Good Classroom Practice for Teaching English as Foreign Language

TEFL Lesson Plans For Dummies

Here are some general points of good practice that you’ll find helpful in almost all situations when you are teaching English as a foreign language:

Plan ahead
Ask for and welcoming feedback.
Start off quite strict and easing up later if you can.
Start and finish on time.
Respect your students.
Maintain a sense of humour.

About This Article

About the book author:

Michelle Maxom has been teaching English throughout the UK and Italy since 1997 and has the Trinity Certificate and Licentiate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Formerly Director of Studies at Avalon School of English, she now trains would-be TEFL teachers and runs one-to-one and executive English courses.