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How to Teach an ESL Conversation Class

This article provides some basic instructions to teach a conversation class.

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    Instructions

      • 1

        Choose a topic that generates conversation. Topics that work well include: differences between your students' cultures and American culture, food, healthcare, and work-related issues.

      • 2

        When necessary, take the opposite position. Your opinion doesn't matter. The goal is to keep your students talking.

      • 3

        Make a list of the pronunciation and grammar mistakes your students make. Unless the same mistake is made continuously, make the corrections at the end of the class.

      • 4

        Keep your students talking. Only interrupt the flow when necessary.

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    • Eric18 Jun 08, 2008
      These four points are a solid starting point, but you have to go much further to create a lively, informative conversation class. You also have to balance accuracy and fluency, build rapport, create a tolerant yet rigorous atmoshere, and expand student vocabulary.

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