Am I doing the right thing in the classroom ?

•    -   Helping Students Remain Enthusiastic.
• - To motivate the students properly-
• the teacher should use things that interest   the  students, not the teacher. We should remember, too, that students will  do  thier best and try to please teachers who work hard and expect their student to do so.
• - To meet the students' desire -
• The teacher should discover which student cannot read or write the alphabet correctly
• and arrange two or three special periodos for them, making it clear that they will not be
• able to learn English without mastering the alphabet.
• - To improve pronunciation -
• For improvement in pronunciation the teacher should use minimal pairs such as :
• bad-bed / sheet-shit , showing how the difference in meaning.
• - Handwriting should be improved -
• By using the chalkboard with assistance of the airboard, i.e., the teacher writes on the
• board and at the same time the students practice writing in the air. This save the time it
• would take the students to come to the board or write in ther copybooks, and it enables the teacher to check the writing of a large group of students at glance, especially in overcrowed classes.
• - Teacher the proper use of a pocket dictionary -
• Teacher should encorage the students to use the  pocket dictionary. This new skill can
• be taught in two periods or less, and it will save the time and effort of explaining the
• most difficult words of the next lesson on the board.
• (  From English Teaching Forum-October 1992, by Awni M.I.Ei-Naami - Saudi Arabia)
•                  Enthusiastic and Motivation
• Teachers of English as a foreign language always need to be aware of the importance
• of introducing classroom activities that promote interest and motivation.
• If carefully planned and prepared, these activities will guarantee safisctory exposure to
• the target language .
• Remember that one common reason for learners' bad performance is the fact that they
• have been exposed only slightly to the target language.
• A good teacher can change thing in the classroom if he is determined to provide every
• possible way to put the learner in a challenging situation where he may be prepared to
• acquire the target language.
• Learners must be encouraged to over come their deeply rooted fears of the target
• language. In time, psychological barries collapse and fears vanish. Nothing  helps
• more effectively in pulling down those psychological barries than the teacher's and
• learners' unshakeble resolution to use the target language communicatively inside and
• outside the classroom. There is an unlimite number of activities a teacher can use in class.Our creative manipulation of the reach resources will, in the long run, lead   to
• satisfactory acquisition of the English language.
• (October 1992 - English Forum, by Ahmad Mahmood Ali - Latakia, Syria)