DISRUPTIVE ELDERLY STUDENTS
Posted: 20 Nov 2006, 11:35
Can anyone help me?
I've got a very disruptive student who is 60 years old. He continuously speaks his mother tongue in class and refuses to speak English. Also in almost every class, he interrupts and complains about my teaching methodology... too much English, moving too fast etc. It's an A2 level - a pre-intermediate level. It's a mixed ability group so I'm moving slightly slower than what I would go with a normal A2 class - there's no way I can go faster. When he complains, he does so in front of all my other students and it's quite demotivating for me.
Can anyone give me some advice as to how to deal with this student? Should I just ignore him? Should I refuse to speak to him until he treats me with a bit more respect? HELP!!!
I've got a very disruptive student who is 60 years old. He continuously speaks his mother tongue in class and refuses to speak English. Also in almost every class, he interrupts and complains about my teaching methodology... too much English, moving too fast etc. It's an A2 level - a pre-intermediate level. It's a mixed ability group so I'm moving slightly slower than what I would go with a normal A2 class - there's no way I can go faster. When he complains, he does so in front of all my other students and it's quite demotivating for me.
Can anyone give me some advice as to how to deal with this student? Should I just ignore him? Should I refuse to speak to him until he treats me with a bit more respect? HELP!!!