Teaching Teenagers New teachers at York are often surprised at the difference between Chinese teenagers and teenagers in the West. Without wanting to stereotype too strongly, teenagers back home tend to be more surly, negative, and unwilling than their Chinese counterparts, and while this does make our [...]
Reading and Other Skills At York English we have an emphasis on multi-skilled learning. This means that even though we want students to practice lots of speaking and listening in the classroom we also want our students to have some practice with reading and writing. Having students complete activities [...]
For new teachers one of the more intimidating aspects of teaching can be the thought of controlling a group of young learners. What if they cry, scream, throw a tantrum? What if they don’t listen to me? What if they constantly talk in their L1? These are [...]
