YOUNG LEARNERS LINKS AND VIDEOS

 YOUNG LEARNERS LINKS AND VIDEOS

These Pre Course Tasks include teacher development workshops and articles on some key areas.

The tasks are designed to provide you with background knowledge and a range of practical ideas in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) before you start your YL Extension course.  

Task 1: The SECRET of working with children

View Carol Read’s recent workshop at:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/carol-read-secret-working-children

Make brief notes on the ingredients of the SECRET and the practical implications for TEYL. 

Task 2: Three wishes and how to make them come true

Read Carol Read’s article from the Teaching English website:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/three-wishes-how-make-them-come-true

Respond to the article by registering on the site and contributing to the online discussion.

Task 3: Background Reading

Read the following articles from the learnenglish website:

           

             http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/stirrers-settlers-primary-classroom

           

              http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/child-a-learner

              http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/child-a-learner-2

Task 4: Background Reading

Read the following texts and highlight the key points throughout.  Make brief notes on the practical implications for TEYLs. 

STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON TEACHING TECHNICAL ENGLISH

 STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON TEACHING TECHNICAL ENGLISH

J. Kadnár

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology (SLOVAKIA)

Studying a foreign language is one of the most important parts of a university study. Slovakia, as a member of European Union, has understood that the necessity of graduates' language competence will increase year by year. Thus, those students who want to meet the market's demands should study at least one foreign language. When English has become the most used language in daily communication worldwide, the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava (Slovakia) decided to provide all the students of the faculty new subject "Technical English". Technical English is a two level English course. Its syllabus covers the core language that students need to be successful in all fields of technical and industrial work. After 3 years of Technical English implementation the faculty decided to find out the students' opinions on Technical English itself. The main aim of the research was to find out what kind of teaching methods students like, what topics students like and dislike during the lessons and the reason of that, how they evaluate Technical English as a subject and what would the students recommend a teacher to meet their demands. The survey was realised in February 2011 and more than 130 students participated in the survey. Within the questionnaire method they evaluated their opinions on teaching Technical English. The results of the survey are interpreted in the paper. This topic has been solved within KEGA Project 031-035 STU-4/2010: "Models of project-based learning at secondary vocational schools".

keywords: technical english, teaching english, questionnaire, students' opinions.

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