How to Teach English - Methodology and Tips: Classroom Management Techniques for New Teachers

If you are new to English teaching (ELT), improving your overall classroom management is a great place to get started. How you interact as an English teacher with your language students is paramount to having a productive lesson and being successful in the classroom.
This is the first video in a 15-part series covering English language teaching tips and methodology. In this video, I cover some of the basics of classroom management, including TTT, arranging desks, improving posture, overcoming anxiety, running commentary, using an anchor, and how to interact with language students. There's not too much production in these videos and it's basically just me up in front of a board talking. Not too exciting, but we cover some good info.
I brought in a few graduates of The Language House TEFL to help out with the presentation. At the beginning of the video, they share their experience as new teachers and then we jump into the main content.
Take a look at the other videos in the How to Teach English series to learn more tips and strategies to make you a more competent language instructor.
If you are thinking of teaching English abroad, do check out this TEFL certification course in Prague - The Language House TEFL www.thelanguagehouse.net

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  • @khawlaben893
    @khawlaben8933 жыл бұрын

    Hello I'm a new teacher I'll start next week I was so afraid but ur video helped me a lot thank you so much I really appreciate it thank you merci beaucoup

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh that’s great to hear. Good luck!

  • @basilmostafa5552

    @basilmostafa5552

    2 жыл бұрын

    good and think you so much

  • @manelab6899

    @manelab6899

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello, may i please ask how is it going?

  • @overrooftops
    @overrooftops2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Chris! Even though I've been teaching ESL since 1986, I watched your video to the end. Nice tips on the board. In my lessons, I liked to conceal the board with pieces of paper, Students would file in, asking what was under them. This piqued students' interest, and they focused on the grammar (etc.) as soon as I removed the paper. I didn't start arranging desks until the latter part of my teaching career. Wish I had earlier! Now I like arranging them in a circle with me in the middle. No student can hide in the back and check his cell phone. Just before a group activity got going, groups of 3-4 desks were put together. Other helpful tips to new teachers might be: avoid hot button topics (religion, politics, marital status). I remember an angry reaction to a comment I made about bird-watching being boring (it was mentioned in our grammar book). An elder male student then gave some reasons to do it, and I apologized. I learned to keep my opinions to myself. And how about dress codes? A fellow teacher back in the day used to teach wearing a fanny pack and clothes he wore around his house on the weekend. Another would wear Hawaiian shirts. I feel a teacher should look like one. That doesn't mean a suit and tie, but it also doesn't mean wearing cut-offs and flip flops! After all, how are students going to know you're a teacher if you're dressed like a student? Anyways, nice video. Concise and to the point.

  • @mawaddafahad3383

    @mawaddafahad3383

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your experience with us

  • @baderammory7086
    @baderammory70864 жыл бұрын

    The reason I got into teaching is you ❤ Thank you from the bottom of my heart and I wish I was a teacher trainee of yours!

  • @user-yu6wo7xh3s

    @user-yu6wo7xh3s

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bader Ammory me toooo

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    4 жыл бұрын

    That Bader is a really nice thing to say. Happy New Year!

  • @user-yu6wo7xh3s

    @user-yu6wo7xh3s

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chris Westergaard do you have instagram?

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@user-yu6wo7xh3s I don't have a personal account, but we do have a school account @thelanguagehouseprague

  • @mohamedorayith4626
    @mohamedorayith46263 жыл бұрын

    Teaching my mother. Thank you

  • @teachme3192
    @teachme31924 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Chris.

  • @faustoboada5224
    @faustoboada5224 Жыл бұрын

    my man... you are just amazing!!! no further to add on

  • @yesyoucanexploremore3290
    @yesyoucanexploremore32903 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your energy and ideas! :)

  • @choaukibelhadj6938
    @choaukibelhadj69383 жыл бұрын

    You're a really good resource to get the teaching process,i hope I take some pic with u one day lol..keep up..we're following with eager

  • @maksmorgan4156
    @maksmorgan4156 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! As great tips as the teacher himself!

  • @JoaoMendesDavid-vv9er
    @JoaoMendesDavid-vv9er17 күн бұрын

    Hello, I really like your tours and I have been applying them in order to provide an affective lesson to my Ss.

  • @jinilama5484
    @jinilama54842 жыл бұрын

    Good teaching method for every learner teacher because you can goodly show up your teaching method . thanks for your ideas

  • @BERTAGUTERRES-fp5ks
    @BERTAGUTERRES-fp5ks24 күн бұрын

    wow wonderful teaching

  • @AdrianasWonderland
    @AdrianasWonderland3 ай бұрын

    Your videos are amazing, I think I am watching the fifth one today! So grateful I found you

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    3 ай бұрын

    This one is an old one! Thanks for watching!

  • @cryptozombie3967
    @cryptozombie39673 жыл бұрын

    l love this lesson.. more please

  • @majidahmadi8212
    @majidahmadi8212 Жыл бұрын

    Great Video Useful tips Thanks for sharing

  • @EnglishTeacherRyan
    @EnglishTeacherRyan3 жыл бұрын

    Keep ‘em coming!

  • @dashtyATG
    @dashtyATG3 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation thank you.

  • @livingstoneochieng70
    @livingstoneochieng703 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your video. It's so helpful

  • @yvonnearrey2377
    @yvonnearrey23772 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so inspiring. I'm a new teacher and soon to begin. I just feel like I already started after watching a handful of your videos. Thanks s lot.

  • @emilycarter8922

    @emilycarter8922

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @dark_pio5785
    @dark_pio57852 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU FOR THIS ADVISE

  • @beyondgalaxy7786
    @beyondgalaxy77862 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much🌱It was great

  • @EnglishTeacherRyan
    @EnglishTeacherRyan3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tips, Chris.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    3 жыл бұрын

    You sir are very much welcome

  • @SuperYos007
    @SuperYos007 Жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks a lot Chris.

  • @ArtMoran-ce8hr
    @ArtMoran-ce8hr6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much i know i will be watching all of your videos, i lived most of my life in the states and now i am taking a teaching class to learn how to teach english here in mexico, i already subcribed to your channel, thanks again for this helpfull videos

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    6 ай бұрын

    Best of luck!

  • @christiansoro4678
    @christiansoro46782 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting .so thanks

  • @bbokari_2
    @bbokari_22 жыл бұрын

    دەست خۆش❤😌- sanks❤😊

  • @sachinjhatheteacher4730
    @sachinjhatheteacher47303 ай бұрын

    Today I got that I wanted, really it's my first visit on your channel, I am very happy and I have watched 3 to 5 continuously. Your knowledge and informations are truly helpful for me. Hey! One more thing I have clicked on subscribe button it's mean I am your new member 😊😊 so welcome me. Lot's of love from lndia and thank you so much to make such wonderful, knowledgeable, and helpful videos. 🙏🙏💐🤗❤️❤️

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks and welcome

  • @saraouda5161
    @saraouda51613 жыл бұрын

    Thanks 👍

  • @roboticzamat
    @roboticzamat3 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video. I'd like to pick your brain, if I may, about teaching older students or students used to giving orders (and not receiving them, like a manager) in a country where there is a clear "social ranking", as we do here in Japan. I do find myself sometimes in an awkward position, being ignored, especially by older men. Any ideas how I could avoid such a situation without being rude? Thanks so much for all your great ideas in these videos! Binging them over the holidays! Stay safe!

  • @sandrasarout9662
    @sandrasarout96623 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @abdehadibeggui9376
    @abdehadibeggui93763 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much chirs , could please help us with the best book for teaching English ?????

  • @teachingenglishonline40
    @teachingenglishonline403 жыл бұрын

    very good videos

  • @devendrasinghsisodiya4214
    @devendrasinghsisodiya42143 жыл бұрын

    Hii this is good and easy method

  • @nakagwaketura8028
    @nakagwaketura8028 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 🤛🤛🤛🤛🤛🤛🤛🤛🤛

  • @user-rm2zw4py9o
    @user-rm2zw4py9o2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @yousufjalalzi5863
    @yousufjalalzi5863 Жыл бұрын

    thanks to day we learn more in the leason have along time

  • @kaddournourelhouda6951
    @kaddournourelhouda69513 жыл бұрын

    please can you help me i have un exam about Researched writing establishes a clear purpose. I did'nt know how I write my essay

  • @DeepaYadav-ps7on
    @DeepaYadav-ps7on4 жыл бұрын

    Hey thanks chris, how can I join tefl class inclass .

  • @atharvparlikar8765
    @atharvparlikar87653 жыл бұрын

    I'm A young teacher in my tution my age is 13 I teach them spoken English I'm indian and in india English is weak of alot of people even though I am like intermediate at english

  • @learnenglishwithchief254
    @learnenglishwithchief2544 жыл бұрын

    Hey that's Prague !

  • @redouanealg8787
    @redouanealg87874 жыл бұрын

    Hi, Chris You show us great things and Im very grateful. I just have one request. Could you speak slowly so that non natives can follow you ??

  • @choaukibelhadj6938

    @choaukibelhadj6938

    3 жыл бұрын

    maybe you can just use captions buddy! cz slowing down might mean being time cosuming which isn't so suitable for everybody

  • @user-fk7hj2nk5o
    @user-fk7hj2nk5o Жыл бұрын

    God thanks

  • @arelisvaldez9844
    @arelisvaldez98442 жыл бұрын

    Hello dear, how do you feel? My name is Arelis lm from Dominican Republic, l was learning on your channel about teaching strategies, but I need to take intensive english course for improving my English, do you know some wedside or courses online, that can use. Please help me.

  • @MrZadsaleh
    @MrZadsaleh Жыл бұрын

    Hi Chris I'm going to start teaching in weeks. I'm really worried of being in front of students. I think I can't talk in front them. How can I practice not to be shy?

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    Жыл бұрын

    You should watch my teachers’s voice video

  • @cadamujerunavida
    @cadamujerunavida4 жыл бұрын

    What level is this?

  • @haroldjohanortegon6970
    @haroldjohanortegon69702 жыл бұрын

    2:30 starts the topic

  • @simonjaiyeola2420
    @simonjaiyeola24202 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this video, but can you kindly do something about the background noise? And there's something about the audio. It's kind of hushed.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep! New videos will have better sound. Check out the latest one. They will all look like this in the future

  • @user-kt5dv7pf6v
    @user-kt5dv7pf6v3 жыл бұрын

    i really have a problem of shyness and i don’t have enough self esteem for teaching, do you think teaching is not my thing !?

  • @SharonG_2020

    @SharonG_2020

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can get over with your shyness gradually. You can do it!

  • @wateenal_sayadi679

    @wateenal_sayadi679

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can do it⁦👍🏿⁩

  • @user-kt5dv7pf6v

    @user-kt5dv7pf6v

    3 жыл бұрын

    thanks guys

  • @nomansikder1941
    @nomansikder19413 жыл бұрын

    Need subtitle of all

  • @TaherTravels
    @TaherTravels2 жыл бұрын

    How can I contact you?

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL
    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL4 жыл бұрын

    Want to teach English abroad? Please check out The Language House TEFL in Prague - www.thelanguagehouse.net

  • @assmaaboualil2506
    @assmaaboualil25063 жыл бұрын

    #protect_teachers_in_morocco

  • @_Anjali_1426
    @_Anjali_1426 Жыл бұрын

    Sir I want to speak fluent English. Can you teache me English please🤗

  • @learnenglishforfree4213
    @learnenglishforfree42133 жыл бұрын

    Hello everyone!

  • @mirandakarel2772
    @mirandakarel2772 Жыл бұрын

    Boy oh boy I'm scared as shi

  • @user-kh8bq6jf5j
    @user-kh8bq6jf5j3 жыл бұрын

    So fast we can't get you we are non native

  • @touatitbelkais6072

    @touatitbelkais6072

    3 жыл бұрын

    you can slow down the speed.

  • @vietnammoh8228
    @vietnammoh8228 Жыл бұрын

    So easy to teach natives, try asia bro..

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    Жыл бұрын

    If you go back to some of my lessons, I have demos with language students. These students in the class are soon to be teachers. They were just there to help with the video :)

  • @vietnammoh8228

    @vietnammoh8228

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheLanguageHouseTEFL I understand teacher but in Asia sounds to me impossible to teach ...

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    Жыл бұрын

    @@vietnammoh8228 I’ll have to fly out there and give it a shot!

  • @jack-vd7zv
    @jack-vd7zv3 жыл бұрын

    WH

  • @hoorsyed207
    @hoorsyed2072 жыл бұрын

    the sounds are echoing and is annoying...

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I know. I’m redoing all of these videos

  • @eddieschneider1947
    @eddieschneider19472 жыл бұрын

    The BALL--CRINGE. Lack of smile, happiness, enthusiasm in the leader standing---just terrible. you don't know teaching like I know. You have much to learn.

  • @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    @TheLanguageHouseTEFL

    2 жыл бұрын

    Word. Post a video for me to critique :)

  • @assmaaboualil2506
    @assmaaboualil25063 жыл бұрын

    #protect_teachers_in_morocco