Posts Tagged ‘younglearners’

Multicultural Activities in Class (by Vicky Loras)

Feb 16th, 2010

Part of the series: Stuff All EFL Teachers Should Know
I lived in Canada the first eight years of my life, which means that my schooling was only for three years. However, the great educational system left me with many good memories which I have incorporated in my teaching the ten years I have been in [...]

Love, Kindergarten Style

Feb 12th, 2010

by Barbara.

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This year, my kindergarten class liked each other a lot, in song and craft.

We began with a simple song: One, two, I like You. This is my favorite song from Carolyn Graham’s Holiday Jazz Chants because even my youngest students can handle the lyrics and gestures. Here’s a cute video of another class singing the [...]

What I’ve Learned from My PLN (November 14, 2009)

Nov 15th, 2009

by Barbara.

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(Note: If this is the first post you’ve read in this series, and you’re mystified by the PLN acronym, start with What’s a PLN, anyway?)
The seven guest authors for the “Front Lines of EFL” series have been the members of my personal learning network I’ve shared with most intensively in the past few weeks, so [...]

EFL Teacher’s Kit for Surviving Kids (by Shelly Terrell)

Oct 22nd, 2009

by ShellTerrell.

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Part of the series: Stories from the Front Lines of EFL
When I first began teaching very young English language learners in Germany, I went a bit insane! Kids climbed the walls literally and flew the paper airplanes I had actually thought would be a creative lesson plan. With 14 children running around and yelling, “Shelly [...]

Teaching middle school students in South Korea (by Dayle Major)

Oct 7th, 2009

by daylemajor.

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Part of the series: Stories from the Front Lines of EFL
I teach in a rural area of South Korea at a couple of middle schools: one is located about 10 minutes about outside the city and has about 190 students whom I see three days a week; the other school is in the countryside (it’s [...]

Stories from the Front Lines of EFL

Sep 16th, 2009

by Barbara.

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Do you remember the Indian fable about blind men describing an elephant? Depending on which body part they touched, they described a very different animal.
At times, trying to describe English as a Foreign Language for young learners feels a bit like describing an elephant. There are two things common to young learner EFL classes: they are [...]