Students who appreciate the little things that a teacher/mentor does – the nod for effort, the little breaks, the small jokes to break the monotony – all these go a long way in making a lesson interesting.
Without knowing it, we are walking embodiments of what we say who we are, what we stand for and the love we wish to impart in our students of whatever subject matter that we have chosen.
TO quote from William Arthur Ward, “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
Everything that we do, from everyday expressions, real-world contexts about how language is used or misused – errors in signboards, copywriting mistakes – to sharing great language usage in short stories and excerpts from award-winning novels conveys my love of language to my students.
Coupled this with a cognitive approach, a brain-based, brain-friendly way of teaching, it makes learning language a whole lot fun and simpler! Whoever says English is difficult probably has not found an easier way yet!
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