Vitoria Wortman

My lessons depend on the level of the student, but normally they begin with a fun ice-breaker activity that works on students' English conversation skills, followed by the introduction of new vocabulary words, which I ask students to make sentences out of (usually on a specific theme, or based off an image). This is followed by a grammar or verbs lesson, which takes up the bulk of the class. We then practice this new concept for as many classes as necessary and really try to go in depth, and then end off with some reading and writing practice, in which I push students to incorporate what they have recently learned and review old material. Normally I also assign homework for students so they can continue practicing out of class as well. This is the general outline of the class, but every once in a while we will have a pure conversational class, or a review class, depending on the students' needs. I am also very flexible, and if a student tells me that conversational skills are most important for them, I will adapt to help them in that area. I have a lot of experience teaching in French or Portuguese, and I find that students often learn a new language best when it is taught in their own mother tongue.