Top 10 Ways to Alienate Your Students A Guide for Beginning English Teachers by Rob Linné
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10) Refer often to pithy motivational posters lining your classroom walls. 9) Spend at least two weeks drilling on the pluperfect tense. 8) Round-robin read alouds. 7) Never too much Puritan American literature. 6) Always, always have students answer comprehension questions at the end of textbook selections. 5)^In complete sentences that restate the question. 4) Skip Zeferelli and Branagh adaptations; read Will aloud yourself. 3) Often repeat teacher catch phrases like "This isn't a democracy!" 2)Vocab every Wednesday, spelling every Friday. 1) Two words...Skinnerian behaviorism. |
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