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TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERS WITH COOL ENGLISH
IS COOL!
Advantages of Young Learners
• Young learners are able to:• Grasp meanings
DECODE
Pedagogical Principles
Pedagogical Principles
• The ability to manage with limited linguistic means
Can’t.
Must do homework.
Her attempt to give the same expression as an excuse shows without doubt that children can manage language creatively long before they begin formal learning.
Pedagogical Principles
• The ability to learn indirectly
SONGS AND CHANTS GAMESSTORIES
STRUCTURESFUNCTIONS VOCABULARY
ACT SCENES COMMUNICATEIMITATIONS
Pedagogical Principles
• The ability to learn through fantasy and imagination
Pedagogical Principles
• The ability to interact and speak
0 1 2 3 4 5… YEARS
Advanced Fluency
Intermediate Fluency
Speech Emergency
Early Production
Pre- Production
The Stages of Language Proficiency
Pre-production
• Do not yet produce speech• Listen and begin to respond
using nonverbal signals• Participate through physical
actions
• Recent findings in cognitive psychology demonstrate clearly that the development of foreign-language skills does not take place independently of the child’s general cognitive development. For example, when children are engaged in understanding the meaning of a sentence that they have heard spoken by the teacher, they draw on abilities which they also need for handling tasks in other areas of learning and life.
Skill Oriented Learning
Auditory intake
Kinesthetically intake
Visual intakeTTV sequence of reconstructing a story
Multi Sensory Learner Motivation
Multiple Intelligences
It is very important for the teacher to take the various types of intelligence into consideration and to exploit them fully, especially when evaluating pupils' performance, so that the natural abilities of pupils are developed and they feel that their skills are appreciated. This in turn will increase their self-confidence and self-esteem, which is of fundamental importance if the other forms of learning are to be gradually developed.
Developing the ability to decode the meaning. Developing the child’s sense of sound and hearing through listening and pronunciation activities
Focus on rhythm, melody; create music, sing,compose.
Focus on concept formation, relationships and patterns.
Focus on images, pictures, color; encourage visualization of problems.
Focus on touching, body movements.
Reflect, evaluate and make choices
Encourage collaboration and interactions.
Children learn best when every aspect of their intelligence is
stimulated, which is why
music, language, movement, logic, interpersonal work and
spatial relations should be involved in a children program.
Long-term memory storage
• It is well known that adults can remember rhymes and songs they learned in the earliest stages of childhood. The reason these songs are so well retained lies in the positive emotional quality people associate them with. People also remember them easily because they are performed with movement. Cognitive psychology attaches great importance to the use of music, movement and rhyme to process language and fix it in the long-term memory. Rhythm is also an important memory aid.
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Learning as a Holistic Learning as a Holistic processprocess
Learning as a Holistic Learning as a Holistic processprocess
Learning is not only in Learning is not only in the brain, but in the the brain, but in the
whole body.whole body.
Children learn to Children learn to understand what they understand what they
hear.hear.
Children learn through all Children learn through all their senses.their senses.
WHAT DO OUR CHILDREN WANT?
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WHAT DO OUR CHILDREN WANT?
Cool English is based on the latest findings of cognitive psychology and neurolinguistic programming, which show that children remember what they have learned better if all their senses are stimulated during the learning process.
MUSIC Has a very beneficial role in teaching young learners.
Helps to establish a classroom atmosphere
Makes learning more memorable
Gives a sense of security and comfort to the children
SONGS and CHANTS are useful developing confidence in English and in giving practice.
STORYTELLINGEnglish in context
Teaches children about the world
The language of the story is presented in a
recognizable situation and allows for the
natural recycling of language.
Stories provide an excellent opportunity for
extensive listening
Stories allow children to identify with the
characters and setting through visual cues
which combine fantasy and reality
CRAFT ACTIVITIES
Craft activities have a very usefulrole to play in the classroom:
They personalize the English classes
Physically involve the children
Give them ‘space’
Make learning more memorable
PHYSICAL ACTION
Young children need to move – it is through physical movement and contact that they develop a fuller experience of the world.
If you want children to act out a story, encourage them to include action in it.That is, not just saying the words, but moving arms and legs, making gestures, miming actions, etc.
CHANTS
CHANTS bear a close
relationship to children’s games and the child’s
natural affinity for
rhythm and movement.
Role plays based on sketches
Sketches present nice stories of a level appropiate to the Sketches present nice stories of a level appropiate to the target age group, which can be acted out in the classroom. target age group, which can be acted out in the classroom. Sketches are an ideal model for the children´s pronunciation.Sketches are an ideal model for the children´s pronunciation.
Musical PlaysThe children produce musical plays which they can then perform in front of their families or classmates. In this way, they gain self-confidence using a foreign language.
Functionaldialogues: Speaking ActivitiesThe children read mini-dialogues and then act them out.
Using English in the Here&Now of the classroom
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English in the Here&Now of the classroom
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