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ESL Teaching Strategies That Successfully Motivated My Students To Reach The Next Level
1. Get yourself in the right mindset: Classroom learning vs. outside practice.
2. Create in-class strategies that effectively translate to outside practice.
3. Take the time to teach students basic principles in second language acquisition.
4. Use technology to garner motivation and student interest.
5. Set realistic expectations and goals, early and regularly.
6. Give students explicit instructions and ideas on strategies they can use at home.
7. Set up English speaking peer groups.
8. Build and maintain a classroom library.
9. Decrease Teacher Talking Time (TTT).
10. Make your classroom speaking and listening experiences as authentic as possible.