 Re: Students show up to class later and later...
Your problem is so very common in American adult education!!! I have had latecomers in every class, for years. One problem is: when students pay little or nothing for a class, they don't treat it as valuable. That isn't the case with every person, but it's the case with far too many of the students.
Don't take it personally.
See how late students come, and allow for that in your lesson planning. In my case, I usually have almost everybody after 30 minutes. So I never teach any new grammar or any new activity in the first 30 minutes.
I don't repeat an activity. What I mean is: if I have a certain activity in the first 30 minutes, I don't repeat it later for the latecomers. If they miss it, they miss it. |