Choosing a good language teacher is the most important steps one on your way to mastering Russian. Your teacher will help you to understand the material you’re learning, to a large extent, how fully and correctly. A good teacher will keep you motivated and inspire you. Let us tell you what to look for when choosing a native speaker teacher.
A good Russian language teacher attributes can be divided into professional and personal. The first include, for example, education, experience, the ability to explain the material. The second can include the ability to motivate, enthusiasm, etc.
The ideal option is an education in the linguistic field, with a specialty “teacher of RLI”. However, there are few teachers with such an education, so a philological education will be sufficient. But if there is additional education, refresher courses directly in the specialty, that is, the desire to develop – it is a good indicator.
No diploma or even your teacher’s education in the specialty will guarantee you a successful education. The ability to adapt the program, materials to your needs, and problems that arise in the training course comes with practice. Experience in a particular specialty is also important. For example, you need some skills to work with elementary school children, others with adults, and still others to prepare for exams.
It is ifficult to say exactly how long it will take for a particular student to master a certain level. However, a good native speaker teacher understands what steps you need to go from point A to point B, can suggest a program after determining the goals, knowledge level and the student abilities. A good teacher explains exactly what you will learn and how long it will take approximately to master a topic or individual units. For example, like this (all conditional): “By the month end you will have mastered all the reading rules, you will be able to read small texts”, “and we will spend 2 weeks to study the topic about family”.
Choosing the right textbook and other aids is also success an extremely important component in mastering the Russian language. The textbook should be appropriate to the level and develop all the language skills. Besides the textbook for a good result, you need visual materials, audio and video materials, games possible use, various tasks from the teacher. A comprehensive approach always speaks the teacher in favor.
Homework assignments are important to reinforce and practice the material learned in class. Homework should include tasks a variety in order to practice as many skills as possible: reading, writing, and speaking practice. Upon the topic completion, a project may be prepared. That is, again, a comprehensive approach and variety are important.
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It is difficult to give what results a student will be able to achieve and in what time frame an exact prediction. But an experienced teacher, after lessons just a couple, will be able to give you how much time and effort a student will need in order to achieve a particular result a rough idea. For example, as follows: “If the lessons three times a week with all homework full and faithful performance in 6-9 months, you will master the English language at the A1 level.
When a person “loves” what he or she does, it’s easier for him or her to get others involved. When a Russian teacher loves what he or she does, any lesson with him or her will be interesting for the students. It may not always be a good textbook, there may be problems in the learning process, but an engaged teacher will find an approach and motivate every student.
Learning a foreign language is a long and complicated process. Along the way you will have both successes and failures. You as a student will get tired, go through your “plateau”, and experience burnout. In addition, everyone can have a bad day, a bad mood and fatigue. And the teacher will have to remain calm, be patient, and be able to readjust a single lesson or even an entire course so that further learning will be more successful.
The ability to understand another person’s problems, in this case why a student has difficulties in the learning process a teacher’s understanding, is empathy and interest an indicator. In addition, the teacher should respect his student culture and language, it brings him or her closer together, helps find common ground and use it in the Russian language teaching process.
The teacher can be three times a professional, with a degree in specialty, use creative methods, the most modern textbooks, demonstrate empathy wonders, but you will constantly feel discomfort in the learning process. Learning in such an environment is difficult.
One way to choose a native Russian teacher is to take a few lessons and decide if you like the teacher and if you can learn with him or her. Only you can answer who is the best teacher for you. At the Russian as a Foreign Language Leader School, you can sign up for a free trial lesson right now and get acquainted with our methodology and teachers.
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