Our October TEFL course just graduated, and before they departed for the last time, we asked them what advice they would give to the next course.
Here’s some of what they said:
- Enjoy the process. Teaching is a skill that develops with experience, and when you allow yourself to have fun with it, both you and your students benefit.
- Try different activities while you can.
- Stay on top of the coursework to the best of their ability.
- Relax. Take the class seriously, but don’t over stress yourself out. More often than not, even in my weakest lessons, I felt good up there teaching. There’s no point worrying or staying in your shell.
- The best thing you can do is be creative and use your time to figure out what works foryou.
- It is intense and requires focus, but also rewarding.
- Approaching it with passion makes the difficult moments easier, and enjoying the process helps you appreciate how much you are growing.
- Focus on the wonderful traits that each of your instructors has that you’ll certainly want to emulate.
- Be confident during your lessons. This will help with classroom presence.
- Not to feel discouraged by feedback. It can be overwhelming at first, but if you focus on one or two specific areas to improve each lesson, you’ll see real progress.
- Make sure your lesson plans are written in a way that makes sense to you—your plan should serve as a clear guide during your teaching, not just a formality.
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