CARETAKER TALK
Caretaker talk is a kind of talk in which parents, as carers talk to help the development of their child's language.
On the other hand, teachers in school can do the same with their learners. English is a second language when they go to school. Young children will acquire the language they hear around them, so they need to hear a lot of English in their class. For example, it´s a good idea to develop English through festivities or topics as in the following example.
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Now, let´s see another example between a mother and her son.
SOUND / tʃ / AND / ʃ /
Say the word chocolate. How many syllables are you pronouncing in this word?
CHOCOLATE /´t ʃ ɒ k l ǝ t / CHO – COLATE
Some words, like chocolate, have syllables that are written but are often dropped when people speak.
What about these words?
every / ´ɛvri / https://voca.ro/1nOWDHpeF084
different / ´dɪfrǝnt / https://voca.ro/12ra4v8aoZzi
favourite / ´feɪvrɪt / https://voca.ro/11ucoqxkUfVO
comfortabte / `kɅmfǝrtǝbǝl / https://voca.ro/159vOqZOST47
vegetable / ´vɛdʒtǝbǝl / https://voca.ro/1fCUhuIWbl5o
SHWhich of the underlined sounds in these words is the odd-one-out?, chocolate, children, check, shoulders, teacher, picture.
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ORGANIZING YOUR CLASSROOM
When we organize our English classes, we must think of all the sentences that we can say to you.
Everyday instructions and organizing the classroom.
Get your books and pencils out.
Pick your pencils up.
Move the tables back.
Turn your chairs round to face the wall chart.
Put all your things away.
Close the window beside you.
Put your pencils down.
Turn back to fase the front.
Leave these tables here.
Leave the windows open.
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STARTING YOUR LESSONS IN ENGLISH
To help your children acquire English, is important to speak English from the beginning of each English lesson. REMEMBER
The more English the Children hear, the more they will learn.
They will learn gradually they won´t say everything perfectly to start with. Encourage them by responding positively.
If you are a class teacher, you teach every subject, including English, to the same class. Your pupils are Iistening to you all day.
If you are a specialist teacher, you only teach English but usually teach several classes. You might work with pupils of different ages and levels.
Let´s focus on greetings and forms of address, check attendance and ways of starting lessons.
3. WAYS OF STARTING LESSONS
Let´s see some ideas.
ENDING YOUR LESSONS
How do you normally finish your lessons? What might you say? Write down three things.FOTO
Examples:
OK, that's all for now.
Right. We've no time for anything else- don't do any more- we don't have any more time today.
OK-just one more time before going out for a short break.
OK, now stop! We haven't enough time to finish the monster today. So stand up...
OK - just one more time - and then that's it.
OK, pick up all your things-and put the books in the cupboard.
That's all for today. On Monday, there'll be more.
OK, children, make a line to say good-bye - following the leader. Bye bye.
OK, it's break-time. So you can go out to play. But first - line up quietly by the door.
VERY YOUNG LEARNERS (VYLs) AND YOUNG LEARNERS (YLs)
Do you teach very young learners aged seven and under or young learners aged seven and over? what are the major differences?
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TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERS
FIRST LANGUAGE – SECOND LANGUAGE
In this section we are going to learn how children learn their first language and how this can help us teach them a second language.
All children can speak at least one language when they come to school. Think about how they learn this first language. Most mothers talk a lot to their children.
Babies learn the language through:
Hear voices from the time they are born.
Respond to the voices of their mother, father or career.
Listen to a lot of sound.
Play with sounds and practise making sounds.
Begin to associate the sounds with what they can see and understand.
Begin to use language to interact with others and get what they want.
Young children learn the language through:
Say what they hear others saying.
Pick up the accent of those around them.
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LISTEN AND MAKE
HOW TO PREPARE FOR 'LISTEN AND MAKE' ACTIVITIES.
When children are making things, the language that you use is the reason for the lesson. So, it is important to keep the following points in mind:
Prepare what to teII the class about the topic or theme.
Collect the things you need so you can show children what to do.
Practise explaining in English what they have to make and how they have to make it.
Think of gestures and actions that will help them understand more clearly.
Prepare and practise phrases that will be useful while they are making it.
Think of things children might say to you in their mother tongue and plan how you will recast their questions and comments in English.
HOW TO SET UP 'LISTEN AND MAKE' ACTIVITIES.
Introduce the topic and talk a little about it.
Explain to the class in English (as far as possible) and show them what they are going to do or make.
Use gestures and actions to help children understand.
Repeat your instructions to the whole class and then later to small groups or to individual children.
While they are colouring or making their things, go round and comment in English on what they are doing.
LISTEN AND COLOUR
Colouring is a very simple activity for language work with VYLs and YLs. Of course, before doing a coloring activity, we must make sure that the students have the material.
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LISTEN AND DRAW
Children can draw by themselves without instructions. But our aim is to get them to listen to some instructions in English. Some idea can be describe a very simple picture of a familiar scene, with objects children know and draw what they hear you describe.
Extension ideas: choose three or four pictures the children have drawn and show them to the class.FOTO
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LISTEN AND MAKE
There are many things that children can make in class, for example, they can make models out of modelling clay, plasticine, play-dough, paper, or card. They can make posters to go on a wall. And it is always fun making things for a special occasion. Children love celebrations and festivals.
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MAKING AN EASTER CARD
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