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Best Practices forTeaching English to Young Learners

Joan Kang Shin, Ph.D.University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Education Department

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Teaching English to YoungLearners (TEYL) is a rapidlygrowing field around the world, and Englisheducation is increasingly found at the primarylevels. However, starting earlier is notnecessarily the solution for producing betterEnglish speakers. Therefore, what can EFLteachers of young learners do to take advantageof the flexibility of young minds and themalleability of young tongues to grow betterspeakers of English?

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Webinar Outline

• Introduction to TEYL• Considerations for teaching young

learners• Effective teaching approaches for

young learners• Future considerations• Useful resources for TEYL

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VYLs• Very Young

Learners• Under 7

YLs• Young

Learners• 7-12 years

Defining the GroupDefining the Group

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! Data from 63countries

! 86% of countriesstart Englishinstruction inprimary school

! Majority startteaching English tovery younglearners

Data collected through the E-Teacher Scholarship Program in 2009-2010

TEYL around the worldTEYL around the world

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• Is earlier really better?• Characteristics of young learners• How children learn• Language learning environment

Considerations for TEYLConsiderations for TEYL

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• Type of program and curriculum• Number of hours spent in English• Techniques and activities used

FLEXIBILITY OF YOUNG MINDSMALLEABILITY OF YOUNG TONGUES

Is earlier really better?Is earlier really better?

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Characteristics of YoungCharacteristics of YoungLearnersLearners

LOUD! HYPER!CAN’T SIT STILL!TOO TALKATIVE!

EASILY DISTRACTED!

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Characteristics of YoungCharacteristics of YoungLearnersLearners

FUN!SOCIAL!

CURIOUS!ENERGETIC!

SPONTANEOUS!

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• Children are active learners and thinkers.(Piaget, 1970)

• Children learn through social interaction.(Vygotsky, 1962)

• Children learn effectively throughscaffolding by adults. (Bruner, 1983)

How children learnHow children learn

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Parents who scaffolded effectively• created interest in the task;• broke the task down into smaller steps;• kept child “on task” by reminding him of the

purpose or goal;• pointed out the important parts of the task;• controlled the child’s frustration during the task;• modeled the task, including different ways to do

the task.

Effective scaffoldingEffective scaffolding

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L1 environment• Language highly

contextualized• Language used is

authentic• Learner is highly

motivated

L2 environment• Language more

decontextulized• Language used more

artificial• Learners may not be

highly motivated

Language learning environmentLanguage learning environment

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• Meaning-focused input (Pinter, 2008)

• Grammar is “noticed” (Cameron, 2001;Pinter, 2008)

• Learning-centered grammar teaching(Cameron, 2001)

Approach to grammarApproach to grammar

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• Try to imitate the L1 environment!• Teach language in context!• Don’t teach grammar explicitly!• Create an English speaking environment

in your class!• Make English fun!

YL ClassroomYL Classroom

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FOOD

ExampleExample

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Peanut, peanut butter ~ and jelly!Peanut, peanut butter ~ and jelly!First, you take the peanuts andyou crunch ‘em, you crunch ‘em.Then you take the grapes andyou squish ‘em, you squish ‘em.Then you take the bread andyou spread it, you spread it.Then you take the sandwichand you eat it, you eat it.

Peanut Butter & Jelly SongPeanut Butter & Jelly Song

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http://www.youtube.com/user/steptforells#p/a/u/1/6xpw9s7PmbA

Sing the PB&J songSing the PB&J song

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Making PB&J sandwichesMaking PB&J sandwiches

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Create a foldableCreate a foldable

http://www.youtube.com/user/skgaylord#p/u/4/OascQW0cH_Q

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Foldable exampleFoldable example

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Dish: Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich

Peanut, peanut butter ~ and jelly!

Your favorite foodYour favorite food

NOUN VERBFirst you take the peanuts and you crunch ‘em.Then you take the grapes and you squish ‘em.Then you take the bread and you spread it.Then you take the sandwich and you eat it.

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Foldable exampleFoldable example

First you take the peanuts,and you crunch ‘em.

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Peanut, peanut butter ~ and jelly!Peanut, peanut butter ~ and jelly!First, you take the peanuts andyou crunch ‘em, you crunch ‘em.Then you take the grapes andyou squish ‘em, you squish ‘em.Then you take the bread andyou spread it, you spread it.Then you take the sandwichand you eat it, you eat it.

Peanut Butter & Jelly SongPeanut Butter & Jelly Song

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Dish: Maki Sushi (Japan)Maki, maki sushi ~ with soy sauce!

Your favorite foodYour favorite food

NOUN VERBFirst you take the rice and you spread it.Then you take the fish and you lay it.Then you take the seaweed and you roll it.Then you take the maki and you cut it.Then you take the soy sauce and you dip it.Then you take the sushi and you eat it.

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Dish from your country!

NOUN VERBFirst you take the and youThen you take the and youThen you take the and youThen you take the and youThen you take the and youThen you take the and you

Your favorite foodYour favorite food

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FOOD

What best practices did you see?What best practices did you see?

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Humor

Eating

manners

Song withmovement

Modeling

Implicitgrammarteaching

FOODScaffolding

Connect

to cultureBring infood

What best practices did you see?What best practices did you see?

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www.umbc.eduRead, C. (1998, April). The challenge of teaching children. English

Teaching Professional, 7: 8-10.

Effective teaching practicesEffective teaching practices

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1. Make English learning active and fun2. Use lots of visuals, realia, and movement3. Establish classroom routines in English4. Encourage creativity5. Give students a chance to personalize6. Move from activity to activity7. Check comprehension often8. Use thematic units9. Use L1 as a resource only when necessary10. Grow global citizens through TEIL

Best practices for TEYLBest practices for TEYL

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Do not train children to learning by forceand harshness, but direct them to it bywhat amuses their minds, so that you maybe better able to discover with accuracythe peculiar bent of the genius of each.

~ Plato

Make English active and fun!Make English active and fun!

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Make English active and fun!Make English active and fun!

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• Songs and chants• Storytelling• Drama• Games

Make English active and fun!Make English active and fun!

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ENGLISH IS FUN! x x xx xENGLISH IS COOL! x x xx xI SPEAK ENGLISH! x x xx xAND SO DO YOU! x x xx x

YAAAAAY! ENGLISH!

English cheersEnglish cheers

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GIVE ME AN E! E!GIVE ME AN N! N!GIVE ME A G! G!GIVE ME AN L! L!GIVE ME AN I! I!GIVE ME AN S! S!GIVE ME AN H! H!WHAT DOES THAT SPELL? ENGLISH!WHAT DO WE SPEAK? ENGLISH!WHAT DO WE LOVE? ENGLISH!YAAAAAY! ENGLISH!

English cheersEnglish cheers

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Body spellingBody spelling

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Body spellingBody spelling

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Great websites for storytelling!

http://www.storylineonline.nethttp://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/aesop/index.html

StorytellingStorytelling

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rl0EXetKwc&NR=1

StorytellingStorytelling

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DramaDrama

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Strip storyStrip story

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I hear, and I forget.I see, and I remember.I do, and I understand.

~ Confucius

Use lots of visuals, realia, andUse lots of visuals, realia, andmovementmovement

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• Brightly colored visuals• Toys, puppets, and masks• Body as visual

Use lots of visuals, realia, andUse lots of visuals, realia, andmovementmovement

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Songs with movementSongs with movement

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Body as visualBody as visual

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www.umbc.eduAMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Body as visualBody as visual

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Connect signs to lettersConnect signs to letters

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• Engages child’s multiple intelligences inrepresenting language symbolically.

• Provides constructive physical outlet forkinesthetic learners.

• Combines “saying and doing,” which increasesretention of language and concepts by 90%.

• Develops phonemic awareness, the alphabeticprincipal, vocabulary, and spelling skills.

• Builds comprehension by creating internalimages of language.

Dancing With Words: Signing for HearingChildren's Literacy by Marilyn Daniels

Support for signingSupport for signing

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Learning the alphabetLearning the alphabet

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You can learn many things from children.How much patience you have, forinstance.

~Franklin P. Jones

Establish classroom routines inEstablish classroom routines inEnglishEnglish

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• Start of class or activity• End of class or activity• Attention getters• Brain breaks

Establish classroom routines inEstablish classroom routines inEnglishEnglish

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Developing routinesDeveloping routines

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Developing routinesDeveloping routines

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Sunday, Monday, clap, clap, clap (clap clap clap)Tuesday, Wednesday, snap, snap, snap (snap snap snap)

Thursday, hop. (hop on one leg)Friday, stop. (hold up hand)

Saturday spin around like a top. (spin around)Seven days are in a week. (hold up 7 fingers)Now sit down and take a seat! (motion to sit)

Days of the week chantDays of the week chant

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Days of the week songsDays of the week songs

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Puzzle of the dayPuzzle of the day

1. Which month has 28 days?2. What has two hands but

can’t clap?3. What gets wet while it

dries?4. What becomes smaller

when you add two letters?5. Why are Saturday and

Sunday stronger than therest of the days?

1. All of them2. A clock

3. A towel

4. Small

5. They are weakdays

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(March or stomp feet)I don’t know but I’ve been told. I don’t know but I’ve been told.

Someone here is getting old. Someone here is getting old.It is someone’s special day. It is someone’s special day.This is what we want to say. This is what we want to say.

Happy. Happy.Birthday. Birthday.

Happy birthday—to you! (Say the last line together)

Birthday cadenceBirthday cadence

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2 – 4 – 6 – 8!Who do we appreciate?

(Name), (Name)!YAAAA~AAAAAY, (Name)!

Who do we appreciate?Who do we appreciate?

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WHEN I SAY -------, YOU SAY -------!

EXAMPLE:When I say PEANUT, you say BUTTER!

PEANUT! BUTTER!PEANUT! BUTTER!

Attention getterAttention getter

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SITTING AEROBICS• Seat Running: Sit and run.• Shake Shakes: Shake one hand (or foot)

for 3 seconds then the other. Repeat 5x.• Nosey Ear – Get your left hand to touch

your right ear lobe and then get your righthand to touch the tip of your nose. Thenswap positions. Repeat 5x.

Brain breaksBrain breaks

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I love English!I love English!Yes, I do!Yes, I do!Come and be my partner.We have lots to learn.Yes, we do!Yes, we do!

To start pair workTo start pair work

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End of the day chantEnd of the day chant

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There are no seven wonders of the worldin the eyes of a child. There are sevenmillion.

~ Walt Streightiff

Encourage creativityEncourage creativity

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• Student-made visuals• Poetry• Drama

Encourage creativityEncourage creativity

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http://www.makingbooks.comhttp://www.youtube.com/user/skgaylord

Accordion bookAccordion book

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Shape poemsShape poems

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• Use a simple dialogue and have thecharacters do it in different ways:nervously, fearfully, happily, laughing,angrily, and naturally, of course!(The teacher can act like the director of a movieand say, “Cut! Cut! No, that’s not right. I wantto see more emotion. Do it with anger thistime!”)

The directorThe director’’s cuts cut

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Lisa and Rosa run into John on the street.Lisa: Hi, John! How are you?John: Hi, Lisa! I’m fine. How are you?Lisa: I’m good. This is my friend Rosa.Rosa: Hi! I’m Rosa. (Shake hands with John.)

John: Nice to meet you.Rosa: Nice to meet you too!

Sample dialogueSample dialogue

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We worry about what a child will becometomorrow, yet we forget that he issomeone today.

~ Stacia Tauscher

Give students a chance toGive students a chance topersonalizepersonalize

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• Students write and talk about themselves• Students compare content to their own

culture and lives

Give students a chance toGive students a chance topersonalizepersonalize

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J umping

O verjoyed

A thletic

N ever tired!

Acrostic name poemAcrostic name poem

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• Give learners chances to write and talkabout themselves (using the forms or modelsyou provide)

• Give learners a chance to noticegrammatical structures

• Give learners more chances to practice

Personalize chantsPersonalize chants

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JAZZ CHANT BY CAROLYN GRAHAM

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What are you going to do when you’retwenty-two?

I haven’t decided.What about you?

I might _____________.I might _____________.I might _____________.I might _____________.

Jazz chant exampleJazz chant example

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Every student can learn, just not on thesame day, or the same way.

~ George Henry Evans

Move from activity to activityMove from activity to activity

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• Don’t spend too much time on one activity• Use different kinds of activities

!Quiet vs noisy activities!Listening, speaking, reading, writing!Individual – pair work – group work –

whole class!Teacher-student and student-student!Vary learning styles and intelligences

Move from activity to activityMove from activity to activity

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HENRY HUSH(Tune: London Bridge is Falling Down)

Henry Hush says,“Please be quiet,Please be quiet,Please be quiet.”Henry Hush says,“Please be quiet.”

Sh! Sh! Sh!

Quiet activitiesQuiet activities

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• Quietly think about the riddle of the day• Put your head down on your desk• Close your eyes and breathe in, breathe

out (5x)• Close your eyes and roll your head around

(5x)

Quiet brain breaksQuiet brain breaks

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TransitionTransition

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• Read a passage and teacher checkscomprehension with no noise.

• Students have to answer using signlanguage.

Silent readingSilent reading

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Once there was a fish. He was the most beautifulfish in the entire ocean. He had many differentcolored scales. His scales were the colors of therainbow. He also had shiny silver scales. All thefish in the ocean called him the Rainbow Fish.

Text adapted from The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

1. The Rainbow Fish had ______ scales.a. Redb. Brownc. Silverd. a and ce. All of the above

Sample questionSample question

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“Do you understand?” ~ Every teacher“Yes, teacher!” ~ Every student

Check comprehension oftenCheck comprehension often

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Check comprehension oftenCheck comprehension often

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• Use games to check comprehension!Charades for new vocabulary!Make a fake mistake (e.g., say words out of

order or use the wrong pronunciation)!Freeze frame scenes from a story

Check comprehension oftenCheck comprehension often

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You don't understand anything until youlearn it more than one way.

~ Marvin Minsky

Use thematic unitsUse thematic units

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• Repeat and recycle language as much aspossible

• Connect language to other content areas

Use thematic unitsUse thematic units

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What’s the weather?What’s the weather?What’s the weather like today?Tell us (student’s name),What’s the weather?What’s the weather like today?

Is it sunny?Is it cloudy?Is it rainy out today?Is it snowy?Is it windy?What’s the weather like today?

The weather songThe weather song

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Repeat and recycleRepeat and recycle

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Don't handicap your children by makingtheir lives easy.

~ Robert A. Heinlein

Use L1 as a resource only whenUse L1 as a resource only whennecessarynecessary

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• Quick translation of hard words orexpressions

• Translate difficult instructions foractivities

• Focus on language objectives

Use L1 as a resource only whenUse L1 as a resource only whennecessarynecessary

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Quick checkQuick check

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Children are the world's most valuableresource and its best hope for the future.

~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Grow global citizensGrow global citizens

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Remember you are not just teaching English!You are teaching YOUNG LEARNERS!

• Encourage and praise them!• Help them build good character!• Create life long learners of English!• Build positive attitudes toward English!• Start teaching intercultural sensitivity early!

You are teaching English as an international language!

Grow global citizensGrow global citizens

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CONSIDER YOUR LEARNERS!

• English teacher education programs need tofocus on methods for teaching children.

• Primary English teachers should shareapproaches with other primary school teachers.

• As new approaches for YLs and VYLs becomemore communicative and learner-centered at theprimary level, teaching at the secondary levelwill also change.

Future considerationsFuture considerations

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GOOD-BYE!

Conclusion: Exit ticketConclusion: Exit ticket

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3 ways you can make English active and fun

2 routines you will use to help you manage YLs

1 statement summarizing your approach to TEYL

GOOD-BYE!

Conclusion: Exit ticketConclusion: Exit ticket

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Helpful articles about TEYL:Ten Helpful Ideas for Teaching English to YoungLearners by Joan Kang Shinhttp://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum/archives/docs/06-44-2-b.pdf

Teaching Young Learners by Kerstin Kleinhttp://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum/archives/docs/05-43-1-c.pdf

For other useful articles, please browse these specialissues of the English Teaching Forum focusedspecifically on TEYL.

Volume 44, Number 2http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum/archives/2006/06-44-2.html

Volume 43, Number 1http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum/archives/2005/05-43-1.html

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Useful web resources for TEYL• Songs and Chats

Joan’s songs and chants: http://www.youtube.com/user/steptforells

U.S. Department of State “Sing Out Loud”:http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/resforteach/pubcat/classtext/iskills/solcs.html

• StorytellingStoryline Online: http://www.storylineonline.net

Aesop’s Fables: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/aesop/index.html

Interactive stories: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm

Making stories online: http://storybird.com

• American sign languagehttp://www.lifeprint.comhttp://www.nellieedge.com

• Making bookshttp://www.makingbooks.comhttp://www.youtube.com/user/skgaylord

• Writing poemshttp://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources

• Making cartoonshttp://www.toondoo.com

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Last chantLast chant

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