Instructor: Nguyen Thi Hoai Minh, M.A in TESOL 1 Course overview What do you expect to learn from the course? 2 Course overview The course provides a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding the teaching of young learners:  theory and practice;  classroom techniques;  clear examples, tasks. 3 Course objectives At the end of the course, the students will be able to:  understand the special characteristics of children as language learners;  manage children language classes;  create, adapt and analyse activities and resources for YL  apply theoretical background into practice of teaching language skills. 4 Course requirement The students have to:  attend 80% of class time  participate into class activities  bring blank paper, a pencil, a rubber, color crayons/pencils to class  do homework assignments 5 Coursebooks  Pinter, Annamaria. 2006. Teaching Young Language Learners. Oxford University Press.  Moon, Jayne. 2000. Children Learning English. Macmillan Publishers Limited. 6 Course assessment  Attendance : 10%  Group teaching practice: 20%  Final exam: 70% (true/false, multiple choice, ordering, matching, lesson planning) 7 8 Defining a young learner  Age: 5/6 – 11/ 12 years old (Philips 1993);  Starting formal schooling 9 Characteristics of young learners  What characteristics do children bring to class?  What do you know about how children learn languages?  Brewster 2002, task 1, p. 13  Moon 2000, task 1, p. 2 10 [...]... Demonstration The wheels on the bus Go round and round Round and round Round and round The wheels on the bus Go round and round All day long 19 The driver on the bus Turns right and left Right and left Right and left The driver on the bus Turns right and left All day long 20 The children on the bus Jump up and down Up and down Up and down The children on the bus Jump up and down All day long The driver on the. ..  Provide exposure to varied and meaningful input  Provide opportunities for language practice and use in context  Create a friendly atmosphere  Provide feedback on learning  Help children notice the underlying patterns in language (Moon 2000, p 10) 13 Teaching Demonstration (Moon 2000, p 11)  What did I do to  create a real need and desire to use English  provide exposure to varied and meaningful... learning English  Exposure to English  A real need for English  Variety of input  Meaningful input (Moon 2000, pp 1-2) 11 Children as language learners  Using language creatively  Going for meaning  Using chunks of the language  Having fun  Joining in the action  Talking their heads off  Feeling at home 12 Supporting young language learners  Create a real need and desire to use English  Provide... back’ The driver on the bus said, ‘move on back’ All day long 21 22 Group discussion What factors influence children’s attitude to learning English? 23 It is not complicated and it is a beautiful language That way I have more culture I can understand computers and game instruction My English is poor I feel a bit behind 24 What influences children’s attitude  Teachers and teaching methods  Seeing the. .. language practice and use in context  create a friendly atmosphere  provide feedback on learning  help children notice the underlying patterns in language 14 15 Techniques – using language  repeating pupils’ answers  rephrasing pupil’s answers  prompting through a rise in intonation  framing sentences  using gestures and actions … 16 More techniques  activating background knowledge  giving... Teachers and teaching methods  Seeing the needs for English outside school  Parental and peer influences  Personal preferences, interest in language 25 Ways of developing positive attitude towards English  Identify the problems  Find solutions (Moon 2000, tasks 4 & 5, p.p 20 – 23) 26 . Instructor: Nguyen Thi Hoai Minh, M.A in TESOL 1 Course overview What do you expect to learn from the course? 2 Course overview The course provides a comprehensive overview of the issues. surrounding the teaching of young learners:  theory and practice;  classroom techniques;  clear examples, tasks. 3 Course objectives At the end of the course, the students will be able to:  understand. p. 75) 18 Demonstration The wheels on the bus Go round and round Round and round Round and round The wheels on the bus Go round and round All day long 19 The driver on the bus Turns right and