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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > Very young learners
Very young learners
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marta_marta
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Very young learners
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Dear All,
I �d like to ask for your help. I �m going to start teaching very young learners (2-4-year-olds) soon. I don �t have any experience in working with such young students so I �d be grateful if you could suggest some books, articles or websites about the subject. If you could share your experiences, I �d also appreciate it.
Thanks in advance,
Marta
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15 Jun 2010
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manonski (f)
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My students are a couple of years older but they love songs and stories. When picking a story, make sure the illustrations are really helpful to the story and help the students understand. I usually prepare flashcards of the important words in a story or a song.
Songs that students can dance to or are very repetitive usually have the most success. If you go to http://bussongs.com/ you �ll find a list of songs that you could use with your little ones.
If you want to add easy crafts or activities to complement your songs and stories, http://www.first-school.ws/ is a site for preschoolers so the activities should be appropriate for your students.
Remember that kids that age a very little short attention span. You will not be able to do the same thing for a whole hour. My classes are 50 minutes. I usually divide it in 3 or 4: I review what we �ve seen, I present the new song or story, then do a little bit of crafting or coloring on the topic we are working on.
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15 Jun 2010
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Larisa.
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Hello, Marta
I had some experience of teaching 3-4 year old kids some time ago. I used Oxford book �Cookie and friends Starter �. They liked simple songs, colouring of small pictures ( �small � because holding a pencil and colouring was a very difficult task for some of them), simple memory games (with just 6 cards), �what �s missing � game with 4-5 cards (you place 4-5 cards on the board, revise the names of the objects in the cards then kids close their eyes and you take one card away. Kids open their eyes and try to call the �name � of the missing card.)
You can also have a look at www.dreamenglish.com. There are a lot of free songs for very young learners there.
I hope it helps.
Have a nice day!
Larisa |
15 Jun 2010
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kopciuszek
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Hello,
I can recommend you NEW SPARKS STARTER (Oxford). I use NEW SPARKS 1,2 and 3 but STARTER is for younger students. If you have any questions please contact me.
Anna
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15 Jun 2010
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intra
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I teach my sons (a 2- and a 4-year-old) using "My First English Adventure Starter". It �s based on Disney characters they adore, many chants and songs, a lot of revision. It seems to be suitable for 3-year-olds. The teacher �s book contains useful tips and additional materials. You can find the course at englishtips.org
If you wish, contact me for more info ;)
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15 Jun 2010
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marta_marta
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Thank you for your kind help :) I will definitely go through all the coursebooks and websites.
Do you happen to know any books about theories behind teaching 2-4-year-olds?
Thanks again!
Marta
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16 Jun 2010
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