Overview of teaching English to children - Closing lesson.pptx
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This document discusses teaching English skills to children. It provides basic tips for teaching including using variety, play, cooperation and routines. It recommends teaching receptive skills like listening before productive skills like speaking. Specific techniques are outlined for teaching each skill, including using songs, rhymes and role plays for listening and speaking. The document also describes Colombia's suggested English curriculum for early primary grades, which includes textbooks, videos and other materials.
Overview of teaching English to children - Closing lesson.pptx
- 1. Teaching English components and skills to children Didactics of English as a foreign language Yamith José Fandiño Parra
- 2. CONTENTS • Basic tips or suggestions. • Using topics, tasks, or projects. • Teaching language skills. • Teaching listening. • Teaching reading. • Teaching speaking. • Teaching writing. • Teaching English to children in Colombia. - The suggested English curriculum. - ECO, Bunny Bonita, and my ABC kit. - From transition to fifth grade. - ECO 2.0 web
- 3. BASIC TIPS OR SUGGESTIONS • Variety in the classroom: materials, activities, organization, voice, pace, etc. • Play with the language: rhymes, songs, stories, role plays, • Words and phrases are not enough: Include movement, senses, objects, images, etc. • Cooperation not competition: Pair work, group work, shared experiences, etc. • Routines: Familiar lesson formats, known class patterns, regular actions, etc. • Classroom rules and language: Do’s and don'ts, how to say basic expressions, etc. • Physical surroundings and seat arrangement: Pictures, posters, postcards, U-shape, face-to-face, clusters, etc.
- 4. USING TOPICS, TASKS OR PROJECTS Topics, tasks or projects • Themes, authentic assignments or projects. • Functions, vocabulary, and structures. • Class activities. • Teaching and learning materials. How • Choose a topic, task, or project. • Plan lesson(s) around functions and situations. • Focus on vocabulary work, dialogues, role plays, rhymes, chants, songs, or short stories, etc. Useful books • Teaching languages to young learners, Chapter 8, written by Lynne Cameron. • Doing task-based teaching, written by Dave Willis and Jane Willis. • Project work (2nd edition), written by Diane Fried-Booth.
- 5. 1) TEACHING RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS Start with listening and then continue with reading. 2) TEACHING PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS Start with writing and then continue with speaking. 3) INTEGRATING SKILLS WITH THE SAME MEDIUM First listening and then speaking NEXT First reading and then writing. LANGUAGE SKILLS
- 6. TEACHING LISTENING TO CHILDREN Listen and do activities • Instructions. • Drawing. • Miming stories. Listen for information • Listen and color. • Identifying exercises. • Listen for the mistake. • Put things in order. Listen and repeat activities • Rhymes and chants. • Songs. • Act out dialogues or stories.
- 7. TEACHING READING TO CHILDREN Approaches • Phonics: letters and sounds. • Look and say. • Whole sentence reading. Starting off • Read a story from a big book. • Read a class story. • Read familiar nurses or rhymes. Other alternatives • Read aloud. • Silent reading. • Reading cards in boxes or book pockets.
- 8. TEACHING WRITING TO CHILDREN Controlled practice • Straight copying. • Matching sentences. • Organizing and copying. Guided practice • Fill-in exercises. • Letters/cards/invitations. • Dictation. Free practice • Pre-writing: vocabulary and model. • Writing: dialogues, descriptions, or short stories.
- 9. TEACHING SPEAKING TO CHILDREN Controlled practice • Model with drawings, silhouettes or puppets. • Practice as a whole class. • Practice in pairs. Guided practice • Chain work with picture cards or word cards. • Dialogues and role plays. • Using objects or images. Free practice • Complete tables or charts. • Questionnaires or surveys. • Find differences.
- 10. TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA 21 units, each unit has 4 lessons. Ts’ book and Ss’ book. 15 chapters, each chapter has 4 lessons. Videos, posters, and lesson plans. 1 methodological guide for teachers. Posters, big books, flashcards, etc.
- 11. The suggested English curriculum / El currículo sugerido de Inglés https://bit.ly/3TmIwgJ
- 12. TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA
- 13. TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA Mallas de aprendizaje de inglés para transición a 5to de primaria
- 14. TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA Orientaciones y principios pedagógicos
- 15. TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA Orientaciones y principios pedagógicos
- 16. TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN IN COLOMBIA https://eco.colombiaaprende.edu.co/
- 17. REFERENCES • Cameron, L. (2010). Teaching English to young learners. Cambridge university press. • Ministerio de educación nacional (2021). ECO 2.0 Web. MEN. https://eco.colombiaaprende.edu.co/ • Scott, W., & Ytreberg, L. (1995). Teaching English to children. Longman.