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Today I approach the topic of ESL tutoring from a different perspective. Instead of information on how to set up your business or get started, I have an article giving an idea for how to teach your classes. If you find this article interesting and want to apply the principles to your own tutoring methods, I encourage you to also take a look at the product advertised to the right of this blog. The book can be an invaluable resource for you to create some role-plays and meaningful conversations. Here is the article–enjoy!
An article by George Stocker entitled “ESL Role-Play” talks about how using role plays can make learning a language less frustrating when trying to make a transition from the classroom to real-life situations. While books are an excellent resource for vocabulary that is relevant for the “real world”, role-plays allow students to practice in a non-threatening environment with different personalities that they may encounter outside the four walls of the classroom.
Stocker gives some excellent ideas that an ESL tutor or teacher can use to create a role-play around. Lovers’ problems, traveling, and debates on current affairs and politics are classic favorites. No matter what the topic chosen, however, Stocker has the following useful tips:
1. The more engaging the better. It is suggested to prepare for the role-plays by assigning students personality cards and have mini practice sessions before the actual event.
2. Sketch out the various routes the debate could take so that you can avoid surprises and know how to help guide discussions
While role-plays take more effort and imagination to play out, they are well worth the effort. They can last half an hour, an hour, or even extend a whole year. Students tend to remember what they learn a lot more, gain valuable skills in communicating in a foreign language, and have fun. Often the lesson follows the students outside the building as well.
As an ESL and academic tutor myself, I find that the lessons that keep the students most engaged and interested are the ones that take a little more planning and imagination from myself, but also make the student believe they are spending so much time and money learning a language for a reason—to communicate effectively who they really are and what they believe in. Mere grammar lessons make language learning a very dull process indeed.
I believe Mr. Stocker did an excellent job offering this suggestion for ESL tutoring and teaching. You can read the whole article and get links to other of his materials at the following site: http://EzineArticles.com/?ESL-Role-Play&id=99731 His website is www.efl-esl.com