Primary School Supervisors in Kuwait Day 1 Mary Lou McCloskey Strategies for Teaching English...

Primary School Supervisors in Kuwait Day 1

Mary Lou McCloskey www.mlmcc.com

Strategies for Teaching English Language to

Young Learners

TESOL 2015

Introduction

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1. Please silence mobile devices

2. Note-taking encouraged; slides (without photos) will be posted at www.mlmcc.com

3. Strategies Guide

4. Modeling Process

5. Collect Strategies

Agenda

1. Community-Building through language in the Classroom

2. Needs Assessment

3. Characteristics of the learner

4. Principles of active, interactive learning (with practices that illustrate them)

1. BUILDING COMMUNITY

NAMES

How to make a Name Tent

BUILDING COMMUNITY• Name Tents• Postcard Life History (McCloskey)

• Marvelous Modifiers (Go To, p. 29)

• Things in Common (Go To, p. 30)

• 3 Truths, 1 Lie (Go To, p. 30)• Stir the Class (Go To, p. 37)

• Team NamesLevine, L. N., Lukens, L., & Smallwood, B. A. (2013). The GO TO strategies: Scaffolding options for teachers of English language learners, K-12. For Project EXCELL.

Available online at www.cal.org/excell. orhttp://facstaff.bloomu.edu/dwalker/Documents/go-to-strategies.pdf

POSTCARD LIFE HISTORY

(Draw) When I was young…

(Draw) I love to …

(Draw)My goal for this workshop is…

(My name is)______ (I live in)______ (I am a)______

(Draw) Important people in my life are…

Postcard Life History

Postcard Life History• Model.• Learners create cards. Scaffold as needed.• Share with a partner.• Partners exchange cards.• Partners share with a second pair, each

person introducing partner, or

• Each introduces partner to whole group.

PAIR-SHARE (STRATEGY #35)

Pair-share

• Ask a question or give a problem• Learners have time to think/write about it• Learners share ideas with a partner• Pair joins another pair. • Each person shares his/her partner’s

ideas

Teach “Zero Noise and Full Attention” for instructions

0 noise signal means:• No noise• “Six eyes on me”• If someone near you hasn’t

seen the signal, show it to them

Rehearse using the signal

2. Needs Assessment

Needs Assessment

In a group of 4, discuss:

1. Challenges of Englishlanguage education in Kuwait

2. Hopes/goals for howthis workshop can address one or moreof these challenges

Teach learners how to collaborate

Create a Cooperative groups rubric.

Pair- share: How should we behave during a discussion so everyone learns? ▫

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Teach learners how to collaborateCooperative groups rubric.

How should we behave during a discussion? ▫Listen to one another ▫Check our understanding▫Speak one at a time▫Connect what we say to the persons before▫Try to come to consensus, or explain our

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Teach learners how to collaborateFishbowl

•While a group discusses, have other learners stand around the outside and take notes on their participation, using the rubric.

•Then debrief, talking about what was done well and how the group members could do even better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFr9iLY7zdc

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Fishbowl: Let’s Try it!

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Exit Ticket: Hopes and Goals

• Write your most important hopes/goals on post-its.

• Post on your way out

Integrating

Principles and Practices

*Teaching Young Learners of English

*What is unique about young

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*How to design learning for these

young people?

*Programmed for language acquisition

*Physically active

*Eager to speak and participate

*Short Attention Span

*Egocentric

*Holistic

*Different ways of learning at different

stages

Sensorimotor (birth-2)Pre-operational (2-7)Concrete Operations (7-11)Formal Operations (11-15)

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*Lev Vygotsky

*Importance of language

*Importance of social learning: Teaching is assisted performance

*Development and learning meet in theZone of Proximal Development

*Social

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ZPD

Zone of Independent Performance

Potential Performance

Zone of Proximal

Development

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Potential Performance

Zone of Independent Performance

Zone of Proximal Development

ZPD

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*With Scaffolding

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*Scaffolding

*Getting children interested in the task*Simplifying the task; breaking it down into smaller steps*Keeping children on task; reminding them of goals*Pointing out what is important*Preventing/managing frustration*Demonstrating the task

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*SevenPrinciples for teaching English to young learners(With Practice Examples)

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*Principle 1

*Offer learners enjoyable, active roles in the learning experience

*STOP!

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*Activity 1: Metamorphosis

TPR

Crawl like a caterpillar.

Chew on a green leaf.

Build a chrysalis around yourself.

Sleep for two weeks.

Nibble a hole in the chrysalis.

Push your way out.

Fly like a butterfly.

Total Physical Response - James Asher (Strategy #43)

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*Help students develop and practice language through collaboration

*Principle 2

*I Have Who Has (Strategy #32)

Directions

1. Create a card sequence of paired words, numbers, pictures, definitions, etc. Try to have one for each child.

2. Pass them out.

3. Ask who has the first card.

4. Ask and answer till you get to the end.

5. Trade cards and play again.