Presentation Topic

HOW TO TEACH ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO THE CHILDREN UNDER

THE AGE OF 5 TO 10 YEARS

Presentation Topic

HOW TO TEACH ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO THE CHILDREN UNDER

THE AGE OF 5 TO 10 YEARS

Before Discussing my Topic

I personaly visited many schools in my city and I also have a good experience of teaching English in various schools, I felt that the method which is applied in our society for teaching English as a second language is not applicable, relevant & appropriate.

While visiting the schools I observed

I personaly visited many schools in my city and I also have a good experience of teaching English in various schools, I felt that the method which is applied in our society for teaching English as a second language is not applicable, relevant & appropriate.

What type of learning background do the learners have? What are the objectives of this class? What learning materials and resources are available?

Things need to consider while teaching Grammar

Grammar tells us the "rules" of a language; but in fact no language has rules. If we use the word "rules", we suggest that somebody created the rules first and then spoke the language, like a new game. But languages did not start like that. Languages started by people making sounds which evolved into words, phrases and sentences. No commonly-spoken language is fixed. All languages change over time. What we call "grammar" is simply a reflection of a language at a particular time.Grammar is the system of a language.

People think that . . .

Is Grammar necessary for Children under the age of 5 to 10

years?Even they are not able to

understand grammatical terms and explanations about

language.

The Answer isNO!

Does L1 help children in learning L2?

The Answer isYES!

Then how can one teach them English as a Second Language?

Build learners’ confidence

Give

to the language what they speak first..

So our methodology should be very intrested & adding energy

Beginners get tiredquickly

You can do it . . . . . . . !

MethodologyShow

Show the student something to

explain the word or sentence. Say

Teacher to clearly pronounce the word or

sentence.

TryStudent to attempt

speaking the word or sentence.

RepeatRepetition until the word or sentence spoken correctly.

MouldTeacher corrects the students mistakes.

Children become more intrested in learning if they are provided gaming context.

What are children like as learners?

• They:

• Learn in a variaty of ways, for example, by watching, by listening, by imitating, by doing things

• Are not able to understand grammatical rules and explanations about language

• Try to make sense of situations by making use of non-verbal clues

• Can generally imitate the sounds they hear quite accurately and copy the way adults speak

• Are naturally curious• Love to play and use their imagination• Are comfortable with routines and enjoy

repetition• Have quite a short attention span and so need

variety

How can you as a teacher, help them in learning quite a new language?

• Make English enjoyable and fun - remember you are influencing their attitude to language learning.

• Don’t worry about mistakes. Be encouraging. Make sure children feel comfortable, and not afraid to take part.

• Use a lot of gestures, actions, pictures to demonstrate what you mean.

• Talk a lot to them in English, especially about things they can see.

• Play games, sing songs, say rhymes and chants together.

• Tell simple stories in English, using pictures and acting with different voices.

• Constantly recycle new language but don’t be afraid to add new things or to use words they won’t know

• Plan lessons with varied activities, some quiet, some noisy, some sitting, some standing and moving

This is the biggest blank in our education system. Children feel boring and difficulties while learning

a new language.

Teacher should make English enjoyable and fun. Teacher should Plan lessons with varied activities.Teacher should use audio visual equipment & learning tools if available.Teacher should make practice of the new learners. Teacher should not get start from make them write definition.