Overseas Recruitment Department

Tips for Preparing the Demo Lesson

Student Age: 4 to 6-year-old

Student level: Beginner level, little to none
The demo material is structured for a typical 25-minute class. You can teach it as if your demo
class were to last for 25 minutes, although your interviewer will stop you around 10 mins.

Teaching
Energetic, child-friendly, passionate, interactive
Environment
Vary your tones(happy/sad/angry) or volumes(loud/small)
to drill the pronunciations.
Different volumes Raise your tone of voice to show your excitement when you
Intonation
and tones praise students.

Use curious tone of voice when you ask questions.

Speak slowly and clearly enough so that the beginners can

Talking speed
understand, and repeat yourself when necessary.
Use basic words to keep the instructions short and
Simple language
simple(e.g. Use 'listen' / 'repeat' / 'can you say ?'/ 'Say it
Instructions
loudly').
Help correct students' pronunciation timely in a positive
Error correction manner, e.g. Use ‘nice try!' / 'Almost' / 'Try again' instead
of 'No,it is wrong'.

Gesture a circle with fingers when teaching the word

'circle'.
TPR (Total Physical
Put your finger to your mouth to signal for 'quiet'.
Response)
Cup your ear when asking the students to repeat/answer
you.

Have a big smile on your face to your students.

Look into the camera to hold eye-contact with students.

Different facial
Body language
expressions
Have a curious face when asking questions.

Make a surprised face and a thumbs-up gesture when

praising students.
Provide constant feedback along with physical actions to
get students involved.
Interactions
Use actions and gestures to demonstrate the word, and ask
students to repeat.
Use gestures like clapping hands, high five, thumbs-up to
Encouragement
keep students motivated.

Set up a bright, kid-friendly,

Classroom setup
and educational background.

Use visual aids to present the target vocabulary, like

flashcards, drawings, printed pictures, etc.
Teaching aids
Teaching props Use one or two toys to facilitate classroom activities.

Prepare a special reward system to add more fun in class.