My approach as a teacher

If I had to describe the approach I use when teaching my students I believe I would describe it as an eclectic one since I like to emerge them into English in a fun and interactive way. Of course, it is clear that we must teach them grammar, however, there are many ways in which you can get them to read, speak, listen and write. In order to illustrate my point, I will describe an activity I practice with them and which they absolutely love.

In my case, I play them songs whose lyrics they can read on the board and it is a way of having them reading, listening and speaking English (by singing) while at the same time they are having so much fun! Then, I ask them to tell me what is the conveyed message in the song to evaluate their listening skills. Besides, another way in which I get to test their listening skills is by handing them the lyrics on a paper but with blank spaces which they have to fill in while they are listening to the song (this time without the lyrics on the board so they won’t copy them!).

This is a way of keeping students engaged in their English class since they are completely emerged in the language for several minutes given that this fun activity offers a combination of important skills that they have to develop in order to speak and be able to use another language.