reading English.
My problem: Although I know my way around the English language, and consider myself a natural teacher, I have NO ESL teaching experience, and I am very aprehensive about exactly how to fill each class. I am actually a translator by profession. My nightmare scenario: standing tup here and running out of things to do and say.
Specifically:
Thanks in advance,
Harv
Here's the story. I have been asked to teach a group of ten factory workers. What the company wants is for me to help the workers master English terms that appear on their computer stations (nothing terribly difficult, i.e., 'moisture', 'malfunction', etc.) in both reading comprehension and speaking. Also to generally improve their spoken and reading English.
My problem: Although I know my way around the English language, and consider myself a natural teacher, I have NO ESL teaching experience, and I am very aprehensive about exactly how to fill each class. I am actually a translator by profession. My nightmare scenario: standing tup here and running out of things to do and say.
Specifically:
- The first lesson: What in the heck do I do with them? I don't know how to start off on the right foot. Especially worrisome (for me) is determining and afterwards dealing with their inevitably different levels of English mastery throughout the course.
- In consideration of the factory's goals for these students: How to I prepare lesson plans?? I am not feeling creative here, and don't want to have to reinvent the wheel. I dread having to bust my head and devise activities ahead of each class, because I don't know if I am good at it. Are there any ready made resources that I can draw from that meet the goals for my students? What I would consider manna from heaven are 'idiot-proof' lesson plans that tell me what to say to the students, what tasks to assign them, what activities to conduct, materials, etc.
Thanks in advance,
Harv