Teaching One-to-One: 5 ways to develop your lesson - Ingrid Wisniewska

Teaching One-to-One: 5 ways to develop your lesson - Ingrid Wisniewska
Tuesday 19th April 10.25 - 10.55 am
 
Ingrid presented her ideas on one-to-one teaching very clearly and thoroughly in a relative short amount of time.  She told us that one-to-one teaching is an extremely popular way to learn a language but can sometimes be challenging for the teacher.
 
Ingrid defined five teacher roles within the learning situation:
1)  Conversation partner
2)  Feedback provider
3)  Observer and listener
4)  Mentor and guide
5)  Learner
 
By considering these roles the one-to-one teacher can vary and add an extra dimesion to their teaching.  It is a useful way of planning and reflecting on lessons.
 
Ingrid demonstrated how aspects of all five roles can be included in a single task using a picture dictation activity involving the learner describing their personal workspace.
 
Ingrid has published a book on the subject entitled 'Learning One-to-One' and free downloadable worksheets can be found on www.cambridge.org/elt/learningonetoone.