Effective Strategies for Teaching International Students

1. Teaching Tips for the International Student Abhi Rao, English Paola Paez, AESHM

2. Get into groups around your table and share the following: • How you planned your classes in the past • How you managed your students • Share one success story and a challenge • If you haven’t taught before, brainstorm issues you think you need to deal as an instructor Activity

3. Get into groups around your table and share the following: • How you planned your classes • How you managed your students • Share one success story and challenge • If you haven’t taught before, brainstorm issues you think you need to deal as an instructor Activity

4. Informal classrooms • Facilitator role • Direct instruction • Quieter students Class Style

5. Informal classrooms • Facilitator role • Direct instruction • Quieter students Class Style

6. Informal classrooms • Facilitator role • Direct instruction • Quieter students Class Style

7. Informal classrooms • Facilitator role • Direct instruction • Quieter students Class Style

8. Use group activities • Use personal anecdotes • Be gentle, yet firm • Clarify your response Class Management

9. Use group activities • Use personal anecdotes • Be gentle, yet firm • Clarify your response Class Management

10. Use group activities • Use personal anecdotes • Be gentle, yet firm • Clarify your response Class Management

11. Use group activities • Use personal anecdotes • Be gentle, yet firm • Clarify your response Class Management

12. Speak slowly • Give students time to adjust to your accent • Pause when you ask questions • Look up pronunciations of keywords • Rehearse aloud Delivery Tips

13. Speak slowly • Give students time to adjust to your accent • Pause when you ask questions • Look up pronunciations of keywords • Rehearse aloud Delivery Tips

14. Speak slowly • Give students time to adjust to your accent • Pause when you ask questions • Look up pronunciations of keywords • Rehearse aloud Delivery Tips

15. Speak slowly • Give students time to adjust to your accent • Pause when you ask questions • Look up pronunciations of keywords • Rehearse aloud Delivery Tips

16. Speak slowly • Give students time to adjust to your accent • Pause when you ask questions • Look up pronunciations of keywords • Rehearse aloud Delivery Tips

17. Deal with difficult students in private • Do not hesitate to stop disruptive behavior • Ask your program director for help • Keep a log of disruptive students Troubleshooting

18. Deal with difficult students in private • Do not hesitate to stop disruptive behavior • Ask your program director for help • Keep a log of disruptive students Troubleshooting

19. Deal with difficult students in private • Do not hesitate to stop disruptive behavior • Ask your program director for help • Keep a log of disruptive students Troubleshooting

20. Deal with difficult students in private • Do not hesitate to stop disruptive behavior • Ask your program director for help • Keep a log student activities Troubleshooting

21. Maintain attendance • Ask department for specific policies • Maintain a grade book • Put together a plan for every class (task + time) • Recap and summarize Housekeeping

22. Maintain attendance • Ask department for specific policies • Maintain a grade book • Put together a plan for every class (task + time) • Recap and summarize Housekeeping

23. Maintain attendance • Ask department for specific policies • Maintain a grade book • Put together a plan for every class (task + time) • Recap and summarize Housekeeping

24. Maintain attendance • Ask department for specific policies • Maintain a grade book • Put together a plan for every class (task + time) • Recap and summarize Housekeeping

25. Maintain attendance • Ask department for specific policies • Maintain a grade book • Put together a plan for every class (task + time) • Recap and summarize Housekeeping

26. Questions?