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&^%$£ YoUnG LeaRNeRz! (*&^%
The best thing about the CELTA course is that they go through other areas as well, like teaching Young Learners (YLs)!! Before starting the CELTA course, I was teaching English to YLs and it was wonderful looking at the difference between the two learners (adults vs. young learners)!
¨ Adults can concentrate longer than children.
¨ YLs learn quickly and forget quickly.
¨ We need to consider motor skills when teaching YLs.
¨ Teachers need to think about activities to develop social skills for YLs.
¨ Routines help to solve behavioural issues in the YL classroom.
¨ YLs energy levels are high.
¨ Accuracy is not important to YLs
¨ YLs are usually externally motivated.
¨ It is important to do creative and imaginative activities with YLs.
¨ YLs tend to acquire language whereas adults actively go about learning it.
This entry was posted on Sunday, March 11th, 2007 at 4:57 pm and is filed under celta, YLs, young learners, young, English, kids, children. You can leave a response to this entry.
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ESL resources for teachers - TEFL course diaries - Hilal Hastaoglu, CELTA, International Training Institute, Istanbul, Turkey