Teaching Public Primary School in Vietnam is a challenging but rewarding opportunity. Unfortunately, most teaching certifications such as the CELTA or TEFLs don’t prepare teachers for large classes of 45 young learners. These teaching environments present unique issues that can be difficult to overcome without help.
This 4.5 hour workshop is designed to give new & experienced teachers practical skills & principles for teaching grades 1 through 5 in Vietnamese public schools.
Topics Covered
Lesson Staging for Public Primary Classes
- Key Concepts & Principles including balancing stirrers and settlers, ordering skills, and pacing.
Demo Lesson & Analysis
- Demo Lesson: a 35 minute lesson taught by Will to give teachers direct experience in many of the skills and concepts covered in the workshop.
- Demo Analysis: Teachers work in groups to discuss key issues on the demo lesson
Understanding Primary Students & Great Teacher Presence
- Primary Students’ Emotional, Physical, & Intellectual Needs: A brief intro into core concepts that will help teachers understand their students
- Improving Challenging Students’ Behavior: A brief case study and discussion of a difficult student and how his behavior was improved.
- Elements of Great Teacher Presence: Key teacher behaviors that greatly improve student behavior and performance
Primary Classroom Management
- Integrated Classroom Management: Discussing how different parts of a lesson can affect student behavior including activity design, instructions, and layout.
- Using Effective Routines & Rules: A presentation on why rules and routines are effective and how to implement them
- Using Behavior Management Systems for Primary Classes: A brief presentation on an effective BMS for Primary students and how to use it
Presenting Language to Primary Students
- Presenting Meaningfully: How to present language to large classes in an engaging and meaningful way
- Engaging Drilling Techniques: Includes techniques like chants, volume drills, and substitution drills
- Using Miming & Total Physical Response (TPR): Teachers practice creating their own mimes and use them with each other
- Improving Pronunciation: A brief presentation on issues with pronunciation and how to improve it
Teacher Talk Time (TTT) and Instructions
- Analyzing TTT & Key Concepts: A brief discussion of what makes for good Teacher Talk Time
- Stages of Effective Instructions & Common Mistakes: Teachers work together to identify the best staging for giving instructions and how to avoid some common mistakes
Games & Activities with Primary Students
- Principles & Traits of Good Activities: Teachers work together to identify key traits of good activities including generative, participatory, and purposeful.
- Effective Listening Activities for large EFL classes: Teachers play several listening activities to get direct experience
- Effective Speaking Activities for large EFL classes: Teachers play several speaking activities to get direct experience
Workshop Details
When: Thursday, August 25th 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: Papaya House 220/ 66 Xô Viết Nghệ Tĩnh, Phường 21, Quận Bình Thạnh
- The building is located in an alley off of Xo Viet Nghe Tinh. There’s a Lotteria at the entrance of the alley. The workshop building (Papaya House) is located near the end of the alley on the right side.
- You can park at the Chung Cư Mỹ Đưc apartment complex nearby at the end of the alley.
- The workshop will be held on the ground floor.