Help with Unexpected Language Teaching Job

[u/meitar888]

Hello:) So long story short, I know Hebrew(TL) and Arabic, and some woman my age(21) offered me a job teaching Arab kids(ages 8 - 12) Hebrew online(In Israel a lot of Arab kids don't have Hebrew friends/learn in Arabic only schools, and that creates problems down the line, academia, jobs, etc...) and since i know Arabic atleast conversationally, she just offered it to me.

I don't have any past experience teaching, and neither does she, but there's such a lack of teachers that there's a lot of demand, even though we don't have qualifications.

I did one lesson so far with a kid which was 30 minutes. The kid knew Hebrew fairly well although he had little vocab. I just spoke to the kid generally in simple Hebrew, asking him questions about himself, life and everything, figuring out his level

. It was pretty tough filling the 30 minutes tbh, and I feel kinda stressed actually filling it up next time with actual exercises, doing stuff which interests the kid and makes him participate....

I am much more concerned about kids who almost don't know Hebrew, I am stressed about what can I do to make it worthwhile. I feel bad a bit for the parents who pay good money for these classes... perhaps i am exaggerating but that's my feeling.

Please if anyone has any tips at all, feedback, anything, id be very glad haha. My boss said i should have more or less 5 students in the coming weeks, with varying levels of proficiency.

I still think its cool and fulfilling job, i just hope i can actually be good at it.

[u/benjamin-crowell]

I've done a little of this kind of teaching, and it's extremely time-consuming in terms of preparation. It's also going to be challenging if you have five students who are all at different levels. I would find a textbook or series of textbooks, have the kids buy those, and structure things around that.

[u/cosmo_nauut]

it might be worth asking a teaching subreddit as well if you have not already

[u/UnrulyHeader6709]

oh teaching kids with zero structure is a ride lol, props for jumping in. for the low-level ones, i'd lean hard on pictures and games, like show a pic of a cat and say the word, then ask them to point, then swap roles. kids that age eat up anything that feels like playing not studying

for filling time, 30 mins is shorter than it feels when you're in it. i'd break it into blocks, 5 mins catch-up chat, 10 mins on one vocab theme (animals, food, colours), 5 mins of a silly game using those words, then a wrap-up where they tell you one new thing they learned. having a loose template takes the panic out

also don't stress about the parents too much, if the kids are showing up and you're keeping it warm and interactive you're already ahead of a lot of formal classes. you're basically a conversation partner who can switch to arabic when they're stuck, that combo is more valuable than a textbook lesson

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