TY - BOOK AU - Cameron,Lynne AU - McKay,Penny ED - Oxford University Press. TI - Bringing creative teaching into the young learner classroom SN - 9780194422482 AV - P53.85 .C35 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford [England], New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Language teachers KW - Training of KW - Language and languages KW - Study and teaching N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 104); 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 ER -