Good Teacher

How to Become A Good English Teacher to Non-native Speakers of English

                                                                                                           

Joseph Jin Jung

There are many ways to teach English, but it is cumbersome to find a perfect way to teach.  Maybe it is impossible to find the perfect and easy way to teach.  However, as we would consider(?) ourselves as decent educators, we just have to find effective ways to teach English well.  It will be ludicrous to say that native speakers of English are the best English teachers.  Just because one can speak English well does not mean that he/she is an excellent English teacher.    

To become a good English teacher, one must educate oneself to become one. In fact, a person has to have a desire to become a good teacher.  Of course you can not deny that there are some gifted people who may not need any education or enthusiasm to become a good teacher.  More power to those God gifted people.  Well, I am sorry that I am not one of those people.  I'll be afraid to use the word "gifted people".  But, I can say with my heart that I have a sincere desire of wanting to become a good English teacher and I trained myself to become a good English teacher.

Students can see if you are a good teacher.  They will have a respect for you.

It took me over five years to grasp what is needed to become a good English teacher.  What I have learned may not be the best way to teach and may not bring a huge interest to many, but it sure worked for me and many students whom I had a pleasure of teaching.

10 Creative Ways to Teach English

10 Creative Ways to Teach English That Deliver Outstanding Results

As an English teacher at an outstanding primary, Anna Warren is often asked for inspiration. Here she shares her favourite approaches for creative English lessons.

Creative curriculum: inspiring young imaginations using the arts is just one of the ways Anna Warren teaches her pupils. Photograph: Tom Finnie

As a creative school, with a track record in fantastic English results, we are often asked what our specific approach is: how do we teach through the arts yet manage to maintain such high expectations from all our pupils? I'd like to share some of these approaches with you:

Improving Our English Skills

How to Improve Your English Skills Very Quickly: Fast Tips to Help You Speak English like a Native

Many students of EFL/ESL (English as a Foreign Language/English as a Second Language) who have fairly good English skills still want to improve their English skills but they don't know how. There are however tried and true ways to improve your English skills. Whenever a student asks me how they can improve, I give them a few suggestions and always notice, within a few months, if they follow what I tell them their English skills improve dramatically. So, if you too want to improve your English skills, follow these few tips and you'll be surprised at how fast you can learn more English.

Why Should English?

Why Learn English: Reasons to Learn English

Learning English is one of the best decisions we can make in order to improve our communication skills. Various statistics show that there are over three hundred million people in the world who speak English as a second language, and there are over one hundred million more who use the language as a preferred form of communication. Today, English is the official language of business communications in most countries, and here are some more reasons why you should learn the language.

Reasons to learn English