1. Teaching vocabulary In the first levels the teacher use explain and practise procedures. (flashcards)
2. Above the beginner level the students will know a range of different lexical items and a way of exploiting this is to get them build their own vocabulary tree. (with the teacher’s help). Higher levels: ask students to take more responsibility for decision-making about how words are used.
3. Teaching language functions Back-chaining: builds up phrases from the end; is useful for longer questions and sentences. Higher levels, we can move towards a more discovery-type sequence, and build language activation into the study section of the lesson.
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6. The teacher has to realize that all students make mistakes as a natural part of the learning process.
7. Correcting students During study sessions, we use correction more as it helps to clarify the language in the students’ mind. We have to tread carefully because correction involves pointing out people’s mistakes. Sometimes students can’t put mistakes right on their own so we help them by asking if one of their peers can help out or by explaining the problem ourselves.
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9. Remember that correction is just one response that teachers can make to student language production, it is just as important to praise students for their success.
10. Praise is only effective if the student knows what they are being praised for- and when themselves believe it is merited.
