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√ Key characteristics of childhood√ Children as language learners√ Teaching children: main

considerations√ A lesson cycle√ Sample activities

Agenda

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Before we start….

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Task 1: Complete the statements with your own ideas

• Children…..• Children learn….• Teaching children…..• A motivated child…• An unmotivated child…..

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Children….

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5-7-year olds

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5-7-year olds as language learners

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TPR

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Song, chants and rhymes

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Phonics

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Identifying initial and final sounds in words

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Manipulating sounds (deleting, adding, substituting)

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Recognizing and creating rhymes

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Segmenting and blending individual sounds in words

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Segmenting and blending onsets and rimes

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Word boundaries

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7-9-year olds as language learners

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Topics

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Extensive Reading

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Writing

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9-11-year-olds

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9-11-year olds as language learners

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Topics

•Level 4•Level 5•Level 6

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Input

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Cognitive exploration

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Children learn….

Children are active learners and thinkers

Children learn through social interaction

Children learn effectively through scaffolding by adults

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Teaching children…..

Purposeful

Full of practice

MeaningfulSocial

Supported

Enjoyable

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The motivated child….

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The unmotivated child…

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CREATE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENGLISH

Need and desire

Varied inputExperiment

COMMUNICATIONTake risks

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Goals

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Routine and surprise

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Variety

Settling activities

Stirring activities

Multisensory learning

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Classroom routines

Speaking in English!

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Involvement

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Familiarity

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Visuals

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A unit of work

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A lesson cycle

Opening

Stimulation

Instruction- participation Closure

Follow-up

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Opening a lesson

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What are the aims of the lesson? What prior knowledge do students need to work

through the lesson?Do I need to pre teach something?

aims

How can we organize it all in the wb?

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Stimulation

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• How can I help students relate the topic of the lesson to their lives?

• How can I grab sts´attention?• How can I lead them into the lesson?

Visuals (pictures, realia) – sounds – sounds and images – riddle/puzzle – game

– acting out – wordwebs – asking questions – recap on book´s story

wordwebs

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Listen and predict

Peephole

Instruction/participation

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• How can I check students´understanding?• How can I encourage participation?• How can I encourage interaction?

Ways of checking understanding

Do you understand?

Ok?

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Techniques

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• Target sentence: Look! They're painting the wall

 

 – Is it happening now?– Yes– Can you see it? – Yes– Is the painting finished?– No– Are they painting now?– Yes– Is this the past, present or future? – Present 

Concept questions

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• Target sentence: She's a shop assistant. She works in a shop

 – Has she got a job?– Yes– Is she working now– Don't know– Does she work there every day?– Yes– Is this the past, present or future? – Present, but also past and probably future.

Concept questions

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Interaction and participation

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Groupwork/pairwork/workstations

Find sb who…Role play

GamesWriting togetherJigsaw reading

Closure

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• How can I evaluate my students´learning?• Were the aims of the lesson achieved?

Communication

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Can students use the target language spontaeously?

√ Class surveys√ Conversation grids√ Line dialogue√ Jeopardy game

surveys

Conversation grids

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Follow-up

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• How can I reinforce learning?• How can I prepare them for next lesson?

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√ Songs√ Pronunciation spot√ Bingo√ Scrapbook√ Learner development activities√ Picture dictionary

Settling activities

Stirring activities

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Settling activities calm students down and allow them to settle into routine.

 

Stirring activities energize and activate students.

Word play – running dictation – whole class listening - read and draw – competition games – role

play - songs and chants – surveys – mingles – arts and

crafts -

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