Teaching Children

By Dickey Dick
Teaching Children

1. General Tips
2.EFL Class Tips
 General Tips
Do’s Don’ts
• Children need • Do not show
lots of attention favoritism
• Always say the • Do not expect
truth silence
• Show, not just • Do not reject
say them
• Treat them as • Do not resort to
people future goals
 ESL Class Tips
1. Listening
2. Speaking
3. Reading
4. Writing
listening= paying

attention
• Bring adequate listening material
• Add to the material
• Show the relation among the
sounds
• Present minimal pairs in context
 Speaking= imitating
• Make emphasis on the imitation of
sounds
• Encourage the use of non-linguistic
elements
• Show the importance of stress,
intonation and tone
• Personalize the tasks
Reading= remembering
• Let the children read when they are
ready to do so
• New words are interesting, even
funny!
Do not turn a deaf ear to
your students’ cries for
attention
 Writing= creating
• Do not expect your students to write
freely what they cannot say freely
• Altering/editing model exercises
• Provide all the necessary vocabulary
and structures
• Not completely free writing!
 Using L-1 in
Class
Use L-1
1. to introduce complex topics
2. for serious discipline
3. L-1 will be your students’ point of
reference
 Using L-2 in Class
• Use the language whenever possible
• Introduce new expressions gradually
• Use pauses and gestures
• Make emphasis on stress, rhythm,
and intonation
 Problems & Remedies
Boredom Use variety/try to
offer more of a
challenge

Passivity Ask them to help in

the class

Aggressive Behavior Talk to the student

privately/seek help
from a colleague
Stealing Address this issue
at the beginning
of the course

Lying Tell your students

about the
difference
between lying
and fantasy

Bullying Monitor students’

behavior
Teaching Children can be
a rewarding experience