In this lesson, you will explore your current skills, goals and motivation for learning English. You will also be introduced to a few of our course offerings that can help you reach your goals.
Mastery and improvement comes with practice! Can you introduce yourself confidently? Can you tell your teacher about your job now?
This should be review for your student. The goal is to show them that they learned something new and that they’re a lot more confident than when they began.
Some people want to learn all skills (reading, speaking, listening, writing, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary). If that’s you, a course like Business Result or English File would be a good choice.
Ask your teacher to tell you about these courses. If you don’t understand something, ask!
Take some time to show them these courses. The best way is to help find the sample pages on each course page (links below), or you can share your screen. Business Result focuses on business-related English, while the English File and Speakout courses focus on general, everyday English.
Course page links (up to the intermediate level, since this course is for elementary students):
- Business Result
- English File
A. In English, what are your strong points? What are your weak points? Is it grammar? Pronunciation? Vocabulary? Reading? Listening? Speaking? Writing?
B. Review with your teacher: What are your goals?
C. What course do you think would help you reach your goal?
If you choose a course with a textbook after trying out the sample pages, your teacher will order the book for you. You will get an email with all the information you need.
A. This should help you gauge your student’s confidence in each section. On their profile page, you should be able to fill out the “leaves” for each skill, if it hasn’t been done already. If it’s already been filled out, make changes if necessary.
B. This should help solidify SMART immediate and long-term goals on their profile, if it hasn’t been filled in already. Refine it, if necessary.
*The student's last teacher should have filled out a skills assessment with the student's goals at this point. Look there to start the conversation, if your student is not forthcoming with their answers.
C. Choose a course with the student after listening to their needs. Generally speaking,
- if a student wants to focus on one or two things, a specific textbook like Clear Speech or Grammar in Use (which were introduced in unit 2) would be good. Pronunciation in Use or Oxford Grammar would be good for intermediate-to-advanced students.
- if a student wants to work on all skills, a book like Business Result or the English File would be best.
Don’t forget to place an order for a textbook if need be!
A. How will you study?
B. How will learning English change your life?
C. Remember, practice makes perfect! The more you use English, the more confident you’ll get! Don’t forget to do your homework!