Our topic today was - Difficult StudentIt was a special meeting for me, because I love the way our discussion was developing – I felt like it was more like friends’ chat rather that guided panel! Thank you, thank you all for making it happen! ------CONTENTS----- (click "read more" on the right to open ) 0:00 Beginning! Discussing technical problems and personal stories – Susana with a hilarious story about a guy who booked a lesson of his mother tongue!!! And me telling about my idea of a “millennial lesson”.
14:00 announcing the topic 15:23 abusive students! 17:40 types of students that are difficult to tech 19:00 Case of a slow student who, in addition, is unwilling to study! 20:40 dealing with such students, how to make it clear for a student that they are in charge of their own learning 23:40 explaining to students what to do between the lessons, dealing with “no-pressure” students, giving specific tasks 27:40 specific tasks when teaching pronunciation and not only 39:30 importance of being exposed to native-speaker and the challenges of encouraging the students to talk to native-speakers 32:10 ways to help students who find it hard to find time or to overcome the social fears and practice with native-speakers – such as listening to podcasts and speaking to yourself 34:37 what to do if a student insists on a learning strategy with which teacher doesn’t agree :) 41:00 students show up only once in a while , not consistent student 44:10 short-notice cancellation 48:07 experience with selling lesson packages and scheduling lessons way ahead 54:00 features we’d love if italki implemented – calendar sync and constant student time slot option 56:36 dealing with silent students, encouraging them to talk about different subjects (even those we, as teacher, know nothing about) 1.04.40 clarifying our methods and teaching style to our students 1:08:30 teaching teenagers 1:12:26 “needy” students – time-consuming, demanding, asking tricky questions 1:15:15 students who ask questions that are beyond their level 1:18:20 students who learn in a natural, immersion-like but, because of it, totally unorganized way – how to teach them? 1:23:30 – concluding words
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