creative materials in TESOL English Teaching

When teaching TEFL as a foreign language, people can find all kinds of pre-made resources. From proven textbooks to real sources, TEFL   teachers can find ready-made structures for most courses. However, in order to fully meet students and their specific needs, TEF L teachers must creatively make relevant supplementary materials.

TEFL teachers should be committed to meeting the needs of students and strengthening the curriculum through supplementary materials. Suppose a class has a common mother tongue. In this case, it may be feasible to compare grammatical structures so that students can connect English with familiar concepts they often use in speeches. This is not to enable students to translate their ideas directly, but to enable us to truly use our typical way of speaking a foreign language, which makes TEFL classroom more smooth and comfortable.

Prefabricated materials

Although this depends on students' age and ability, all created materials should broaden their understanding of TEFL course content. First, TEFL teachers should predict the defects of prefabricated materials; Do students need more opportunities to apply their skills, or do they need more direct guidance? You can make written or visual materials to expand the basic theme. If TEFL teachers find a format that best meets the needs of students, it is wise to copy this format in each class to ensure that students continue to understand it.

Creative materials and teaching materials

Sometimes, the created materials will make students go further than the textbooks allow. For example, if TEFL teachers want to add more auditory exercises, they may design recordings related to the course for students to learn. Suppose a TEFL teacher notices that students are too familiar with the listening part of the textbook. In this case, they may ask colleagues to create a complex dialogue with unfamiliar sounds or accents, thus challenging students without TEFL teacher creativity.

Tools are not wands

Finally, the materials created may not immediately help guide TEFL English teaching, but can continue to be used as a tool to promote student participation and learning. From TEFL classroom decoration to stage game props, adding a physical dimension to each class may attract students, which cannot be achieved in textbooks. If students have an unforgettable experience and physically interact with the language, they may be more likely to remember the material. From word cutting in sentence making games to props such as fake menus or brochures in sketches, TEFL teachers should try to make materials related to the content and encourage students to imitate the best language interaction skills.

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The created materials are personalized tools for TEFL teachers to teach. They should supplement and enhance the core content, and effectively interact with students at the language level. When the core content is too boring, but the real material is too complex to be applied in TEFL class, the created material may add some practice of difficult concepts or act as an intermediate link.

A good TEFL teacher will be willing to create appropriate materials according to students' interests and skills. One of my favorite TEFL English teaching methods is to let students participate in interesting educational activities to help them retain TEFL classroom content.

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