Teaching children GS 3-6

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Open books open minds
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How do children learn languages?
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How do children learn languages?

• How do you think children learn their first
  language?
• a) by imitating adults
• b) by experimenting and trying out hypotheses
  about how the language
• works
• c) both of the above
• 2. Do children with a high intelligence quotient
  (IQ) score learn to speak foreign languages
  quicker and better than others?
• a) IQ is a crucial factor
• b) IQ is not a crucial factor
• c) setting and context are more important
• How important is high motivation in successful
  language learning?
• a) Not really important
• b) The most important factor
• c) An important factor but not the only one
• Is it better for pupils to learn a foreign
  language when they are below the age of puberty?
• a) definitely yes
• b) probably yes

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What is different about teaching children?
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Children have a lot of physical energy.
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TPR activities
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If you, stand up.
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Children get bored easily.
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Children have a wide range of emotional needs.
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Children are still developing physically and
conceptually.
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Children tend to be self-oriented and preoccupied
with their own world.
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A class in Budapest
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Feedback on video

• How did the teacher deal with any problems that
• arose?
• 2. Would you have dealt with any of the
  problems
• differently? If so, how exactly?

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Problems

1. Student doodling in his/her notebook after the
   pairwork.
2. Student answering out of turn, until the teacher
   tells him/her not to.
3. A student that says nothing unless the teacher
   addresses him/her by name.
4. Student stands up and moves around after the
   pairwork.
5. A student that starts crying when the teacher
   asks him/her to work in pairs. He/she wants to
   work with another student.

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Children learn more slowly and forget things
quickly.
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Children learn more slowly and forget things
quickly.
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Children are excellent mimics.
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Children seek meaning in language.
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Different children learn best in different ways
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What kind of language learner are you?
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What kind of language learner are you?
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What kind of language learner are you?
An average class of adults
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understanding of children comes through the
hands, eyes, and ears, so physical world ?
dominant at all times Berman (1998)
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Multiple intelligences
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Learning
Im learning to say thank you. And Im learning
to say please. And Im learning to use
Kleenex, Not my sweater, when I sneeze. And Im
learning not to dribble. And Im learning not to
slurp. And Im learning (though it sometimes
really hurts me) Not to burp. And Im learning to
chew softer When I eat corn on the cob. And Im
learning that its much Much easier to be a
slob. .
Judith, Viorst. (1981) If I Were in Charge of the
World and Other Worries Poems for Children and
their Parents. Aladdin Books
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Learning is fun
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Thank you