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English for Child Care is a comprehensive text designed to meet the language requirements of adults who care for children. The book consists of three sections: Getting Started, Health and Safety, and Ages and Stages. The book provides practice for high-beginning to low-intermediate language learners in the integrated skills of reading, writing, listening, speaking, pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. The program can be used as the core resource in a language development class for child providers, as well as individual training program for English-learning nannies, babysitters, au pairs, parents and grandparents.
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English for Child Care Language Skills for Parents and Providers
MARIANNE BREMS
JULAINE HERREID ROSNER
WITH MARSHA CHAN
This ESL integrated skills textbook! teaches English to learners who take care of children ! focuses on the day-to-day language of parents and child care providers ! embeds all language skills in child care contexts! gives practical assignments for communicating orally and in writing
with children, parents, and teachers ! includes fun, interactive, age-appropriate activities: games, songs,
nursery rhymes, and puzzles
English for Child Care Language Skills for Parents and Providers
IntegratedskillstextbookforEnglishlanguagelearners
• TeachesEnglishtolearnerswhotakecareofchildren• Focusesontheday‐to‐daylanguageofparentsandchildcare
providers
• Embedsalllanguageskillsinchildcarecontexts
• Givesprac?calassignmentsforcommunica?ngorallyandinwri?ngwithchildren,parents,andteacher
• Includesfun,interac?ve,age‐appropriateac?vi?es:games,songs,nurseryrhymes,andpuzzles
ChapterOpeners
Vocabulary
CommonchildcareitemsChapter1
Talkingaboutinjuries&expressingsympathyChapter4
Reading
Chapter3
Chapter8
SentenceStructure
OralSkills
Iden?fyingillnessesChapter5
Informa<onGapAc<vi<es
InfoGap–PartnerA
InfoGap–PartnerB
Games
TheSafetyGam
e
CulturalNotes
NurseryRhymesandSongs
The Request Game Ch 6 Activity 11
• Groupsof3‐4.Shuffle&dealallthecards.
• Playerslookattheirhandandplaceanymatchestheyhaveonthetablefaceup.Thinkaboutthewordsfortheirpictures.
• Objec?ve:Findthematchingcardforeachrequestcardinyourhand.Togetpairs,maketherequeststhatarepicturedonyourcards.Oneachturn,makearequestofanotherplayer.Example:Miriam,wouldyoupleasefoldthelaundry?Listener,checkyourhand.Ifyouhavethecardwiththatac?vity,sayYes,I’dbegladto(oranotherappropriateexpression)andgivethecardtotheaskingplayer.Otherwise,sayNoandgiveanexplana?on.(Examplefollows.)
Request Game example Example 1 A: Maria, can you fold the laundry? B: Sure, I’d be glad to. (B gives A her card). (next person’s turn) Example 2 A: Maria, can you fold the laundry? B: No, I’m sorry. I’m washing the dishes right now. en I have
to do my homework. (next person’s turn) After one player makes a request, the next player takes a turn. e game continues until all players have made pairs with all
their cards.
EnglishLanguageSkillsforParentsandChildCareProviders
MarianneBremsJulaineRosner
MarshaChan
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