| Teaching ESL to children is
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| | working in groups
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| challenging but also very rewarding.
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| | and in pairs.4. Review, Review, Review.
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| Before I walk into a
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| | New information is absorbed and
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| class of 10-year olds, I take a deep
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| | has meaning when it is related to
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| breath. Children have
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| | information students have
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| no attention span AT ALL, and so I tell
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| | already learned. Quickly review new
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| myself to slow right
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| | concepts at the beginning
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| down before I start. Teaching children
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| | of each class.5. Encourage students to
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| requires patience and
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| | correct themselves and other
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| a sense of fun and playfulness. Even
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| | students. Self correction or
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| though it seems
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| | self-regulation is an important
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| obvious, a common mistake is to think
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| | part of learning. Students should be
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| that children are
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| | encouraged to ask, "How
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| simply 'short adults!' This is sure to
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| | am I doing?" and "Am I doing this
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| get you off on the
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| | right?" in an open and
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| wrong foot!Here are some tips for
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| | non-judgmental environment. Children
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| teaching ESL to children:1. Involve
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| | raised in
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| Children in an hands-on Activities.
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| | authoritative cultures may need
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| Children's
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| | additional re-inforcement.6. Use what is
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| minds are incredibly open and they learn
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| | learned in different contexts. The more
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| by absorbing ideas
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| | contexts used the better, and the more
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| and concepts directly. Children need to
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| | concrete and 'real
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| be actively
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| | life' the contexts the better. Make it
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| involved. Get students up and out of
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| | real for students by
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| their chairs and moving
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| | talking about them and their lives.7.
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| around. Sing songs, and play games.2.
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| | Praise, Praise, Praise. Encourage and
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| Avoid talking for long periods of time. I
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| | build students up
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| find that the
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| | in a natural way. Learning occurs when
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| energy level of the classroom drops
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| | students are
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| lower and lower. Explain
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| | motivated and feel good about
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| an activity quickly and then go to it.
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| | themselves.Looking back on my years of
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| Keep the energy
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| | teaching, the children's classes
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| moving! If your planned activity is a
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| | took a bit of getting used to, but were
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| flop, move on. Keep a
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| | the most memorable
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| few extra activities handy for this
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| | and fun!George and Daisy Stocker have
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| purpose. Children need
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| | traveled the world teaching
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| lots of stimulation all the time.3.
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| | ESL to children and adults. Their
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| Children learn by interacting with each
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| | website, offers ESL curriculum,
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| other and with
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| | including textbooks and Storybooks for
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| the teacher. Try to talk to each child
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| | children age 7 - 12. Their adult ESL
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| individually each
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| | site, offers ESL activites and
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| class. Whenever possible, have children
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| | curriculum for adults.
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