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Before you begin teaching one-to-one you'll need to do a needs analysis to be effective. Performing a needs analysis for a new student can be a simple as having a conversation about what the student would like to cover, or as complicated as asking the student to fill out a questionnaire. The more specific you can make your lessons to the individual learner, the happier your one-to-one students will be. Young learners probably will not have any personal reason for studying English, but you can encourage them to develop an interest in learning English. It is important to make your lessons relaxed and fun, provide lots of encouragement and positive feedback. We should keep exercises fun and short because these students have short attention spans and are easily distracted. Teaching business English is about helping learners develop their English skills for use in a business context. One way to keep the students happy is to give them what they want. A needs analysis should be done to compile a list of their wants, needs, strengths and weaknesses. To make the right impression, it's important to teach in a business-like way. This affects what you say, and how you behave, but also what you wear. As in the general English classroom, learners will expect you to bring materials to class. Probably the most important resource is the learners themselves. They can provide you with real materials from their working lives - the things they need to read and understand, or perhaps even create and present.