TEFL Teaching Methods for Adults

        Four days ago, I began an excellent journey in TEFL. Thus, in this article I will talk about how to have more variable methods to teach adult learners. As we know, the adult language learners should know a lot of vocabularies and grammars,  phrases however, most of them do not have much the language environment of English as first language learners. 

        First of all, students set up a role play as same as a part of famous novel. Students can use exactly lines as original or can also use own language. Because as we know, novels can be easy to improve English reading level, but some students will feel reading is a boring exercise. To use this TPR teaching method, students use body language to help them understand, so that they can participate in the class and learn easily .

        Second of all, variable teaching methods like computer-assisted language learning. Now computer, smartphone app and internet already connected to everyone. Teachers can surf web page as BBC or VOA to find the latest news to play to languages learners, of course, teachers can have more reality news from sports, entertainment or stock and so forth. The teachers do not need to find political news only, because some other news may reach our students’ interest. After school, learners can download apps to continue practice by themselves as well.  

        Third of all ,students can act English articles into plays,teachers can help students assign roles.Students can wear costumes and props from the play,recite the story in English.It will be played out in a dramatic way.English plays abound with new words.sentence, this can improve students' English level, and not boring.Students can then switch roles,In this way, English sentences in the whole opera can be fully mastered,this adds interest and excitement,with the help of opera music, classes will not be boring.This is the Drama Teaching Method.

        Finally，TEFL teaching methods could be beneficial for natural approach. Sometimes learning language is boring, but to have variable interactive teaching methods, it can increase the students' participation and motivation of autonomous learning. And let students in the understanding of the reality knowledge, but also practise their language, increase their English language environment. The more the sense organs engaged during the language learning process, students could acquire a second language.  

        In summing up, from TEFL program I learned that  teachers with adult English language learners as their teaching aims should use more teaching methods that can interact with each other frequently and can be associated with reality information, so that to stimulate students' participation and initiative in the process of language learning.    

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