Teaching english to young learners magdalena szpotowicz. The purpose of this program is to introduce participants to the theory and practice of teaching young learners in the efl classroom. The third paper, written by malgorzata szulckurpaska, gives an account of a project involving. Kesearch into teaching english to young learners moon and nikolov. It presents foundational concepts, best practices and practical suggestions on how to develop lessons and activities for the energetic and curious minds of young learners in the 21st century classroom.
Not only they are curious of what a new word looks like, how it sounds, but also what it means. It is designed for use by teachers who are preparing candidates for the tests, or who are considering doing so. Uk malgorzata szulckurpaska, foreign language teacher training college, legnica. This article english, to younger learners and report findings, which raise. While technology to support english teaching has clearly developed greatly in recent years, teachers have not always been able to access its benefits. Camre enlsh yon learners handbook for teachers 1 preface this handbook contains the specifications for all three levels of cambridge english. It also features the perspectives and suggestions from practicing teachers around the. Magdalena szpotowicz author of teaching english to young. Teaching english to young learners, malgorzata szpotowicz.
Pdf research into teaching english to young learners. Teaching english to young learners polish paperback 2012. The prime objective of this ma thesis is to investigate whether teaching english vocabulary with the use of songs contributes to developing students. Challenges in teaching english to young learners 4 teachers.
It tests knowledge of concepts related to young learner learning and development, and knowledge of young learners from a teaching perspective. Ten helpful ideas for teaching english to young learners. As the age for english edu cation lowers in classrooms across the globe, efl teachers of young learners struggle to keep up with this trend and seek effective. Young learners, since they are young and their speaking equipment has not yet developed perfectly, will probably have limitations in speaking. Young children learning english as a foreign language do not develop english language skills more readily than older learners. Research in turkey on young learners learn ing of english as a foreign language hereafter. The role of music and songs in teaching english vocabulary. The authors add that students simply love experiencing with new lexical items, particularly with sounds. Teaching young learners english focuses on teaching english as a foreign language to children aged 712.
Teaching english to young learners szulckurpaska malgorzata szpotowicz magdalena on. Preservice teachers evaluations of practices in teaching english. Now think about any experiences you have had observing young learner classes or talking with children who are learning another language. One of them is teaching english to young learners which has been written by magdalena szpotowicz and malgorzata szulckurpaska. Challenges in teaching english to young learners commpartners. Teaching english to young learners around the world national.
Research into teaching english to young learners international perspectives an edited collection of selected papers from two conferences an international conference on research into teaching english to young learners budapest, hungary, september 1999 learning from experience national young learners conference pulawy, poland, 710 october. Another potential challenge for teachers concerns the level of english they require. An autoethnography of teaching english to young learners eric. The author chose teaching with the use of songs as her target in the study because listening to music in english is highly motivating for students and songs are easily accessible for all learners. The authors have experience of teaching children and. Parents discourse on english for young learners rivi carmel. Part 1 title knowledge of young learners and principles of teaching english to.
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