Elisabeth Jurans
Bio:
I have skills and experience in teaching music to children and adults, I Implement my singing and musical skills during english lessons, eg. singing songs to improve pronunciation, vocabulary and rhythm in language. My methods are eclectic, creative, musical, and I support the Cambridge English method. I have nearly two years online experience, teaching beginner to advanced level adults.
My teaching methodology:
- Assessing english levels and discussing students' goals
- Implementing the cambridge english methods and following the european framework guidelines
- Discussing piano music and songs, and the moods, emotions, images and stories they express.
- Singing familiar and new songs
- Visual methods to explain word meanings. eg photos of Australia, and images familiar to students
- Literature- including poetry, well known english novels, and Australian literature
- Conversation about familiar topics, hobbies ,interests, and life.
- Discussiing song lyrics , eg metaphors in lyrics.
My teaching background:
I completed my online praticum, teaching Chinese primary aged children. I have nearly two years online experience teaching adults. I have been teaching beginner to advanced level students from Latin America, Turkey, Asia, the Middle East and Italy. I also teach professional development, travel, and conversation courses about different topics. My achievements include helping certain students prepare for a new life in native English countries. I use music and songs to teach english: *I discuss song lyrics, eg. metaphors in lyrics, grammar in lyrics and lyric meanings *I sing songs with students, eg. familiar songs to them, and I introduce new songs. *I play the piano (songs and instrumental music) (classical, jazz, contemporary styles, world music) *I have conversations about emotions and imagery related to songs and music. *I write lyrics with students and compose melodies.
My background outside of teaching:
I have prepared children for piano exams. I enjoyed teaching classical and contemporary piano to children and adults. Developing students' musical aural skills was important, eg. recognising and playing different rhythms, pitch and sounds. Storytelling and singing were my favourite activities when I worked in preschools. There are many beautiful books and stories written by Australian authors. I worked as a diversional therapy assistant , planning activities for eg. people living with dementia.
