SPEAKING WITH SUPPORT
In this fourth unit we have learnt how work in order to children start to speak.
So
we can Use classroom phrases, where we tell them about things
in which they are interested or about useful vocabulary with they
treat in their daily life. For example we can teach them the clothes,
colours, phrases to ask permission like "Can i go to the
toilet?" although the very young learners say only "toilet,
please", but it is really positive because they are improving
the speaking and the pronunciation. Also they love repeating so it is
very probably that when you say to them a word later they will repeat
it.
And
if they make some mistakes the best method to correct them it is
repeating again in the right way and reinforcing them a lot with a
smile or with words like "Good job", "Right!",
"Perfect", ...
We
must use easy and short sentences better than individual words
because pupils learn by the context.
Other
important thing is Saying rhymes and singing songs to practise
pronunciation, stress and intonation. Children love the songs and
in their life they spend much time singing, so we can use them to
improve the oral skills both listening and speaking, the intonation,
and also to teach vocabulary about the seasons, the weather, the
colours, the animals,.... In addition we can put them when we want to
change in activity to warm up and to stretch.
It
is really useful using flashcards or pictures to Practise new
vocabulary, because you can show them at the same time that you
are telling the word with the purpose of the students repeat it
later. Also when you are teaching new vocabulary, you can give to the
classroom realia which pupils can touch and work with them, and in
this way maybe they learn better the contents.
We
can Play vocabulary games, to revise and to check if pupils
have learnt the vocabulary, and to improve the intonation and
pronunciation. For example with the game "I spy with my
little eyes..." at the beginning the teacher will start the
game and later the child who guesses the word will be the person who is
it now. Other typical games are "Finding pairs",
"Shopping games" or "Happy families", in all
of them we practise much vocabulary, verbs and the English oral
skills.
As
it has been said above, we can use some games to Practise
pronunciation of new sound, being that they learn the second
language in the same way they do in their first idiom, listening,
speaking and making some mistakes. So if we want that they learn
properly we have to repeat, speak slowly and reinforce and praise
them a lot.
See you round here soon!
M.R.M.
See you round here soon!
M.R.M.
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