Teaching English to Very Young Learners

P.E. IN ENGLISH

Teaching English to very young learners through P.E.

Advantages of teching English to very young children

• The learning process of a foreign language is very similar to the learning process of their mother tongue

• Linking English with P.E. is a funny, interesting and meaningful way of learning

• They have a great ability to communicate without inhibitions and a great interest in all kinds of verbal and non-verbal means of communication

Main aims

• To start learning English at an early age (3, 4 and 5 years old), which allows them to achieve a good communicative competence

• To be interested in the new language, which will provide them a different perspective for their future

• To acquire a wide range of new words and structures, which we work continously in class

Contents

Greetings The seasons

Moods Parts of the body

Colours The five senses

Numbers Clothes

Days of the week Farm animals

Months of the year Actions verbs

The weather Class instructions