EL 441 Introduction to Teaching Young Learners

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EL 441Introduction to Teaching Young Learners

• Spring Term 2007
• Session 1
• Tutors Liz Austin Nilufer Demirkan

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Scope of the course

• Children aged 7 -11
• Formal (classroom) FL setting
• Background theory
• Teaching principles
• Teaching in practice school visit
• Task design
• Lesson planning
• Programme design

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EL 441 Introduction to Teaching young
learnersCore reading

• Teaching Languages to Young Learners
• Cameron L.
• 2001
• CUP
• The Primary English Teacher's Guide
• Brewster J, Ellis G, Girard D
• 2002 edition
• Penguin

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EL 441 Introduction to teaching young
learnersFurther reading

• Brumfit et al 1995 Teaching English to children,
  Longman
• Ellis G. Brewster J. 2002 Tell it Again! The
  new story-telling handbook for teachers, Penguin
  
• House S. 1997 An Introduction To Teaching English
  To Children, Richmond Publishing
• Moon J. 2000 Children Learning English Macmillan
  Heinemann
• Wood D. 1988 How Children think and Learn
  Blackwell

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Course schedule

• Week 1 Theories of child development
• Week 2 A window on the YL classroom
• Week 3 Task design
• Week 4 Observation strategies
• Week 5 Stages in a lesson (1)
• Week 6 Stages in a lesson
• Week 7 School visits feedback
• Week 8 Introduction to YL course books
• Week 9 Assignment tutorials
• Week 10 Issues in course design

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Assessment

• Course work portfolio
• Essay (report on videotaped lessons)
• Literature review (theories of learning in
  childhood)
• Report (on school visit)
• Textbook evaluation
• UG exam in the summer term

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Teaching English to young learners key web sites

• Eurydice site http//www.eurydice.org/Eurybase/fr
  ameset_eurybase.html
• British Council http//www.britishcouncil.org/eng
  lish/eyl/index.htm)
• CILT http//www.cilt.org.uk/trafic/
• http//www.cilt.org.uk/trafic/principles.htm
• National Advisory Board on National Language
  Learning (UK)
• http//www.nacell.org.uk/index.htm