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Week 5: Teaching Young Learners Grammar and Vocabulary. Agenda. Homework: Discuss Very Young Learners: Grammar and Vocab Young Learners Activities Go Fish Guessing Games Battleship Movie Segments Posters I Have, Who Has Vocab Cubes Vocab Dialogues . First, two big questions:.
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Agenda • Homework: Discuss • Very Young Learners: Grammar and Vocab • Young Learners Activities • Go Fish • Guessing Games • Battleship • Movie Segments • Posters • I Have, Who Has • Vocab Cubes • Vocab Dialogues
First, two big questions: • Is it OK to make grammar mistakes in class? • Is the teacher responsible for correcting every grammar error?
Answers • Acquiring , Learning • Explicit • Implicitly • Chunks • Fun, meaningful, themes, narratives • Meaning • Error correction, accuracy
Ideas from the Lecture • Pattern Books (Brown Bear, etc.) • Songs (Mr. Monkey) • Classroom commands • “Give out the papers” “Give out the white papers” “Give out the white papers that are on my desk” • Games
Systematic ELD: A Focused Approach • A common American way to teach grammar patterns to very young learners
Think-Pair-Share • What did you think Systematic ELD? • What are the pros of teaching very young learners this way? • What are the cons?
Go Fish! • All ages of YLs, all levels (but better for beginner-intermediate) • Primary Focus: Vocabulary (and some grammar)
Instructions: • Each player takes 4 cards. • Hide them! • Put the rest in the middle of the table. • Take turns. Try to make pairs with cards you have. • “______, do you have a ______?” • “Sorry, I don’t. Go fish!” • “Yes, I do. Here you go!” • Pairs=put the on the table. • Winner=most pairs!
Think-Pair-Share • What did you think of the game? • Pros? Cons? • What grammar forms could you use in place of: • “Do you have ____?” • “Sorry, I don’t.” • “Yes, I do.”
Guessing Games Level: All levels (just adjust) Ages: All ages (just adjust) Objective: • Practice Y/N questions and short answers in a fun way. • Practice descriptive grammar forms. 3. Use target vocabulary.
Variation #1: Magic Bag • Whole Class • 1 student chooses a card and hides it. • Other students ask questions. • Nouns: Is it _____? / Do you use it to ___? • Does it _____? • After 5 questions, students can start guessing the card. • Is it a _____? • Yes, it is. • No, it isn’t.
Variation #2: Play in Pairs • 1 student chooses a card and hides it. • The other student asks questions. • Nouns: Is it _____? / Do you use it to ___? • After 5 questions, the student can start guessing the card. • Is it a _____? • Yes, it is. • No, it isn’t.
Variation #4: Celebrity Round 1: Describe using as many words as possible! Round 2: Describe using only 1 word! Round 3: Describe using only actions—no words!
Think-Pair-Share • Do you think you’ll use guessing games in the future (or have you already done these in class)? • If you want to use guessing games—how will you do it? • What grammar forms could you practice with these games?
Battleship • Ages: All • Levels: Mostly beginner-early intermediate
Battleship • Look at the top table. • Choose 1 box in each row. Draw a “battleship” in the box. • Find a friend to play with you, but don’t look at your friend’s paper! • Decide: Who’s Partner 1? Who’s Partner 2?
Battleship (cont.) • Fold you paper under the first box. • Partner 1 will look only at the top of the page. • Partner 2 will look only at the bottom. • Partner 2 will ask 2 questions for each row. • (Do you have __ on __?) 6) Partner 1 answers • “Yes, I do” = Partner 2 marks an X • “No, I don’t” = Partner 2 marks a dot • Switch roles when you finish the last row! • The winner is the person who “sunk” the most battleships!
Think-Pair-Share • Do you think you’ll use battleship in the future? • Pros of this activity? Cons? • What grammar forms and vocabulary could use with this game?
For beginners . . . • It’s all about filling the refrigerator. • Vocabulary instruction should be thematic. • It should be taught with appropriate sentence frames, too.
For example . . . • Family Vocabulary • Frame: I have a ____ / 1 have 2/3 ___s. • Weather Vocabulary • It is ______. / It is ____ in the _____. • When it is _____, I like to ______.
Beginners • Re-use and recycle vocabulary hundreds of times! • Games, games, games! • Meaningful activities: Songs, books, projects, etc.
Posters • Practice writing: Groups write on them with whiteboard markers • “Teacher, Student”: Students quiz each other using the answers on the back • Sticky Ball or Fly Swatters
Realia • Buy at a teacher supply store or toy store • Bring in real stuff!
Directions • Star person = first • “ I have a/an _____.” • Person with that animal responds. • Answer and question • 2nd Round=timed
Think-Pair-Share • What did you think of the activity? • Pros? Cons? • What were you practicing? Which skills? • Aside from vocab, what else could you teach with this game?
Pinterest—I Have, Who Has • Or “ESL I have who has”
When the refrigerator is filling up . . . • Do more intensive word work! • What does it mean to “own” a word? You know . . • Spelling • Definition • Pronunciation • The part of speech (how to use it in a sentence) • Synonyms/Antonyms • Some common collocations • Count/non-count?
