Teaching Teenagers English, 1 Dont wish your lessons away

In this series of nofrills videos for teachers, methodology writer Chris Roland talks about teaching teenagers, providing tips, techniques, anecdotes and discussion about the psychological and emotional world of being a teens teacher. In this clip I talk about not wishing our lessons away, but trying to find a place in them for us to enjoy our teaching too. The challenge In each clip, I will also leave you with a task, challenge or point to reflect on. This time, I have asked you to think about the next class you are going to teach and to write down 1, 2 or 3 things that you think you might enjoy about that class. I have found this a very useful technique and it has even helped me out of some bleak times when I felt my teaching was hitting a slump. You may wish to extend the technique to all of your classes on a given day or a week. Please let me know in the comments section a) You like the idea of having a section on lesson plan proformas or templates where teachers writ