When teaching kids all senses must be catered for. Use your whole body when singing songs as kids will remember the movements first and then the words. If you can also "watch" songs kids will be delighted.
5 little monkeys
The wheels on the bus
Here are some tips for the The Bath song and for Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?
They really do enjoy themselves!
Of course it´s not that easy with big classes as discipline can be a big issue, but after a "stirring"activity like this you can calm them down with a quiet activity like a drawing based on the song or another handcraft.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Teaching is a political act.
I have once come across this message and I think it has helped me every time I have felt discouraged. It is what Doctor Brown points out in Teaching by Principle (1994, P. 441)
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Pronunciation: a key question
Why and how to teach pronunciation?
That is a troublesome issue for many teachers who find that only repetition doesn´t help.
Try showing them examples of misunderstandings due to bad pronunciation.
Here is an example.
Provide them with the lyrics and work on /i/ and /i:/eg: give/live/leaving and on examples of assimilation as in withoutyou, letyou go and hadyou there.
That is a troublesome issue for many teachers who find that only repetition doesn´t help.
Try showing them examples of misunderstandings due to bad pronunciation.
Here is an example.
Provide them with the lyrics and work on /i/ and /i:/eg: give/live/leaving and on examples of assimilation as in withoutyou, letyou go and hadyou there.
Why do kids enjoy celebrating Halloween?
Teachers can take advantage of kids´eagerness to celebrate Halloween by organizing activities and games to revise vocabulary and grammar items.
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