TESOL Zigong

UNIT 20 TROUBLESHOOTING 1-COMMON PROBLEM SITUATIONS -FIRST LESSON:IN EVERY NEW TEACHING POSITION THE TEACHER WILL BE FACED WITH MEETING THE NEW STUDENTS WHO CAN BE GROUPED IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES A-NEW GROUP B- EXISTING GROUP 2- WARMERS:EVERY CLASS SHOULD BEGIN WITH A WARM-UP ACTIVITY IT HELPS TO MOTIVATE THE STUDENTS.WARM-UP ACTIVITIES SHOULD RELATE WITH THE LESSONS 3-DIFFERENT LEVELS:students sometimes are at different language levels and in some cases different age group.THEREFORE THE TEACHER SHOULD USE DIFFERENT MATERIALS DURING LESSONS,SAME MATERIALS DIFFERENT WAYS LIKE GIVING DIFFERENT TASK TO DIFFERENT GROUPS. AND PAIR STRONGER STUDENTS WITH WEAKER ONES 4-LARGE CLASSES :LARGER CLASSES CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TEACH AT TIMES AND TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE.TO MAKE LESSONS INTERESTING IN SUCH CLASSES THE TEACHER SHOULD; -USE WORKSHEETS -PAIR/GROUP WORK -APPOINT GROUP LEADERS -CHORAL REPETITION 5- RELUCTANT STUDENTS:WHEN STUDENTS BECOME RELUCTANT USE THE FOLLOWING TO MAKE THEM ACTIVE AND INVOLVED IN CLASS -USE TAPE RECORDER -USE ROLE PLAY -USE CONTROLLED PRACTICE -USE PLENTY OF PAIR WORK 6- DIFFICULTIES WITH LISTENING TEXT:THE TEACHER SHOULD HELP THE STUDENTS TO IMPROVE IN THEIR LISTENING ABILITY IF THEY HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN LISTENING ALSO CASSETTES CAN BE PLAYED SLOWLY ALTHOUGH STUDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES,THE TEACHERS SHOULD ALWAYS TRY TO HELP OUT AND STEP IN IF NEED BE.EVERY TEACHER NEEDS TO DEVELOP SOME SPECIFIC WAYS TO HANDLE THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE IN THE CLASSROOM.