Teaching children English: a training course for teachers of English to children

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Teaching Children English focuses on an activity-based approach. It examines the educational and linguistic needs of children and provides an overview of appropriate classroom techniques. It highlights the importance of effective classroom management and organisation and supports teachers in the management of classroom resources. The book provides extensive practice in lesson planning in terms of language aims. There are ten chapters each dealing with a specific aspect of teaching methodology and classroom practice. Each chapter has a theme-based approach for the task content and includes stories, rhymes, songs, practical tasks and language tasks. Methodology and classroom practice issues are related to these themes - examples include festivals, animals, storytelling and measuring.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Establishing common ground: Attitudes and approaches to teaching children
• Chapter 2 Starting points
• Chapter 3 Building up a teaching sequence
• Chapter 4 An overview of teaching techniques
• Chapter 5 A balanced teaching diet
• Chapter 6 Comprehension, errors and correction
• Chapter 7 Classroom management and organisation
• Chapter 8 Visuals and other teaching aids
• Chapter 9 Content and curriculum
• Chapter 10 Observation, assessment and records
• Resource File
• Notes for trainers
• Trainer's appendix