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1. Begin a course of study with a needs-analysis; find out what students want to learn either by a questionnaire or by talking to them or by giving them a list of options and asking them to vote.
2. Try to get as much feedback from your students as possible so that they can continue to influence and negotiate the syllabus. A small questionnaire at the end of each class can help to discover what students found interesting/helpful and what they would like to do more or less of in future classes.
3. Consider alternatives to formal assessment; consider self-assessment or peer-assessment as ways of making students feel involved in the evaluative process.
4. Use one session a week or a month where you let students provide the material for a class, for example they could bring a newspaper article that they would like to discuss or teenage students may want to look at the lyrics of a particular song that they like. The most important thing is that students get the chance to choose their own material for a class.
5. Set aside time for one-to-one tutorials so that each student has the chance to speak to you individually.
6. Create a relaxing atmosphere in the classroom; this might be by playing relaxing music during reading or writing activities or you could set up a conversation class by having students in a circle on the floor and providing some snacks, so as to give a relaxed informal feel to the activity.
7. Always include a range of different activities to take into account different learning styles, for example - role-plays and creative activities, Cuisenaire rods, matching activities etc.
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