TEFL: Teaching English as a foreign language to children

1. Welcome Video: If you're watching this course, you probably pursuing a career in TEFL or trying to teach your kids whose native language is not English. Either way, I am ready to ensure you are in the right place. My name is John, and five years of international teaching experience haven't given me the opportunity to share this knowledge about TEFL with you. If you are in a way, the tuition Some country. This course is about kickstart, your curry. I am a certified teacher or the solid experience in guiding learners in a classroom setting of up to 20 students. I also possess an applied knowledge of various educational approaches. So what is generally the meaning of the temple is some form of teaching English to people whose first language is not English. It takes place in a country where the first language is not English. Examples would be teaching English in Mexico or teaching English in Cambodia. So what is Tesla? Tesla is teaching English to non native speakers in a country where English is their first language. E.g. teaching English to Italians in England. And now, when we know all the terms and conditions, we're ready to begin. Let's start. 2. After You Finish This Course: The main question you have to ask yourself is, what happens after I finished this course? Firstly, you gain some knowledge on teaching techniques, child psychology, and class management. Now remember, this course is mostly about teaching English to a young learners. It's always nice to start the TEFL journey from this step. Secondly, you will be ready to pass that cephalic Sam. I'm sure some of you may want to bring your career up to the next level. And what's better than becoming a qualified expert in this field. And lastly, you will enjoy it. The prospects of the tear film career. Maybe you will find yourself wanting to teach in Vietnam or Costa Rica. That would be great. I will also let you know some little techniques when becoming a teacher, real world. And now to the course, we will start from the theory. What are the best ways to develop English for students? What should you always bear in mind when teaching a child how to juggle the reading, writing, listening, and speaking will be covered in following lessons. Finally, I will share some lesson outlines. This is about practice. How do you start the class? How to divide the topic into pieces are what tissue material to use in a classroom setting. I'll be honest. I wish I have this information when I started. And you are the brave wise if you decided to sit down and learn more about TEFL. So are we ready to start? 3. Theory: Language and Literacy: Welcome back to the TEFL fundamentals. This lesson is about language and literacy development. But before we start, I have to share some important information about early childhood education. It is essential to know that children start to learn language from the day they are born. They grow and develop. Their speech and language skills become increasingly more complex. So they learn to understand and use language to express their ideas, thoughts, and feelings, and to communicate with others. During early speech and language development, children learn skills that are important to development of literacy. Reading and writing. This stage, known as emergent literacy. It begins at birth and continues through that preschool years. Childrens see and interact with print, e.g. books, magazines, grocery lists. In everyday situations. E.g. home in preschool and take care. Well, before they started elementary school. Parents can see their child's growing appreciation and enjoyment of printers. He or she begins to recognize words. That's why I'm scribble with crayons. Point out logos and street signs and name some letters of the alphabet. And gradually, children combine what they know about speaking and listening with what they know about print. And they become ready to learn to read and write. And now we are ready to talk about language and literacy. There are three main points in this lesson. Fissures and challenges of TEFL. What do reading, writing, and speaking, and got to do with language and literacy. And I will share with you some curriculum tips that quote that you see right now on your slide is in Mandarin. That was one of the most common sentences I've heard while teaching English as a foreign language to children in China that basically can be translated as, what did you say? The TEFL challenges will sometimes result in unique experience in possible difficulties of literacy and language development. Teachers are always advised to anticipate the potential for these difficulties and develop the awareness and skill to support EFL students and make adaptations to support students are successful progress. Oral language and literacy development is always supported by student's native language. All young children come to school equipped with a foundation in knowledge and learning from home. Development and learning begin in the first language. And it is in this language that children begin to construct their own knowledge and form meaningful communicative relationships. So successful early childhood programs acknowledge and build upon this prior knowledge. Wherever possible, you are EFL students should receive their initial instruction in their native language. But again, it always depends on the curriculum. Now let's have a look. What's a reading, writing, and speaking gotta do with language and literacy development. Reading is a language-based skill and requires that children have many opportunities to see words, say words, and practice works. These actions helped children to understand the meaning of words. Words are most often learned as preschoolers talk with their teachers and listen to stories being read. Research shows that children who are aware of the sounds that make up words are much better readers. When children to sound out words, they're gaining phonological awareness. When teachers read the children, they have the opportunity to share the meaning of words in the book, as well as have children repeat the words and sound them out. Books are undeniably at the cornerstone of language and literacy development for young children. Books, together with the relationships that children have with their families, is how children gather the information needed to make sense of the world around them. It is important that children have access to books and opportunities to look at them and read them over and over again. It is important that children have people to read books to them. This activity fosters meaningful relationships with others. Children who are able to develop these relationships also develop the social skills that allows them to concentrate more fully on all domains of learning. Before learning to write. It is important that children practice tracing and drawing with a pencil. So again, basic pencil controls kills. These activities, lead to the ability to form letters and numbers. Provide your child with opportunities to trace and draw in a fun and motivating format. Progress from straight vertical lines to more challenging lines, such as curved zigzag end diagonals helped children appreciate the connection between language literacy and rising. Teach them something practical like holding a pencil properly. This can be an amazingly challenging task for a child who is still developing the fine motor skills required for problem manipulation of utensils like pencils, scissors, helped children to use a relaxed rather than cramped movements. Demonstrate how to properly grip the pencil between the thumb and pointer finger. Lifting the pencil, arrest on the middle finger. Teach them the skill gradually so that your child retains interests and does not become overly tired. Keep the writing lesson short. Five to 15 min is plenty of time for practice. And now to the speaking part, try to develop a show-and-tell format. It group time, teach children how to share the basic information about themselves. E.g. you can implement into your class a toy or a character that answers your questions later. The same character asks children the same questions. Moreover, developed circle time activities that allow children to take turns in conversations. Listen to what children have to say to you, as well as to their peers. Talk was children have meaningful conversations that get them thinking. Use big words around children and be prepared to share the meanings of these words, not to challenge, but to inform and increase children's vocabulary. Also, share your thinking process with your students. Think out loud. The development of a teacher's instructional approach is an important part of the curriculum. Each approach provides a seizure, the guidance necessary to support children's early learning and development without digging deep into those approaches, I will try to share some curriculum skills that I've gained throughout my whole career experience. First, language and literacy are connected from infants hip on the one. Speaking, listening, reading, and writing development together rather than one after another. Secondly, the acquisition of language and literacy skills is social. It happens because young children, once we interact and communicate with others. Third, literacy learning occurs during meaningful interactions. Experiences and activities for children differ in how and how fast they learn. Some language and literacy learning happens naturally during play and everyday experience. Some depends on explicit instruction from observant and sensitive adults. And six, differences in children's home language and culture can affect literacy development. Classroom literacy experience should always value fitness differences. And now to some practical tips. First one is very obvious, but position yourself on child's eye view when you're talking to him by her. Second, always show empathy and laugh. Third one, don't forget to make personal observations that will help you to understand every child better. Also makes sure that you're always providing children with various teaching material so that they can fully enjoy the class. And the last one, customize your learning environment. Think of ways that you can incorporate materials that's accessible and native to your particular geographic location. Think about inventions that you and your colleagues can create that meet the needs of your particular school and classroom. Also let the inside and outside of your school and classroom or reflect what is important to you and the children. Finally, I think it will be reasonable to summarize all the theory that you've heard today by this beautiful quote, children see magic because they look for it. I'll see you on the next lesson where we will talk about theory, implementation and practice. Thank you. 4. Practice 1: Teaching Plan: I'll show you that sampling that will help you to teach fell the way that children will enjoy it. Because remember, if you chose teaching, your ego dissolves and it's all about kids. This outline is more planned and is used in many teaching centers all around the world. It starts like this. Imagine you have a numerous type of topics you had to teach your students throughout the whole school year. Colors, professions, animals, winter. What you do is take one topic and give it a teaching or week, five days. Of course, if you're not restrained by your teaching department on this one. And each class is a 30-minute, one-hour class with a small break in-between the process. Now again, this is a very useful way to teach kids specific topics. But of course, you are free to tweak the procedure depending on their involvement and interaction of your students. Villa since you are given are Introduction, expansion, consolidation of one, consolidation to review and assessment. Let's say we start from Monday. Introduction time. You are introducing a child to this topic. Nothing crazy. Next is Tuesday expansion. Here is where a child tries to dive deep into this topic. Your role as a teacher is to involve a kid into this beautiful journey. Implement a reading games on developing gross motor. If you're able to go to use an outside space, there will be even better. Consolidation. One, It's time to work on memory, rising crafts and hand coordination. Also, don't forget about the alphabet. Consolidation to bringing some joy inside the classroom. Piano, maracas, guitar thing, the topic sung using these instruments. If you can also have fun with flashcards. And finally, Friday review and assessment. Generally, you can use a little bit of everything from previous lessons, tried to observe if kids actually enjoy the week and remember the information today, you got the chance to know that overall teaching plan. Let's make it easier for you and make a separate lesson on each class from introduction to review and assessment. Because remember the last time, not only the curriculum outline is a broad spectrum of skills. From using your voice and gestures to knowing when to laugh with your students. And knowing theory and implementing it into the practice is what makes a teacher a gentleman, professional. I'll see you next time. 5. Practice 2: Lesson Plan: Our first lesson, author teaching week is the introduction. Their routine is following hello bowl and Song time, showing cell introducing flashcards, alphabet activities, one, rising, exercise and bye-bye. Let's linger on this. First is hello bowl. Imagine it's your first class ever. Now, mainly up to 50% of children may refuse to respond to a stranger in a classroom. What you do is find an assistant, a classroom teacher, or an adult to throw a ball to. If there is no one around, you use a toy or a doll and repeat the same action with that. After this, you can start your class by saying hello to each kid individually. If someone does not want to respond to you, don't force it, just smile. Give me a high-five and proceed. After saying hello to everyone, you can turn the musical and chant together. Always remember that a child's home comes with T p. What is it? Basically, it's the way children can memorize and understand a song by using gestures and movements. The example is showing on your screen right? Now. Second step is Show and Tell. Again. You may need the adult to assist you and a microphone. Make sure you introduce more sentences as your students progress. The mutation of the process is on your screen. Right now. You love your family. You like flashcards. Make sure you have a good amount. Laminated cards. There are various types of games you can implement. Playing with flies, waters, tab and say jump and say throwaway sticky ball and say, where is. As you kids memorize the material, you implement other flashcard games, make your students pronounce words and reward them afterwards for Alphabet. Alphabet activities. Always fun. For the first time. You can introduce a song that represents this letter, e.g. if it's a letter a, you can say alligator has an apple, but then introduce kids to the special worst of this letter. Teaching phonics requires special training and mentoring. In my opinion, if you're a beginner in the education world, don't rush. First. Again, they experience and then learn how to teach phonics step by step. If you'll need writing exercises or even flashcards for your class, go visit super simple. And always remember what I told in the theoretical part of this course. Keep the rising lesson short, five to 15 min. Now let's head to the second lesson and see what you need to know. Expansion. Hello bowling sometime show-and-tell or reading gross motor and vocabulary words have that reading activities and how to contact them. First is understanding the level of your students. If it's the class of two three-year-olds, just read them a story. Feel free to repeat certain phrases and sentences like beautiful princess or It's a red dog. However, if you are dealing with 45 six-year-olds, then it's the right time to teach them sight words. What are those? Site courts will help students to learn reading by memorizing separate wards and collocations. E.g. the sentence is on your white board. His name is Teddy. Children using their point fingers and your dictation, repeat. His name. Is Teddy. Always feel free to ask them a question. What's his name? His name is Teddy. Now, to games on gross motor, Use flashcards from that topic us eating while developing this skill is always advised to teach vocabulary by using tunnels, hula hoops, balls, and toys. Third day of your teaching week is consolidation. One. This is where we include writing, craft, and memory activities. Writing can consist of tracing, coloring, matching, and identifying exercises. Their goal is to develop fine motor skills. Don't forget to provide your kids with rising exercises according to the topic you are teaching. Crafts can always be found on super-simple dad. Now, therefore, memory exercises are designed to include the vocabulary, the game sound, clap, clap, boom, What's missing? Where we say Guess who, heads up and etc. Zai number for consolidation to. Here, I advise you to teach NFL using rhythm and sound. Again, if you feel that you want to pay attention on something else, feel free to do so. Remember, we use a cool mnemonics is one of the best ways to memorize anything from words to poems in consolidation to every child has a chance to be a star, to hold the mike and singular topic song out loud. But what about a flashcard games? You'll ask me, don't worry. After you introduce kids to a cavalry, they are now ready to play musical chairs, dark, dark, cuz musical freeze and etc. Day number five, review and assessment. It's time for your students to shine. Bain mind. The goal of this lesson is not to assess, but to observe the progress. Later on, you must keep your teaching plan in balance depending on your student's skills. Make sure you observe objectively and communicate with parents to enhance their children's development? That was everything getting. It's now about my TEFL class procedure. I'll see you the next lesson where I'll explain how to be a teacher in a real world, from financing TEFL jobs to a classroom, management. Bye. 6. Practice 3: Tips: Helpful advice for TEFL, teach first, number one, as you become an educator, you will realize that the two approaches to early childhood education. First one is teacher directed. It is seen as a drill and recitation approach. Second one is child's initiative. It is when a teacher assumes the role of a coach assisting children on how to play, I prefer to mix both approaches. Number two, rewards are always good. High fives stars. Thinkers, however, don't do it frequently. Research shows that if your students always anticipate the reward, they might quickly lose the will to learn and memorize stuff. Number three, class behavior. Previously, I described how a simple toy can help you to break the ice. Well, the same dole can help you to establish so-called classroom rules. We don't fight, we don't jump from tables, and so on. Number four, if you feel that your school blacks teacher materials, go talk to your supervisor. Generally, schools are often willing to cover such expenses so you don't need to spend a dime. Number five, blending a telephone jump. Over the past year, I have managed to receive job offers from various countries. Everyone knows, work-related websites are always useful. However, my tip to you is to contact and employer directly over the e-mail or message. If you don't know where to start, just go make yourself a list from your top ten countries. Then go to Google and start researching. What are the top schools in those cities? Find their numbers, email address, Facebook pages, and contact them. This brings me to tip number six, heavier CV, cover letter and a reference list prepared and tailor it to every job you applied for. I hope you found this helpful and I'll see you in the next last lesson of this course. 7. Thank you and goodbye: Thank you so much for taking this course. If you found it helpful, please share it with your friends. I'm looking forward to receiving your reviews and I hope the next step for you will be getting certified and having a TEFL job. I wish you the best of luck. Bye.