Did you just finish your TEFL, CELTA or TESOL? Maybe you don’t even have one ?! Whatever the case, nothing can really prepare you for your f...
Did you just finish your TEFL, CELTA or TESOL? Maybe you don’t even have one ?! Whatever the case, nothing can really prepare you for your first day of teaching. This article will provide you with some useful tips to help you stay calm and perhaps allow your first day to run smoothly! Although this article was written with English as a foreign / second language in mind, the advice here could be useful for any new teacher who is about to enter a class for the first time.
Not all ESL / EFL teachers are qualified, and being qualified does not necessarily make you a better teacher! In fact, we all have to start somewhere. At some point in your career, qualified or not, you will have to enter a classroom and teach students for the first time.
The first thing to do is make sure you have rested well the day before. The last thing you want to feel during your first spell in class is tired. If you are tired, you may suffer a variety of unwanted side effects that hinder your performance. These may include forgetting, nervousness and many others. So be sure to rest well at night before starting.
The most important thing is to be prepared! Prepare for any eventuality you can think of! You never know what can happen. How are you going to deal with rebel students? How are you going to establish the basic rules? How are you going to break the ice? These are just some of the questions you want to consider before starting your first day.
To continue with the topic of being prepared, you should really write a lesson plan for the first lesson. However, your lesson plan probably won’t go according to the plan! It is difficult to assess how long students will take to do whatever exercise you give them. So make sure you have many additional activities in case you are missing the ones you had already planned. You don’t want to get to the middle of a lesson with nothing else to do!
The final part of this topic of being prepared is that you must arrive at your class at least 15 minutes before. This will give you time to organize your materials at your desk, get an idea of the classroom (i.e. size, desks and if possible reorganize seating plans for group activities, etc.) and also give you the opportunity to greet your students upon arrival.
Finally, do not worry about making mistakes. Making mistakes is a perfectly normal part of any learning process and becoming a teacher is no different. If you do something wrong, your students may not even realize it. Continue, continue and before you know it, your first lesson will end in an instant!
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