Name: RESPECT & Support LGBTQ+ Students in Your Classroom (for Teachers & Students)
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Hey, there. It's story time with Ronnie. But more than story time, I'm here to teach you something important. Whether you are an ESL student or an ESL teacher, there's going to be some things in the classroom that come up that you're not comfortable with, and whether you are a teacher again or a student, it's going to affect you. So, with my book, The

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Magic of Teaching English, the... Your Uncensored Guide to the ESL Classroom, I've given you some tips about how to understand what your students are going through, understand what your classmates are going through, particularly in the LGBTQ plus realm. LGBTQ in your classroom, what are you going to do about it? So, sex, gender, we can't avoid it now. We don't have to put people into categories. She's a male, he's a female. It's not about that. You're in a classroom, one, to learn, or two, to teach. So, if you've got a classmate that isn't normal, cool. That's not going to affect you. Or as a teacher, if you've got kids that would like to be identified as a they pronoun, or male or female, let them. It's their choice.

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It doesn't have anything to do with you teaching them English.

So, let's go through some pointers, first of all. As a teacher-okay?-it's a struggle.

I know it's hard. It's hard to adjust to teaching. So, I've written this book to help you guys.

Maybe it's your first time starting out. This is awesome. So, easy. When you're doing attendance, ask them-them, not he or she-ask them what name and pronoun they prefer. So, when you look at the paper and you see David-oh, hi. Your name's David. Oh, what would you like to be called? Oh, I'd rather be called Melissa. Perfect. Okay, what pronoun would you like to have? They, he, she, it, perfect. Choose it, write it down, remember it. Also make sure that this is communicated to substitute teachers so that people don't have to go through this every time there's a new face in the classroom.

Another very important thing as a teacher is avoid addressing your group by gender.

So, a long time ago, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls-yeah, it's not working. What I do is like, yo, yo, hey, hey, hey, jump on the table like a monkey. That'll get their attention. You don't need to call people by gender. You say, hey, guys. Oh, hey, that's a male thing, isn't it? But no, it's not. Hey, students, that's my number one go-to. Hey, students, because they're going to go, oh, hey, teacher. Perfect. Students, non-gender, non-binary, awesome.

Another big, huge, massive thing in North America-LGBTQ in North America, that's why we're doing it, right? Respect culture and differences. You could be in a class with people from all over the world. Amazing. So fun. What a great opportunity to learn about everything. But make sure you respect people's cultures. Some cultures have never heard of

LGBTQ, and they're like, what is that? Is that an acronym? What's that? So, it's your job to educate your students. Your students are also there to learn not only English, but the culture of where we're living. If you're living in the UK, you got to teach these people, hey, guess what? It's the person beside you, please call them they, not he, not she. Okay? Yes, her name, their name is Melissa. Okay, deal with it. And if they have a problem with it, or if you have a problem with it, talk to your teacher, because there's no sense causing trouble in the classroom. It doesn't make it great.

I cannot say this enough. You are there to educate the people, not judge them. I don't care what your opinion is on LGBTQ. Everyone has their opinion. Keep it to yourself. You're there to teach them how to communicate, teach them grammar, reading, writing, whatever skills.

That's your job. You're not there to go, oh, you know, hmm, yeah, they... A little strange.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, not your job. So, pick up a copy of this book. It's going to change your life as a teacher, the magic of teaching English. There's magic happening all the time.

EnglishWithRonnie.com is the website. Till then, be a good teacher and have fun in your classroom.