Part of the series: EFL Makeovers Cultural Background Ask any Filipinos about Pukpuk Palayok or Hampas Palayok, and chances are they played it or saw it played at least once during their childhoods. The game is so immensely popular that any celebration or town fiesta is not complete without children (oh yes, sometimes adults) playing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
The Star Festival: Teaching Tanabata in English
Part of the series: EFL Makeovers July 7th is Tanabata, or the Star Festival, in Japan. Legend says that Orihime (a weaver, represented by the star Vega) and Hikoboshi (a cowherd, represented by the star Altair) are allowed to cross the Milky Way to meet each year on the seventh evening of the seventh month [...]
Tips for Teaching Teens (by Michelle Worgan)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know While trying to have a quick nap on a hot Friday afternoon in Southern Spain, I started thinking of what to write about for this guest post. Two ideas came to me – the first being the use of puppets in the early learner classroom, [...]
Animal Magic with Young Learners (by Leahn Stanhope)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know I was initially very flattered when Barbara asked me to write a guest post, then my happy feeling turned to mild panic. Finally I just decided to write so here we are. This post is dedicated to one of my favourite ‘props’ for the young [...]
Digital Digits: Creative Ideas for Finger Plays (by Shelly Sanchez Terrell)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know I teach students between the ages of two- and six-years-old. When you teach young learners you discover how much they love finger plays. The children memorize the English quickly and are able to repeat the words and actions on their own. Introducing the Finger Play [...]
Formative Assessment (by Matthew Spira)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know My intention when I started writing this post was to discuss and make specific suggestions about “formative” assessment techniques for use with young learners in the classroom or other educational context. Formative assessment covers the range of diagnostic things a teacher, tutor, mentor or parent [...]
Siklot: Reinvention of a Traditional Game for EFL Classrooms (by Marco Brazil)
This post marks the beginning of a new series–EFL Makeovers. Teachers have long recognized the value of games in EFL—as effective substitutes for drills, as authentic tasks for children, and for the joy they bring into class. We adapt games from our home countries, and we adopt games from the countries in which we find [...]
Music and Movement for Young English Learners (by Kathleen Kampa and Charles Vilina)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know Matt Richelson makes some excellent points about the power of music in the EFL classroom in his recent article, “Teaching Young Learners With Songs.” I use music and movement daily with young learners in the English classroom. Let me add a few more suggestions that [...]
Children are Always Cute (by Esra Girgin Akiskali)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove…but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.” Forest E. [...]
Teaching Young Learners with Songs (by Matt Richelson)
Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know Barbara was so kind to ask me to write about how to use songs with young learners. I have learned a lot from teaching English using songs, and I am happy to share what I know. I have a background in music, and bringing music [...]
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