2006-12-05 07:20:44 · 8 answers · asked by guru 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Maybe start with a warm-up game/get to know you. Have a joke telling minute. Laughter always wakes me up. Humor is a good way to involve everyone, who doesn't like to laugh.
2006-12-05 07:29:52 · answer #1 · answered by Trinette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well a good way of 'waking them' or making them alert is to get them involved in some of the activities planned, for example use one of them as the class scribe for the evening and you can alternate the person in each class.
2006-12-05 16:03:45 · answer #2 · answered by me_luv_chacha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what the class is, or their profession. For example, I teach teachers. So I ask them about silly things that happened in their classes during the last week.
I also do a thing called, "Good Things," where the teachers share good things that happened to them. You'd be surprised at how many of them want to share their lives.
2006-12-05 15:35:31 · answer #3 · answered by theodore r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm curious with all your recent posts if you received any training for your course? You might see if there is a "teaching ESL" course available for you to take. I know our community college offers one.
Anyway, work on building comraderie among the students. You need to make connections between them so they are happy to see each other (and you) and (since it's ESL) excited to talk with each other. Lots of student participation (don't do all the talking) and interaction. Think of some ways to get them physically involved (they will remember more if they are doing, hearing, seeing and speaking)...a friend colored Easter eggs w/her ESL students for example. Or think of some games or contests you can do with groups of students to make it fun... nobody likes sitting in a chair and listening to someone drone on for hours on end! :-)
2006-12-05 15:59:15 · answer #4 · answered by lechemomma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make them communicate with each other, create links between them with something funny like drama games - improvisation is good for this.
also you can have a relaxation game- ask them to take a piece of paper, close their eyes and, on some relaxing musical background and under your guidance, enter a world of memories .ask them to imagine they are on holiday in a place they like a lot, induce a state of relaxation, but let them personalise it, then after some minutes ask them to open their eyes and draw or write something- like what they could see, hear, feel, smell, taste while they were in that world.
when they have finished doing this, they will feel relaxed and ready for work.
whatever you do, make them feel good in your class and make them enjoy what they learn.
good luck
2006-12-05 23:23:48 · answer #5 · answered by monica06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work at a university with adult/evening classes & they always like candy. I imagine it's not any different anywhere else.
2006-12-05 15:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by LinzyLoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your problem is to make them, attentive. May be, they are from groups, doing physical labour, which makes them tired & sleepy. My suggestion is to teach them with models & specimens, which they should use themselves. Moreover, you should be inter-acting, with each individuals, often. You should not give long lectures, it should be short & inter-active.
2006-12-06 09:59:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
jokes, wierd streches, jumping jacks, just do something to get the blood flowing
2006-12-05 16:40:11 · answer #8 · answered by Katie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋