Being an English Teacher

• Starting a lesson
• Helping everyone to speak
• Importance of input AND output
• What makes a good Teacher?

Starting a lesson

• Using expressions
• Activities shaking up the ambiance

Helping everyone to speak

• Many pair activities
  • Two and Two
  • Discuss with your neighbour

Importance of input AND output

What makes a good Teacher?

Teacing English

Some important acronyms

• EFL - English as a foreign language
• ESL - English as a second language
• ETL - Engslish as a third language
• ESOL - English to speakers of other languages
• ELF - Engslish as a lingua franca
• SLL - Second language learning
• L1 - First language
• L2 - Target language or second language

Central terms: didactics and methods

• didactics - the art and/or science of teaching
• • What? - to teach
  • Why? - do you do it
  • How? - to do it
• methology - the system of methods and principles used in a particular discipline

Learning a second language: context

• SLL takes place in completely different circumstances compared to learning a first language.
• Learning L1 = National Setting
• Learning L2 = Educational Setting [often]
• • Limited number of lessons
  • Limited contact with target language
  • The SLL is mostly confined to the classroom
  • The SLL is not always used for communication [*]

• Using English throughout the class
• Using Creative Leraning Methods
• Acknowledging the students' current knowledge and english culture (Movies, Games, Books etc.)

The American
Declaration of Independance

• “h*ck u england”
  - usa 1776 July 4.

USA 1776 July 4.

• All Men shall be equally worth (they still need some time to think about this one)
• Screw the British King
• The people of the USA hath not found the freedom they hath seeken due to the governing by Great Britain
• Britain sent a ton of soldiers which the US didn't like

The Melting pot

• The merging of all cultures into one American culture
• 1780 ~
• Idéalized idéa of immigration and integration
• Used in conjunction with “city (up)on a hill”

American Exceptionalism

• The idéa that America (USA) is special in a
  historic context in that it is the first of its kind
• Specificly American
• 19th century
• Joseph Stalin: -America is a new state free of
  rigid class stuctures. It is unique in many ways

Manifest Destiny

• The idéa that the USA should keep expanding
  throughout the entire North American land
• "Manifested in destiny"
• Popular mindset ~1850

City on a Hill

• America acting as a "Beacon of Hope"
• USA as a Role Model for the world

Why Learn about Culture?

• Learning about other people's lives can enrich our personal and
  professional lives.
• To be able to communicate with other people, we need cultural
  awareness as well as language skills.
• Learning to communicate with people whose cultural values differ
  from ours can promote the life skills of tolerance and empathy.