Bringing creative teaching into the young learner classroom / Lynne Cameron and Penny McKay.

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Introduction part 1 KNOWING AND CHALLENGING YOUR LEARNERS 1. Getting to know your learners Observing your learners Talking to parents to understand the child 2. Expect a lot from your learners High expectations without pressure 3. Giving your learners access to new language Let learners follow without speaking Building up a task in stages 4. Celebrate achievement Show the children how much they have learned 5. Let your learners experiment Giving children time to think part 2 ENCOURAGING YOU R STU DENTS TO LEARN 6. Recycling language Recycling words and phrases in different contexts Recycling materials 7. Healthy competition Group activities Getting a personal best 8. Motivating young learners to speak English Equipping your learners to use English 9. Listening activities: something different Adding something extra to listening activities Encouraging attentive listening 10. Meeting written English Surround your learners with written English Read for meaning 11. Parental involvement Keeping parents up-to-date part 3 GOING BEYOND THE COURSEBOOK 12. Making the most of the coursebook Stretch the coursebook 13. Surprising your learners Varying the routine Add a little extra to classroom talk 14. Using your hands Observe how you use your hands part 4 EMPOWERING YOUR LEARNERS 15. Let the children choose Building in choice 16. Young learners as language detectives Listening for patterns Showing patterns in written English part 5 ASSESSMENT 17. Supportive assessment activities Positive assessment of young learners 18. Self-assessment works Getting children started in self-assessment part 6 PLAYING WITH THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH 19. Internal English and English for play English in your head English for play 20. Teach long words Games with long words part 7 BRINGING THE REAL WORLD INTO THE CLASSROOM 21. English through other subjects Science and the natural world Our town, our country, our world 22. English in the world around us Finding examples of English in everyday life visit from speakers of English in the community Varieties of English 23. Using technology Computer activities: offline Computer activities: online part 8 USING MAKE BELIEVE, PERFORMANCE, AND METAPHOR 24. Make-believe Children pretending to be someone else 25. Perform it Making and using puppets Role-play and simple drama activities 26. Use metaphor Getting started with similes and metaphors Project and group work part 9 FOR THE TEACHER: LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS 27. Keep developing your own English Outside the classroom In the classroom 28. Learning a new cultural context Outside school At school Useful websites