Teaching Teenagers English #7 Make your first lesson of the year USEFUL

This technique will make your first week of classes a lot easier by giving you a focus, cutting down on uncertainty, reducing preparation time and sending the right message to your students about what they are expected to do in your lessons. In this series of no-frills videos for teachers, methodology writer Chris Roland talks about teaching teenagers, with techniques, anecdotes and discussion about the psychological and emotional world of being a teens teacher. Further reading Chris’ book Understanding Teenagers in the ELT Classroom (2018) is available from Pavilion Publishing & Media as part of their Teaching English series. There’s a link to that below. A companion volume for teaching groups of teens online is also available through Pavilion called Understanding Teenage Language Learners Online (2021).