Teach Smarter

Author: Vanessa J. Levin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111969888X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Discover new, practical methods for teaching literacy skills in your early childhood classroom. Has teaching early literacy skills become a stumbling block to getting your preschool students kindergarten ready? Break out of the tired “letter of the week” routine and learn how to transform your lessons with fun and effective techniques. Teach Smarter: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood Teachers will equip teachers to infuse every aspect of their teaching with exciting hands-on literacy teaching methods that engage students and help them build authentic connections with books, so that 100% of their students will have a strong literacy foundation and will be fully prepared for success in kindergarten and beyond. Respected author Vanessa Levin, veteran early childhood educator and author of the “Pre-K Pages” blog, breaks down the research and translates it into realistic, actionable steps you can take to improve your teaching. Features specific examples of teaching techniques and activities that engage students in hands-on, experiential learning during circle time, centers, and small groups. Offers a simple, four-step system for teaching literacy skills, based on the foundational principles of early literacy teaching Demonstrates how to build your confidence in your ability to get 100% of your students ready for kindergarten, long before the end of the school year Understand the problems with traditional literacy teaching and identify gaps in your current teaching practice with this valuable resource.

Teaching English to Young Learners

Author: Janice Bland
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472588584
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Aimed at student teachers, educators and practitioners, Teaching English Language to Young Learners outlines and explains the crucial issues, themes and scenarios relating to this area of teaching. Each chapter by a leading international scholar offers a thorough introduction to a central theme of English as a foreign language (EFL) with preteens, with clear presentation of the theoretical background and detailed references for further reading, providing access to the most recent scholarship. Exploring the essential issues critically and in-depth, including the disadvantages as well as advantages of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) with young learners, topics include: - task-based learning in the primary school; - storytelling; - drama; - technology; - vocabulary development; - intercultural understanding; - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) scenarios; - assessment. Innovative and rapidly emerging topics are covered, such as immersion teaching, picturebooks in the EFL classroom and English with pre-primary children.

Teaching Dual Language Learners

Author: Lisa M. López
Publisher: Paul H Brookes Publishing
ISBN: 9781681253862
Category : Bilingualism in children
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
"Teaching Dual Language Learners is a practical guide to help early childhood educators understand the needs of and provide instruction for young dual language learners in their classroom"--

Preschool English Learners

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bilingualism in children
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description

Esl Games for Preschool

Author: Shelley Ann Vernon
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541133396
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
Yes! Preschool children can learn to speak English. Be a fun and effective teacher with these adaptable games for preschoolers learning English. Includes bonus chapter on teaching toddlers. Would you like to have happy preschoolers who love learning English with you ? Now you can. Be that fun, successful teacher you want to be with ESL Games for Preschool. Preschool children forget things so quickly and have such a short attention span, it might seem unrealistic to be teaching them English as a second or foreign language. Now you can drill your pupils in new vocabulary and grammar for as long as it takes and they won't be bored, they will love you and your lessons! They will gain confidence in speaking and remember what you teach them. With the help of numerous teachers writing in with feedback over the years, Shelley Ann Vernon has created a fabulous collection of fun, easy ESL games for preschool and kindergarten. This is a great book for the staff room bookshelf, and for any ESL teacher out there who wants get results with preschoolers and prepare fun lessons quickly. What you will get from this book: Easier, faster lesson planning How to keep your pupils interested Fun language drills for learning new vocabulary and grammar Fun ways to have all the children speaking as much as possible during lessons Classroom management tips and naughty children Games for listening and speaking skills Rhymes, finger plays and activities for songs And you may even become a more popular teacher It can be a challenge learning to teach, or changing your teaching style but, using one new game a day, you will soon become the inspirational teacher you really want to be. Getting Your FREE Bonus Inside this book is access to a bonus chapter on teaching toddlers. All these toddler tips are useful at preschool too. Buy your copy of ESL Games for Preschool by scrolling up and clicking Buy Now With 1-Click.

Teaching Young Children a Second Language

Author: Tatiana Gordon
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313049602
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
This volume addresses a gamut of questions of interest to teachers of young second language learners. Why do immigrant children leave their home countries, and what are their journeys to the United States like? How do young children adjust to the new culture? What sort of dynamic prevails in immigrant families? What are young immigrants' schooling experiences like? What are language learning processes like in young children? The first part of the book contains an overview of recent ethnographic, sociological, and psycholinguistic research concerned with answering these questions. The second half of the volume focuses on classroom practice. Gordon provides an extensive overview of activities that have been proven to be effective with young language learners. Practical recommendations contained in these pages flow directly from the classroom. Gordon describes innovative second language lessons developed and implemented by ESL teachers who work with language learners enrolled in primary grades. The book places special emphasis on those instructional strategies that stir young language learners' interest while stimulating their linguistic and cognitive development.

Oral Language and Comprehension in Preschool

Author: Kathleen A. Roskos
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462524125
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 185

Book Description
Before children are readers and writers, they are speakers and listeners. This book provides creative, hands-on strategies for developing preschoolers' speaking, listening, and oral comprehension skills, within a literacy-rich classroom environment. Each chapter features helpful classroom vignettes; a section called Preschool in Practice, with step-by-step lesson ideas; and Ideas for Discussion, Reflection, and Action. The book addresses the needs of English language learners and describes ways to support students' literacy development at home. The final chapter pulls it all together through a portrait of an exemplary day of preschool teaching and learning. Reproducible forms and checklists can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Secret Stories

Author: Katherine Garner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692745366
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
An educational toolkit for teaching phonics, consisting of a book, posters and musical CD, all of which provides for multiple options and inputs for learning, including: visual-icons, auditory and kinesthetic motor skill manipulations, as well as a variety of dramatic and emotive cuing-systems designed to target the affective learning domain. This "backdoor-approach" to phonemic skill acquisition is based on current neural research on Learning & the Brain--specifically how our brains actually learn best!The Secret Stories® primary purpose is to equip beginning (or struggling, upper grade) readers and writers, as well as their instructors, with the tools necessary to easily and effectively crack the secret reading and writing codes that lie beyond the alphabet, and effectively out of reach for so many learners! It is not a phonics program! Rather, it simply provides the missing pieces learners need to solve the complex reading puzzle--one that some might never solve otherwise! The Secrets(tm) are sure to become one of the most valuable, well-used, and constantly relied-upon teaching tools in your instructional repertoire!

Preschool Bilingual Education

Author: Mila Schwartz
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319772287
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 374

Book Description
This volume provides an up-to-date collection of key aspects related to current preschool bilingual education research from a socio-linguistic perspective. The focus is on preschool bilingual education in multilingual Europe, which is characterized by diverse language models and children's linguistic backgrounds. The book explores the contemporary perspectives on early bilingual education in light of the threefold theoretical framework of child's, teachers', and parents' agencies in interaction in preschool bilingual education. Five significant theoretical concepts are promoted in this volume: the ecology of language learning, an educational partnership for bilingualism, a notion of agency in early language development and education, language-conducive contexts, and language-conducive strategies. The volume examines preschool bilingual education as embedded in specific socio-cultural contexts on the one hand and highlights its universal features on the other. The book is a fundamental read for scholars and students of second language teaching, preschool education, and bilingual education in multilingual and multicultural societies.

An Introduction to Teaching English to Children

Author: Susan House
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788429450682
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Os Handbooks for Teachers, da Richmond, são manuais de metodologia extremamente práticos, escritos por professores para professores! Esses guias são perfeitos tanto para profissionais mais experientes quanto para aqueles que lecionam há pouco tempo. Podem ser usados para complementar o material adotado no CELTA e em outros cursos de treinamento.