TEFL in Surabaya, Indonesia

This lesson was surprisingly difficult for me. As a native speaker, I have never thought about tense and it took some practice to be able to correctly identify them. I might have a poster of tenses and examples up in my classroom as a reference since this is such a difficult concept. I speak some Lao, which has only a single tense which can be modified with \"dai\" (past) or \"see\" (future). It is so much easier.This unit contrasted the receptive skills emphasized in the last unit with productive skills: writing and speaking. Writing tends to be overlooked in classroom settings, and it is important to remember that the classroom can be quiet sometimes. For a variety of reasons, students can be hesitant to speak, so sometimes encouragement will need to be given in order to elicit responses. A great way to do this is games.