Strategies to make private students stay (and increase your numbers)!


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Offer personal and constant support:

In order to learn English, students must be challenged and stimulated to achieve their personal goals by cultivating a desire to complete the tasks you develop in your course designing stage. (GOMEZ, 1999)

Give focused and informative feedback regularly


It is the feedback that learners get on their errors – whether forced or not – that drives learning. As Hattie pointed out: ‘We need classes that develop the courage to err’ (Hattie 2009, p. 178).

Be mindful of your students' needs:

It’s important that private teachers help students make different kinds of connections: to their own selves, to other topics, and to the world. A teacher’s main job is to help learners find meaning and purpose in their learning.

Analyze and adapt your practice to your student’s learning preferences


How can you match your teaching to your learners’ preferred way of instruction? By learning to do so, you will be able to provide more effective and useful learning opportunities.

Invest in variety and diversity when planning courses

Tomlinson&Allan(2000)state that Ts need 2B helped 2 initiate diagnosis where necessary,2 adapt their means of communicating + general teaching approach accordingly and in relation 2 the rest of the learner group’s needs

Encourage autonomy and promote sense of achievement.

As you ask regular feedback on your lessons, this will help learners to take more responsibility and encourage them to reflect on what works or does not. As Wisniewska (2010) points out, this will also help you with your choice of materials and methods.

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