How to be a good teacher?

There are some tips for being a good teacher for young learners:

•   Teach in a fun way.

No kid likes learning in a boring way. If you have a fun, hands-on and unique teaching style, students will be interested in learning-good for both of you. For example, if you were learning about Siberian Tigers, it would be more fun to organize a visit to a Tiger shelter or zoo and take notes rather than to copy notes of the board. Even if you're teaching about really boring things, like basic maths, try to think of a way to make it interesting or at least easy to understand.

•   Having control.

Kids will eventually get bored if the class is complete havoc. Learn to find the balance between having control and being too strict, and keep it. Usually having a voice that means no nonsense can keep control. Don't let yourself be walked over. Give the students chances to change their behavior but don't let anyone get away with anything time and time again. It will earn you respect.

Teaching Young Learners

If we are teaching young learners, especially between three and five years old, may be a challenge because of many reasons. To start with, it is usually very hard to keep these learners 100% concentrated. They may easily feel bored and you will have to find a way to keep them focused.  In addition, a teacher will find it daunting teaching a language to very young learners in the same way older learners are taught.

There are some characteristics of  young learners. Such as:

• They need to feel safe.
• They have short concentration span.
• They need concrete experiences in order to understand.
• Their first language is still developing.
• Their writing and reading skills are still rudimentary.
• They are readily engaged in play.