Kindergarten Whiteboard Activities

  So speaking activities will come in many different forms but we can generalize them into three basic types. Control activities tend to be used in the study phase and here, the teacher will be helping the students in terms of what they need to say and how they go about saying it. So, there's a high level of structure within a controlled activity. A guided activity has slightly less structure than this and it can be used in either the study or the activate stages themselves. The final type of activity or class of activity is called creative activity and this one would be used in the activation phase. In a creative activity, we're giving a scenario or a very small amount of structure and we're asking the students to actually create their own answers to this particular question....  [Read more]

Teaching EFL in a Kindergarten My experience as a bilingual kindergarten (Spanish/English) teacher has demonstrated the ability children have to learn two languages in an immersion program. Through a well-structured program including reading, journal writing and phonics (Aranjo) my students acquired a broad vocabulary and the ability to communicate with confidence to their peers and adults. The curriculum is presented to kids in a fun exciting way including storytelling, song, chants, games, rhymes, movement, dance, cultural lessons and holiday celebrations (Faust). It is essential to commit to the faithful implementation of the English learning program for the minimal 45 minutes a day to provide the consistency and practice needed for their success. Brain research supports the belief...  [Read more]

  Just to finish off this particular section on lesson planning, we're going to go through a couple of procedures that should take place during the study phase periods, particularly when we're doing the activities. It is quite important that before we actually go into a study activity that we go through a process of showing how that activity is going to work and one acronym that is often used for this is D-E-GO. The D part of this stands for a demonstration of the activity. Now, it's very important that you don't try to explain how the activity is going to work but rather you actually demonstrate the process. An example of the demonstration of the process of the activity could be something as simple as taking the first question and using it and writing it on the board. This will...  [Read more]

  These 10 teaching ideas for the past simple tense will encourage your students to use the language in fun communicative ways. Grammar lessons can often be quite daunting and boring for students so it is important to have activities that students will enjoy doing. These ideas offer plenty of student-to-student interaction and allow students to draw on their own life experiences as well as encouraging them to use their imagination. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching....  [Read more]

  So, having elicited this particular structure, what I'm now able to do is to move on to the actual study activities. Typically, they will be in the form of worksheets to check that the students actually understand this information. So, I might prepare three activities. They may not do them all but, for example, I could prepare these three study activities. So, the first one is going to be a fairly straightforward matching activity, where perhaps they match the subject to its correct verb "to be" in that part of the sentence. The second one is going to be a gap fill. For example, I might use this verb here and ask them to complete a sentence using that verb, so that I can check that any spelling changes that take place are correct and the final one is going to be an unscramble,...  [Read more]

  Throughout section on the teaching of productive skills and the teaching of receptive skills our activate activities will usually involve some form of game and our final consideration here will be the use of games in the classroom. We can start with a definition of what we actually mean by a game and it basically has three components. A game is an activity that has rules it should have for its purpose in the classroom a teaching point and by nature to the fact that it's a game it should also include an element of fun. So that will be our working definition for a game that we're going to use in the classroom. There are many different types of games and they range between the competitive and those will require cooperation and there are all sorts of games that involve both of these...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Distance TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K. Y. - Hong Kong said: Teaching EFL in a Kindergarten in Hong KongTeaching EFL in a Kindergarten in Hong Kong is an exciting opportunity to introduce young learners to english. Firstly, it is important to understand that in Hong Kong, local chinese children usually start nursery school by the age of two years. Even in the pre-kindergarten years, the nursery school curriculum is generally quite structured, and includes bilingual lessons in both english and Putonghua (Mandarin or Cantonese). Outside of the school...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about College TESOL International and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.H. - Germany said: Teaching ESL in a KindergartenThis article will outline the benefits of children learning a second language at the kindergarten level (in this case english) and review some of the recommended methods of teaching english to this age group: 2-6 years. There is an increasing trend for kindergartens to offer a second language. english is the primary choice. The benefits of having ESL at an early age is supported by quantitative and qualitative research and linguistic experts....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Hikone and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: There are 15 different teaching aids used to make the lessons more interesting and engaging. The most common are white boards, overhead projectors (OHP), visual aids, worksheets, DVD videos, and sometimes an interactive whiteboard (IWB) depending on the facility and the facility's budget. Whiteboards are the most common aids because they are good for keeping students' attention and easy to write on. The OHP is used frequently to teach a lesson and to go over feedback together after written exercises....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Port St. JoeCounty Seat Florida and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In order to make lessons more attention-grabbing, effective a wide range of methods can be used. Some of the resources are whiteboard, OHP, IBB, visual aids, worksheets, CDs, videos and so on. Certainly there exist several rules of using a whiteboard for instance, clearly writing, highlighting key points, unnecessary parts cleaning, only putting necessary information and etc. In terms of using Interactive whiteboards, a teacher should understand that he needs back-up plan, well-trained...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Remsen Iowa and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit covered classroom teaching aids and resources. The unit covered older tech (blackboards, whiteboards, overhead projectors, cassette recorders) and new tech (computers, interactive whiteboards, video cameras, DVD players, online resources). I have been introduced to the teaching aids mentioned here, but haven't had more than an introduction to IWBs while in my graduate courses. Many of these materials are simply obsolete with computers in the classroom. My rooms currently have a computer, large tv...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Zhuzhou and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: There are many types of teaching equipment/aids that teachers can use in the classrooms. To name a few, there are white/black board, interactive whiteboard, overhead projector, visual aids, worksheets, CD player, dictionaries, computers, online resources, etc. The most important one would be the white/black board, because the board can be used for many different purposes, such as drawing, writing, attaching things on, projecting overhead transparencies, etc. Interactive whiteboards are also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bray Oklahoma and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 17 discussed equipment and teaching aids. There are a lot of resources available to enrich the teaching and learning experience, such as whiteboards/blackboards, interactive whiteboards, overhead projectors, CDs, DVDs, course books, and computers. Most likely to be used frequently is the whiteboard/blackboard, and for this it will be important for me to remember to write large enough for all the students to be able to read, as well as clearly so they can understand, and to only write down the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Colleges TESOL Certificate and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.K. - Holland said: Teaching EFL in a KindergartenTeaching english as a Foreign Language (EFL) is a challenging task and teaching young children brings a whole new set of challenges. However it also often found the most rewarding of all student classes to teach. Teaching EFL in a Kindergarten would require a very different approach then teaching EFL to older children or adults. This is due to the limitations of their comprehension skills, their unique character and the special role the teacher plays...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cheap Value TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.B. - South Korea said: Teaching EFL in a KindergartenTeaching EFL in a kindergarten – the thought strikes fear in some people and in others (such as myself) it screams life, fun, energy, excitement, games, joy and a rewarding job! In the following essay, I will draw on my personal work experience to argue the pros and cons of ‘Teaching EFL in a Kindergarten.’ Let’s begin by taking a step inside a Korean Kindergarten Hagwon or english academy with monolingual students. Students at a Kindergarten are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Amber Michigan and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Equipment and Teaching Aids are commonly used in the classroom as a complement to the textbooks. The board (preferably a whiteboard) is the basic piece of equipment a teacher needs to effectively draw the student?s attention during a lesson. Equipment such as overhead projectors, cassette recorders, video cameras can also be used to complement course books, worksheets and dictionaries. However these are now being replaced by more modern technologies such as DVD players, interactive whiteboards,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Baotou China and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit explored the various pieces of equipment teachers can use to effectively educate their students. Described were traditional methods, such as the whiteboard, visual aids, and cassette recorders. Ways of teaching that have become more popular over the last few decades were also mentioned, like computers and interactive whiteboards. What I learned in this unit were the correct usages of the conventional whiteboard. This is the most prominent method with which I have practiced, and I was not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Darlington Wisconsin and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: There are many different things that the teacher can use in the classroom to help students learn. You may use the whiteboard, but be sure to not use capital letters and to only write relevant information on it. You may also use digital whiteboards, but be sure to have a back-up plan in case of technological difficulties. You may also use cassette recorders, but make sure that everything works ahead of time. You may also use video cameras/smartphones to record students, but make sure everything...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification United Kingdom Stockport and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In this unit I learned about various electronic equipment that can be used in a language classroom. This includes more familiar devices such as radios and dvds, as well as more recent innovations, such as interactive electronic whiteboards. While electronic equipment gives the teacher more tools to conduct a lesson, the teacher should not rely to much on such devices. However, these devices can help make the teacher's instruction more efficient - teachers do not have to write or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Richlands North Carolina and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: As far as teaching resources and types of resources, this unit didn't teach me anything I didn't already know as a teacher. I use a whiteboard daily as well as an overhead screen. My school doesn't have a Smart Board, though I'm familiar with it and think it is a fabulous tool to get students more interactive with the lesson. Small individual whiteboards are also quite useful in the classroom for kids to participate along with the lesson. The best part of this unit was the list of on-line...  [Read more]