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Ask for help > Teaching English very very young learners (5-6 year-old students)
Teaching English very very young learners (5-6 year-old students)
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SM��
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Teaching English very very young learners (5-6 year-old students)
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ı have been teaching 6 and 7 year old students for 2 weeks. They get bored easily. We dance, sing, paint all the time.Such activities may sometimes be irrelavant to the subject ıf you have any different activities that will draw their attention and teach English please help me! |
3 Oct 2013
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carminia villanueva
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For young learners, the activities you mention are a great way of learning a foreign language. I�ve been teaching young children for 15 years and these are the tools I use. Try to have songs, games and activities you can relate to a specific topic. For example: Animals: song "The Old Mc Donald", games: charades: a student imitates an animal and the rest of the class has to say the name of that animal in English. Vocabulary contests, a lot of speaking and repeating and 1 or 2 written exercises where they have to circle, paint, number, etc. Hope this helps you :) |
3 Oct 2013
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edrodmedina
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The attention span of the little ones is short. The key is relevancy, variety, repetition and length. There are many songs and videos on Youtube geared towards the little ones. Pick a topic and do a search. I �ve found several videos on the days of the week, months of the year, seasons, colors etc. that my students don �t get tired of and often request. |
3 Oct 2013
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SM��
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Thank you very much for your advice collegues :))
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3 Oct 2013
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