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Is the
KID
inside you alive?
Welcome to our workshopWelcome
to our workshop
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
YL activitiestheoretical background
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
stages of a lesson
self-assessment of
learning process
Humanistic activities
Why a lesson in the lesson?
Excitement !!! Authentic
experience!!!
Test your
feelings!!!
Why a lesson of Greek?
• To engage you in a learning process (teachers as learners)
• To reflect on our teaching strategies for VYL
• To empathize with VYL
Lesson in the Lesson Plan
•Hello dolly!•Who am I? Who are you?•Find your name – get a hat•Sing sing sing
Lesson after the lesson plan
• Fill in a worksheet• discussion of activities and
their theoretical background• reflection • self assessment questionnaire
Who am I? Who are you?
Move around and make friends Ask each other your names Memorize as many names as you
can!
Find your name on the board
we post the cards on the boardand we show them to you
if you recognize your written name shout it out and come and get it with the party hat!!!!
Let’s sing!
Reflection time!
Task
• Do the first two activities in the first worksheet
• Discuss and compare your findings with a partner
• For the third activity form groups of five people and discuss
Let’s report our findingskey no 1
STAGES OF LESSON
1. Greetings (teachers)
2. Greetings (in groups)
3. Practice (individually)
4. Play game
5. Visual – Reading Practice
6. More language input
7. Sing a Song
Let’s report our findingskey no 2
LEARNING OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES
a. activate all your senses and foster social skills
4
b. exposure to meaningful and useful target language
1
c. practice rhythm and intonation 7
d. repetition 3
e. familiarization with written form of target language
5
f. scaffolding of material 6
g. practice in safe mode 2
. take advantage of children’s competitive nature to achieve learning
4
The good thingsabout young learners
No shyness Creative Learning occurs naturally Good memory
The Challenges
Not used to schooling yet Short attention span Emotionally immature Egocentric
What kind of activities?
Stories Fairy tales Games Rhymes Songs Realia
Why songs? They are authentic They help with rhythm and
intonation They are fun
What songs?
Use special songs Introduce them slowly Make them meaningful Resources:http://www.youtube.com/user/teachkidsenglish
http://www.youtube.com/user/kidsfunstuff
http://www.youtube.com/user/KidsTV123
Why games?
It’s not only teaching the language
No play No learning!
The Basics Caring and Sharing Create friendly atmosphere Always encourage and praise Expose to language Be playful and creative Establish routines Think out of the box
Let’s reflect on what we did
How did you feel as a learner ?
Use of mother tongue? Did you get tired or bored? What would you change?
Patricia Kuhl
conclusions
The younger the better Always consider special age
characteristics Be prepared to care and
share Discover the kid inside you
Thank you for attending!
Who are we?
Marina Kollatou [email protected]://blogs.sch.gr/mkollatou/
Anna Varna [email protected]://inyourhands.edublogs.org
