It can be tricky teaching your own children English, especially if the child doesn't see any point in learning it.
There are fun ways to teach your child English and this article answers the question in some detail:
http://www.teachingenglishgames.com/Articles/Teach_Your_Child.htm
Some key points from the article are:
1. You need repetition which you can get through games and a link to a video demonstration of a lesson is provided
2. You need patience and an encouraging attitude because if you are negative about your child's ability to learn English, or his or her bad pronunciation then you are just pouring cold water over the topic, and more than likely you will put your child off from wanting to learn.
3. You need to make it engaging and fun so that your child enjoys spending time learning English with you.
4. Don't mistake your child for a parrot and expect him or her to repeat back everything you say stupidly.
5. Do go over and over the basics, over and over again because most children are way behind the level they are supposed to be at in school and you need to build a strong foundation in order to have a good building at the end!
For many years ESL teachers have used the PPP teaching methodology which stands for Presentation, Practice and Production as the preferred model for teaching English as a second or foreign language. Although this is a student centered teaching methodology it does not work well when teaching more complex language structures beyond the sentence level and for teaching communication skills. The ESA teaching methodology is currently the most popular teaching methodology because it is student centered and easy to implement by new ESL teachers and it is very powerful for teaching communication skills and complex language structures at all levels. ESA was developed by Jeremy Harmer and stands for Engage, Study, Activate The methodology concentrates on getting the students to communicate using everyday English in real world situations through a variety of communicative activities.
English teachers may encounter challenges such as students who struggle with reading comprehension, writing skills, or grammar, lack of motivation or interest in the subject, and varying levels of proficiency among students in the same class. Additionally, managing large class sizes, incorporating technology effectively, and addressing diverse learning needs can also be obstacles in teaching high school English.
Both of these methods date back to the 17th century, and are used to teach foreign languages to students. The grammar translation method was used to teach languages such as Greek and Latin, but did not teach communication skills. The direct method focuses on teaching communication skills along with the language.
Bear in mind that you would be competing for jobs against German and British teachers who might have done joint degrees in English and German and postgraduate teaching qualifications. It would probably be easier to find gap year teaching work in countries like China or Ghana, etc. Many of the gap year students who teach abroad are volunteers, so you need to think about whether you want to earn money or build on skills for your CV. Do you have links with any schools in Germany - have you been on a German exchange, for example? If so, you could try contacting the school and explaining that you would like some teaching experience in Germany and see if they would consider taking you on as a teaching assistant. Whatever you decide to do - viel gluck!
AnswerThe Direct Method teaches the second language in the same way as students learn their mother tongue. In fact, it can be said that it is a natural method where the language is taught through demonstration and context. Students are encouraged to think in English. Therefore, they are more likely to acquire fluency in speech, since they concentrate in expressing themselves through English rather than understanding English. Students speak or write the foreign language without the need of translating their thought or idea from the mother tongue into the second language. One more advantage is that the Direct Method believes that one way to learn a language is to use it.
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