How Teachers Can Help Children Learn a Second Language Effectively by the Teaching Satrategies They Use in Class
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE Y TECNICA Nº 55
PROFESORADO DE INGLES
ENGLISH AND ITS TEACHING III
Academic Paper
HOW TEACHERS CAN HELP CHILDREN LEARN A SECOND LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY BY THE TEACHING SATRATEGIES THEY USE IN CLASS
Student:
MONTANARI, JIMENA
TEACHER:
PROF. SARA RACKER
2010
Abstract
Play, imagination and literature are considered essential for children’s whole development. Research shows that they are concerned with the development of abstract thought and creative use of knowledge. This is one of the reasons why school curricula refer to the need to include imagination, games and literature in teaching practices. The role of them in the language class is centrally related to the ways in which people learn languages. There are different strategies in which they can be used in the classroom aiding language development. In this paper, it will be analyzed why it is really important for teachers to introduce them so as to help children develop the learning process successfully.
Introduction
Knowing a second language is essential in the life of any modern person. This is why it is advisable to start learning it at a very young age, preferably at the begging of schooling.
Teaching a second language to young learners is not only a difficult experience but also an enjoyable one. It is difficult because as teacher you always have to find new and interesting methods in order to arouse learner’s interest, but in the same time is enjoyable since teacher is given the opportunity of becoming child again when working with them.
Young learners do not come to the language classroom empty-handed as Halliwell (1993) propose. “They bring with them an established set of skills which help them to learn a second language, such as: • Using limited language creatively • Capability of learning indirectly • Take great pleasure in finding and creating fun in what they do • Have a ready imagination • Take great delight in talking
That is why using
PROFESORADO DE INGLES
ENGLISH AND ITS TEACHING III
Academic Paper
HOW TEACHERS CAN HELP CHILDREN LEARN A SECOND LANGUAGE EFFECTIVELY BY THE TEACHING SATRATEGIES THEY USE IN CLASS
Student:
MONTANARI, JIMENA
TEACHER:
PROF. SARA RACKER
2010
Abstract
Play, imagination and literature are considered essential for children’s whole development. Research shows that they are concerned with the development of abstract thought and creative use of knowledge. This is one of the reasons why school curricula refer to the need to include imagination, games and literature in teaching practices. The role of them in the language class is centrally related to the ways in which people learn languages. There are different strategies in which they can be used in the classroom aiding language development. In this paper, it will be analyzed why it is really important for teachers to introduce them so as to help children develop the learning process successfully.
Introduction
Knowing a second language is essential in the life of any modern person. This is why it is advisable to start learning it at a very young age, preferably at the begging of schooling.
Teaching a second language to young learners is not only a difficult experience but also an enjoyable one. It is difficult because as teacher you always have to find new and interesting methods in order to arouse learner’s interest, but in the same time is enjoyable since teacher is given the opportunity of becoming child again when working with them.
Young learners do not come to the language classroom empty-handed as Halliwell (1993) propose. “They bring with them an established set of skills which help them to learn a second language, such as: • Using limited language creatively • Capability of learning indirectly • Take great pleasure in finding and creating fun in what they do • Have a ready imagination • Take great delight in talking
That is why using
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