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Characteristics
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Attention Span
Intellectual Development Sensory Input Affective factors Authentic, meaningful language |
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Attention Span
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short attention span - when dealing with material that to them is boring
variety of activities - to capture their immediate interest (ages 5-7: 5-10 min. long activities, ages 8-10: 10-15 min.long) T needs to be animated, lively, enthusiastic about the subject matter a sense of humour – to keep children laughing take advantage of their natural curiosity |
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Intellectual Development
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children up to the age of about 11 – “concrete operations“ (Piaget)
children are centered on the here and now (on the functional purposes of language) T should avoid using metalanguage, abstract terms |
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Sensory Input
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all 5 senses stimulated
have them act out things (role-plays) do TPR activities (head, shoulders, knees, toes) projects (exploring a topic and making booklets or displays on it) sensory aids (the smell of flowers, the touch of plants and fruits, the taste of food, videos, pictures, tapes, music) use nonverbal language (gestures...) |
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Affective factors
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- children are extremely sensitive
help them laugh with each other at various mistakes that they make be patient and supportive to build self-esteem but be firm encourage quieter pupils to participate as much as possible |
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Authentic, meaningful language
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language needs to be firmly context embedded (story lines, familiar situations, real-life conversations)
a series of lessons on the same topic – broader context NOT! context-reduced language in abstract, isolated, unconnected sentences a whole language approach (interrelationships among skills) |
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Important sources of interest for children learning languages
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1. PICTURES
- the more clearly visible, striking and colourful the better 2. STORIES, JAZZ CHANTS, SONGS - the simplest and richest source of FL input 3. GAME-LIKE language learning activities |
