Catherine Marney

I have taught both children and adults. In my experience all students prefer a relaxed style with plenty of word games and general conversation.

>>>> Children

In my experience children benefit from a very dynamic lesson style with lots of different activities. I always keep lessons positive and cheerful. If children go off course I try to take that into account and ask myself questions like: what kind of subjects do they want to talk about? Do I need to make this lesson more interactive?

I taught in an English academy so I have a series of games and songs to fall back on.

>>>> Adults

Currently I teach English as a Foreign Language online to adults. The format is as follows.

Our first lesson together will include a discussion on what you would like to gain from lessons, which areas such as listening or speaking you want to focus on as well as an oral level test to get a sense of your strengths and weaknesses.

Generally my classes are an hour long. The first 10 minutes is spent catching up or playing a language game. The next 20 minutes is spent discussing vocabulary for the day, putting in in context and maybe practicing a little. Then we will usually do a listening exercise. To finish we normally 'produce' which could be a piece of writing from the student or just conversational practice with the new vocab.

Students often tell me what subjects or areas of vocabulary they want to study. I always take that into account.