Interactive ESL, IELTS & English lessons with empathy

The core of my teaching methodology includes both traditional and technology-based techniques. The main focus is to be able to deliver knowledge in a simple and meaningful way to students. Primarily by teaching fundamentals as well as relating the course topics to real-life situations. Teaching is defined as “helping someone to learn or to show or tell someone how to do something”. The key words I hold on to in the definition are “to show or to tell” because this phrase guides my teaching philosophy. I also agree with the words of John Cotton Dana, “He who dares to teach must never cease to learn”, I consider teaching as a continuous, mutual and symbiotic learning process. Thus I strive to learn from the feedback I get while teaching. It is also important for an instructor to be willing to adopt new pedagogy when necessary, and also seek to improve his or her teaching methods. This learning and teaching process has greatly shaped and influenced my delivery methods and has vastly improved and strengthened my capabilities as an instructor. I believe the duty of an instructor is not limited to the effective delivery of the course material. An instructor must take a holistic approach in his classroom by inspiring and encouraging students to greater heights in order to achieve their full potential. The instructor must help cultivate a good study habit and where applicable the instructor must inspire life lessons such as work ethics, confidence, independence and discipline. This information passed along to the students in a subtle way has the potential to shape their lives positively long after they have taken the class and parted ways with the instructor.