ESL in China - Full Grade 5 Lesson Video - If/Should and Ailments

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[@tusarita22]

love your rules at the beginning of the class. Great teaching!

[@saharah2219]

you inspire me to become a good and effective teacher like you sir. thank you!

[@teachermatt]

You're welcome!!!

[@valeriadelrio-rodriguez4953]

I plan on adopting your teaching methods. Im moving to China to also be an english teacher and I have no experience im glad i came across your video

[@gulsenemtoylymyradova517]

Valeria Del Rio-Rodriguez so how’s ur teaching experience in China so far?

[@ranaawais3215]

Have you arrived in china?

[@teachermatt]

How’s it going so far?

[@lucksonchilikisha149]

@@teachermatt Good lesson indeed, what methods did you use in the entire lesson so that I can try as well??? Very nice

[@teachermatt]

@@gulsenemtoylymyradova517 It was really good before. Now things are a bit harder.

[@iscreamcandy1161]

That was a wonderful lesson! I enjoyed every minute of it. Great balance between learning and feedback from students.

[@teachermatt]

Thank you!

[@singularity333]

Good start. For large class sizes try to create activities for them to be able to do in smaller groups. Everyone should be engaged not just the people who answer the questions.

[@teachermatt]

John Smith If you have any suggestions for small group activities I would be interested to hear them. Normally when I have tried to have them do things in primary school where I am not controlling the focus of the class, it gets very loud and I cannot monitor to make sure that all the students are using English. However, in middle school I have had some success with group activities. This video was 18 months ago, so I have changed the style of my class since this was filmed, but I still avoid activities that cause classroom management to become an issue.

[@oldschoolwaverider]

@@teachermatt hand out small whiteboards with markers to the groups. You can show songs, videos or ask pop questions by pausing the video. They show you the answers after each question. Sometimes you can time them to write the answer. Each person in each team must say the answer together. You can have all the kids engaged by having them raise their hands when you say "up" first to raise their hand is the person that is chosen. They won't know who is fastest to raise their hand, but you can keep it fair, and the scoreboard close. Hand out flashcards and picturecards for each team or person to respond individually, but as a team or class. It could be something as simple as having them write the answer or show a picture card in response to questions. Or having teams ask questions and the other team answering. The teams can also choose another team to answer their questions. They can choose popsicle sticks with team numbers on. The extra prep will save your voice over the long term. Having each person, read, write, speak and listen to each other will be of greater benefit. Sometimes 4 teams can help mix the students up and having 2 teams work together for some activities. The questions that you are asking could be put into a powerpoint and the students can ask each other, or a team can ask another team. The other team might write the answer. Some of my lessons consisted of wildlife video clips and then having teams taking folded up pieces of paper which had questions on them. "What colour was the shark?" "What did the shark eat?" "What animals did you see?"- Teams with longest list gets 4points, then 3 points, 2etcetera.. My point is this will have more students reading, writing and speaking with each other. Less teacher talking time leaves you more free to facilitate, and monitor the class for behaviour management. The best thing I ever included in my class was buying each student a marker and an acetated piece of plain paper and you can write on the acetated plain paper like a whiteboard. Whiteboards were too cumbersome for some kids. This is a great lesson, but it will make your life easier if you have students do more of the talking.

[@teachermatt]

oldschoolwaverider yea some teachers use this method in our program, but we normally only use it for special activity classes because we are tasked with teaching spoken English during regular lessons. Many of these students can understand the content, so writing it down and showing it to me isn’t an issue for them. The hard part for them is speaking out in full, fluent sentences.

[@teachermatt]

oldschoolwaverider sorry I’m on my phone I didn’t see your whole response, just the beginning for some reason. Now I see the rest. I’m a bit busy at the moment, but I’ll reply back to you later.

[@howaitak]

nice rules and i like your interactive teaching method!

[@raadadam4827]

You're a great teacher sir !

[@teachermatt]

Thank you!

[@kitauntuksemua3565]

I do love the way of úr teaching.

[@teachermatt]

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[@prosperjohaness2168]

Loved your video it was fun from the beginning to the end👍👍

[@teachermatt]

Thank you!

[@peterbutter2054]

I like the way you say words with actions.

[@teachermatt]

Thank you!

[@MustafaSilpagar]

Students seem as if they alrady learned those expressions before this recorded class. I would like to watch one of your classes during which students are taught expressions for the first time. However I should note that your active behavior and class management is impressive.

[@teachermatt]

Mustafasilpagar We see our students 45 minutes once a week, so generally we only introduce 2-3 words or phrases per week that they have never learned before. Our job is mostly to just give them an environment to practice saying language they understand and get some exposure to an English environment to improve their listening and comprehension. They normally will understand all the grammar and most of them will understand 70 percent of the language in the class. We want to let them use the language and practice fluency. I have tried to introduce a majority of language I didn’t think they knew at all, but it fell flat because the time was too short for them to understand and also use it quickly. As you know, speaking is much harder than reading and listening, so it’s not realistic or a good strategy to expect them to learn 6-8 brand new words and a totally unfamiliar dialogue and expect that a large class of 50 will be able to produce it in such a short time. You will just be left with a dejected group of kids who think English is too hard.

[@ranaawais3215]

@@teachermatt hi... Nice to meet you I'm native english teacher currently in china and looking for job Does you know school info like their wechat who are looking for teachers? I wanna contact them directly Please let me know

[@rynerprince8883]

good class coordination.active teacher i like the class

[@uhu597]

Thx for sharing. That's a great lesson.

[@teachermatt]

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[@annettewejuli2276]

Awesome and always helpful to me. 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@ShivamSharma-jb7eu]

Beautiful way of teaching☺️

[@teachermatt]

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[@al-mudhaibimodernprivatesc8544]

@@teachermatt can u please send the link ? Thank u

[@augustinepan7991]

Very good indeed, makes learning interesting 👏👏👏

[@teachermatt]

Thank you!

[@roxana5298]

I really enjoyed the class as If I were one of the kids xD. Love that way of teaching

[@teachermatt]

Thank you!

[@AaronOlafson]

Hi Matt, Aaron here. I'm thinking of doing a year of elementary level teaching just for kicks. Not sure what age/grade as of yet, but I think your lessons are quite effective and interacting and entertaining. Can you tell me if the ppts for sale are geared for typical 40 minute class time or do you need to add fillers or games as well?

[@teachermatt]

Hey Aaron! All my lessons are designed for 40-45 minute lessons! teachermattspowerpoints.com/collections/all

[@oliviazhu1733]

Thanks Matthew! Really inspiring methods of teaching especially with a huge class like this! All kids are so involved with your energy. I wonder if you could offer some tips for teaching the first class of beginner level kids, explaining class rules and the activities to get students excited to participate when they might be a bit timid for the class.

[@teachermatt]

You can watch the first day of school for grade 2 students here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioSQZIWueLWFpcU I may need to make another video to explain those other aspects.

[@carmenrosasilva8842]

Hello, I think your classes are great. But I would like to know if children of this age or others who are younger use books or write in notebooks, if that is how they do it. If you can clarify that for me please😊

[@teachermatt]

Hello, yes, I have grades 3 and up keep a notebook in class. In this video, they were not writing down the words, but in most classes they always take notes. You can check other videos on my channel for grade 4 and 5 and you will see that they are writing the words down.

[@feiluoshanghai3002]

awesome class, DM us if any teachers are looking to work in china

[@teachermatt]

Thank you! Right now I don’t need a job!

[@blueberrybluetube1955]

My future English class in the Philippines Rules: 1. Be Quiet 2. Listen to the Teacher (ME!) 3. Speak English (No Filipino or other Philippine languages!) 4. Don’t play in class 5. Study hard

[@teachermatt]

Sounds good! Good luck with your classes!

[@imaneimane43]

Thank you so much teacher,more videos please

[@SinCity11]

Watching this video just made me miss teaching my kids man 😅

[@teachermatt]

Thank you! Means a lot

[@tombodily2707]

Hi Matthew, firstly, great job! Secondly - do you create these slides yourself? Are you fluent in Mandarin also? I am currently debating between teaching Public School and Language Center teaching, and classes like this make me want to go down the Public route 100%!

[@PerryCuda]

Some advice about English training centers in China. Don't(!).

[@teachermatt]

Yea I speak Chinese. I create them all myself. I am posting new videos each week now.

[@teachermatt]

Updated Ppt is available for download!

[@johnkong9492]

Love your videos!

[@teachermatt]

Thank you!

[@wideworld114]

You are a real teacher! Excellent! I wonder can you speak Chinese?

[@teachermatt]

Thanks! Yes, I can speak Chinese.

[@wideworld114]

@@teachermatt Thank you. If you don't mind, for how long have you been in China? Basically, is your major Chinese? Are things good right now regarding the pendamic?

[@teachermatt]

@@wideworld114 I've been in China for about 8 years. I studied Chinese formally in university in 2019-2020, but prior to that I was already pretty decent at Chinese because I had been in China for a long time. Things are normal where I am as far as COVID. We were on lockdown for 6 weeks in February/March 2020 and then we had a little outbreak in Nanjing in July and August this past summer. Other than that, life has been normal here for us. We just have to wear masks in public transport and show our health code to go to certain places.

[@wideworld114]

@@teachermatt Great! I think that's good. To be a teacher who teaches English and can speak Chinese. It was a good idea to study Chinese officially in order to be able to understang grammar and increase your knowledge about it. In additiona, it has a positive impact on your students, especially primary students. Can you read and understand Chinese books too? Like those books that speak about China's history or even Chinese novels overall?

[@teachermatt]

@@wideworld114 Yeah it has helped me so much. I can read graded novels which only use a certain level of Chinese characters to explain the stories - most are probably at a similar level to what a grade 4 or 5 Chinese student can read.

[@sonianawaz2720]

hello mathew! great video, i really enjoyed watching this lesson. one question, how do you distribute the points? to be more specific, what's the idea behind 'mr. mathew' getting the points?

[@teachermatt]

Normally I just give myself points as a joke, but normally if no one in the class knows an answer I will give myself a point.

[@sarahdulay8891]

Thanks for the ideas.

[@teachermatt]

You're very welcome. I just posed some new videos. I plan to post a few each week. Make sure to like them, so I know they are useful.

[@teachermatt]

You are welcome!

[@dxzhang6595]

Great job. Matthew. Kids in my city can not speak English so well and it seems we spent lots of money for nothing. The teachers should also learn some of those teaching strategies.

[@roboticeye]

Vocabulary flash cards and use in sentences. Better to check your kids as well. If they aren't interested in learning, they will ignore lessons. You can't expect high energy every time. Kids also see a camera and participate, so unless he hid it this time, they're more than likely acting.

[@dxzhang6595]

@@roboticeye Vocabulary is really important. I find that my daughter has difficulty in remembering the words. She can say the word when seeing the picture.

[@Faisal80]

I like this video 👍👍👍

[@salsabilasafitri260]

Thank you Mr. Matt, you inspire me to be a good teacher for students, to teach english with fun, thanks sir! I would ask you a question that blow my mind, don't you ask your students to write the lesson in their notebook, sir? Is writing important to do, if I teach English for children?

[@teachermatt]

Yeah for grades 4 and up I have the students write everything in a notebook. For grades 1-3 they only write in some of the classes.

[@salsabilasafitri260]

@@teachermatt thank you sir🙏👍

[@salsabilasafitri260]

@@teachermatt Mr Matthew, do you have tips for teaching students privat, for about 1-3 students? Is games for team such in video recommended for teaching 1-3 students?

[@kailistories8991]

Thanks for your video

[@teachermatt]

You’re welcome!

[@sphynx7242]

friend: why do you always randomly say month names, i'm concerned for you me: 0:52

[@onuebe7221]

I love your class

[@teachermatt]

Thank you so much!

[@corgi23jumpman27]

This was 3 years ago, just found this video 👍 watching feom Nanjing too 😂👍

[@teachermatt]

Nanjing is a wonderful city. I am still here!

[@corgi23jumpman27]

@@teachermatt awesome 👍 We're still here 😂 Inspired by your teaching methods 👍 keep it up man 😁 newbie here teacher here 😂

[@teachermatt]

@@corgi23jumpman27 Thanks! I hope my videos continue to inspire you!

[@worldpink8475]

That's to much OMG how u can do that every day 0_ô!

[@roboticeye]

It helps that his students learned basic English before he taught them and that he only had to expand it.

[@nickyshie]

If you don't mind sharing, what are the stars for?

[@teachermatt]

A star is awarded to the team which has the most points at the end of a class. I keep track and put the stars above the teams to remind them of their past successes. At the end of the semester, I give a gift to all the students on the winning team.

[@nickyshie]

@@teachermatt Thanks a lot.

[@onuebe7221]

Nice class

[@teachermatt]

Thank you!

[@gracendomba7663]

Is it possible to have this PowerPoint file?

[@teachermatt]

Updated and improved Ppt is now available for download!

[@siddhoot]

lol Hello: Hi! Hello: Hi Hello Hi (*repeat until death*)

[@roboticeye]

Can't grade for this class method legitimately. Students should be presenting while using vocabulary and using pronunciation learned in class. The teacher should have a name list. They try to tell you fun and games are important, but they forget to tell new teachers to grade until it's too late.

[@craigfitnessindustry3217]

I love your those notes ... you should share them ....

[@teachermatt]

I am posting new videos each week now.

[@Rindaman1994]

I cant hear the rules. Who can give written form?

[@teachermatt]

Check this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX6VaJKVnbKsaaM

[@ranaawais3215]

hi... Nice to meet you I'm native english teacher currently in china and looking for job Does you know school info like their wechat who are looking for teachers? I wanna contact them directly Please let me know

[@teachermatt]

Hmm right now is still a difficult time to find jobs if you aren’t already in China.

[@shielatomas5042]

Hello,Sir Matthew. I am Shiela Tomas a fourth year student from one of the universities in the Philippines. I really enjoyed your class,Sir.You're such an effective teacher. By the way Sir, can I ask you something? What teaching methods or strategies did you use in your class? Why did you use these teaching methods or strategies? I hope you will answer me, Sir. It is for educational purpose only . Thank you,Sir.😊

[@teachermatt]

Hi Shiela! In this class I used a lot of TPR to help the students memorize the vocabulary. The reason I used TPR is because I know that it helps the students quickly remember new words or phrases and it also opens up options for a lot more interesting games.

[@zhino1997]

😍😍😍

[@SG-of6nq]

This is terrible. This teacher clearly has no knowledge of pronunciation and stress (thirty carries stress on the first syllable and thirteen carries it on the second, but he put the same stress on both when he tried to emphasize the difference). Moreover, his audiolingual approach to language learning has ZERO EVIDENCE supporting it in the field. In fact, pretty much all researchers know that it is ineffective, and yet this is what he's using. Having students repeat words is not teaching at all. Over pronouncing the t in words because the chinese teachers do it or because you want students to hear it isn't very good either, because when they speak with native speakers their accent is clearly distinguishable. The flap t is more common, especially in America. I'm not sure if you're American or not, but I can tell when you speak normally you don't overpronounce the t. Is there really a need to do it when you teach vocabulary? It's also odd to me that you tell them to not speak Chinese but you put Chinese words on the vocabulary slides. If you want I can send some peer reviewed scientific studies that show students should actually incorporate their mother tongue in class.

[@teachermatt]

Thanks for the feedback and criticism. I'm always looking to improve and learn new methods. Actually, the reason I film my classes is to see myself and look for different weaknesses. My classes in this school are once a week, so it's more of an open day class with a topic, vocabulary and a simple dialogue. I do things much differently with a small group and especially ones I see more than once a week. In these large public school class the reason I instructed them not to speak Chinese was as a way to prevent the class of 50 from talking to each other and making it impossible to actually have a well managed class. If they are not allowed to speak Chinese they are a lot less likely to be disruptive in class. These days I tell them they can speak Chinese in class to ask questions to me if they need to and since I studied Chinese in university last year and I can communicate in Chinese fluently now I can actually understand their questions much better. As far as the Chinese on the slides, they are there so there is no miscommunication about the meaning of the words. Previously I would only have English on the slides and there were many cases where students didn't understand the meaning of the word and would be confused. Or they would raise their hands in class to ask and when you only have a class once a week for 40 minutes, even a single minute of wasted time is precious. As far as the other points, I will be more careful about modelling the correct pronunciation as you said. I think these days I have made improvements, but there is always more room to improve. Thanks for the comment.

[@MrInkblots]

You're actually a douche.

[@SG-of6nq]

@@MrInkblots Criticism is a part of teaching. That's why when teachers have practicum classes they record themselves teach. In calling me a douche, you yourself have become what you claim I am.

[@SG-of6nq]

@@judithlampers7708 From the very start of the video you can see the audio lingual method is already in use. The hello/hi is very audio lingual. One response must elicit the other. But no one in any spoken language talks this way. If you say, “hello”, do I therefore have to say, “hi”, and vice versa? “How are you” has become a new way of saying hello. In fact, many native speakers use the phrase to simply mean hello. The second thing is when they go over the date. I suppose someone might argue there is use of TPR in this part but TPR is not just movement with speaking. In fact, pretty much everyone I know who talks about TPR doesn’t actually know what it is. I watched a training video for an online teaching platform where the woman said that TPR is total physical response, meaning I move and the students speak. That’s not true at all. Xie (2021) said that TPR emphasizes on listening comprehension, and once listening comprehension is established, speaking would naturally occur without effort. Which goes against what I’ve seen everyone do when they use it. The point of TPR is to connect a word to a movement. By tying in more than one form of memory (aural and kinesthetic) the brain is more likely to remember. This is how we learn. The brain connects new and old information to form new memories, which is why rote memorization doesn’t work. It’s a shortcut that bypasses the need to connect memories, which means they’re fragile and slowly fade over time. Having students repeat the date after him with the use of gestures (why does gyrating your hips mean “December”?), is audio lingual in my opinion, with an attempt to make it TPR. His use of only English is direct method, although current research within the last ten years has shown that full immersion is not effective in comparison to translanguaging (a.k.a. code switching). Using L1 in an L2 classroom is and should be expected. To ever have a rule that says otherwise is considered linguistic imperialism at this point. It removes the student’s identity and forces them to take on a complete English one, which I might add is completely ridiculous and impossible. No matter how fluent they become they will never be white or native English speakers. That goal should never be pursued. I have a professor who was born and raised in China, came to the states and got a PhD in linguistics. He is fluent in English and has lived here for about 40 years, longer than his time in China. He is still a mix between native English and native Chinese speaker. He will never, ever be the same as a native speaker. He can sound close to one, or convince people he is one, but his mind will always have the two identities within it. Asking to remove one is unethical, even if it is just for a class period. Rong Xie. (2021). The Effectiveness of Total Physical Response (TPR) on Teaching English to Young Learners. Journal of Language Teaching & Research, 12(2), 293-303. doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1202.11

[@gem0619]

You are a boring teacher! Of course he knows what TPR is. I'm sure he's just trying to be funny. These are 5th graders. They obviously already know what the date is.

[@Faisal80]

I like this video 👍👍👍