13 Tips to Help You Start a Great Semester

Routine to create an inspiring atmosphere and engage your students:

ANDRÉ HEDLUND

1. Show them who you are, what you are passionate about, the cool things you can do to let them know they have an awesome teacher;

2. Don’t judge them. Have as little background information on them as possible, at least for the first week before the inevitable labels come. When they come, remember that you can always help your students improve;

3. Learn and memorize their names and show them you care about them;

4. Let them tell you who they are and what makes them tick;

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How to Help Your ESL Students Remember New Vocabulary

They are the principal carriers of meaning in speech and without them, students simply can’t communicate. 

Introducing vocabulary to ESL students is usually not a problem.

 Lots of new words are understood when introduced, but then disappear into oblivion.