Lectures Module 1: Introduction to the course provides a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding the teaching of young learners such as theory and practice, classroom techniques, clear examples, tasks. At the end of the course, the students will be able to: Understand the special characteristics of children as language learners; manage children language classes; create, adapt and analyse activities and resources for YL apply theoretical background into practice of teaching language skills. | Instructor: Nguyen Thi Hoai Minh, in TESOL Course overview What do you expect to learn from the course? Course overview The course provides a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding the teaching of young learners: theory and practice; classroom techniques; clear examples, tasks. Course objectives At the end of the course, the students will be able to: understand the special characteristics of children as language learners; manage children language classes; create, adapt and analyse activities and resources for YL apply theoretical background into practice of teaching language skills. Course requirement The students have to: attend 80% of class time participate into class activities bring blank paper, a pencil, a rubber, color crayons/pencils to class do homework assignments Coursebooks Pinter, Annamaria. 2006. Teaching Young Language Learners. Oxford University Press. Moon, Jayne. 2000. Children Learning English. Macmillan Publishers Limited. Course assessment Attendance : 10% Group teaching practice: 20% Final exam: 70% (true/false, multiple choice, ordering, matching, lesson planning) Defining a young learner Age: 5/6 – 11/ 12 years old (Philips 1993); Starting formal schooling Characteristics of young learners What characteristics do children bring to class? What do you know about how children learn languages? Brewster 2002, task 1, p. 13 Moon 2000, task 1, p. 2 Contexts for learning English Time for learning English Exposure to English A real need for English Variety of input Meaningful input (Moon 2000, pp. 1-2) Children as language learners Using language creatively Going for meaning Using chunks of the language Having fun Joining in the action Talking their heads off Feeling at home Supporting young language learners Create a real need and desire to use English Provide sufficient time for English Provide exposure to varied and meaningful input Provide | Instructor: Nguyen Thi Hoai Minh, in TESOL Course overview What do you expect to learn from the course? Course overview The course provides a comprehensive overview of the issues surrounding the teaching of young learners: theory and practice; classroom techniques; clear examples, tasks. Course objectives At the end of the course, the students will be able to: understand the special characteristics of children as language learners; manage children language classes; create, adapt and analyse activities and resources for YL apply theoretical background into practice of teaching language skills. Course requirement The students have to: attend 80% of class time participate into class activities bring blank paper, a pencil, a rubber, color crayons/pencils to class do homework assignments Coursebooks Pinter, Annamaria. 2006. Teaching Young Language Learners. Oxford University Press. Moon, Jayne. 2000. Children Learning English. Macmillan .
