Teaching English to young learners

Teachers should... Use kinesthetic activities, like Total Physical Response (TPR), Simon says game...for children that are:

• CURIOUS AND RECEPTIVE TO NEW IDEAS

• IMAGINATIVE AND ENJOY MAKE - BELIEVE

• ENERGETIC AND PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

• SPONTANEOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE

Teachers shoud arouse students' curiosity with games, like Mistery Bag with children that are:

• EASILY DISTRACTED AND HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS.

• CURIOUS AND RECEPTIVE TO NEW IDEAS

• SOCIAL AND AND LEARNIMG TO RELATE TO OTHERS.

• SPONTANEOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE

Teachers shoud capture students' attention with brightly colored pictures and posters with children that are:

• EASILY DISTRACTED AND HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS.

• EGOCENTRIC AND RELATE NEW IDEAS TO THEMSELVES

• SOCIAL AND ANRE LEARNIMG TO RELATE TO OTHERS.

• SPONTANEOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE

Teachers should use stories that involve fantasy and imagination for children that are:

• CURIOUS AND RECEPTIVE TO NEW IDEAS

• IMAGINATIVE AND ENJOY MAKE - BELIEVE

• ENERGETIC AND PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

• SPONTANEOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE

Teachers should use a variety of different kinds of interactions, S-S in pairs, Sts-Sts in groups. T-S one on one, T-Sts with whole class for children:

• EASILY DISTRACTED AND HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS

• ENERGETIC AND PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

• SOCIAL AND ARE LEARNING TO RELATE TO OTHERS

• CURIOUS AND RECEPTIVE TO NEW IDEAS

Teachers shoud relate new information and language to students' native culture and local surrroundings with children that are:

• EASILY DISTRACTED AND HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS.

• EGOCENTRIC AND RELATE NEW IDEAS TO THEMSELVES

• SOCIAL AND ANRE LEARNIMG TO RELATE TO OTHERS.

• SPONTANEOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE

Teachers shoud use songs rhrymes, chants and dialogs with children that are:

• EASILY DISTRACTED AND HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS.

• EGOCENTRIC AND RELATE NEW IDEAS TO THEMSELVES

• SOCIAL AND ARE LEARNING TO RELATE TO OTHERS.

• SPONTANEOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE

Teachers shoud use audio- visuals like songs, TV shows, movie clips and move quickly from activity to activity, spending about 5-10 minutes per activity with children that are:

• EASILY DISTRACTED AND HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS.

• CURIOUS AND RECEPTIVE TO NEW IDEAS
  

• SOCIAL AND ARE LEARNING TO RELATE TO OTHERS.

• SPONTANEOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE

Teachers shoud use drama activities that encourage students to be expressive with children that are:

• EASILY DISTRACTED AND HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS.

• SPONTANEOUS AND NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT AND PARTICIPATE

• SOCIAL AND ARE LEARNING TO RELATE TO OTHERS.

• EGOCENTRIC AND RELATE NEW IDEAS TO THEMSELVES

Teachers should make learning interactive

• SOCIAL AND ARE LEARNING TO RELATE TO OTHERS

• EASILY DISTRACTED AND HAVE SHORT ATTENTION SPANS

• ENERGETIC AND PHYSICALLY ACTIVE

• CURIOUS AND RECEPTIVE TO NEW IDEAS