Teaching English to Young Learners

Module 1: Task 4 – Assignment Template

“A Day in My Life”

Name:
Country:
Grade(s):
Class Size:

Part A: Introduce yourself.

In your first paragraph, answer the following questions:
 What is your name?
 Where do you live (city and country)?
 Where do you work (school or institution)?
 What age or grade level are your students?

Part B: Describe your typical day.

In your second paragraph, include the following:
 From start to finish (between waking up and going to bed)
 Include your typical day in class (describe some of your activities)
 If you want, use this format to write your paragraph.

On a typical day, I do many things. First, I ______________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.

Part C: Describe your students.

In your third paragraph, provide a description about a specific class of young or very young learners that
you will focus on in your MOOC assignments. Include the following:

 Describe your students (number of students per class, age, gender, level of English proficiency).
 How many days per week do you meet with your students? How many minutes/hours per day
are students in your English class?
 What opportunities do your students have to hear or use English outside the classroom?
 Describe the characteristics of your students.

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 I have (number) _____ of students per class. They are (age) ____ years old. (Information about
gender and language proficiency) ______________________. I meet with them (number) _____ days per
week for (number) _________ minutes/hours per day. They have few/many chances to hear and use
English outside of the classroom because ____________________________________. My students are
(describe using what you learned in Module 1) ______________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________

Part D: Describe your classroom.

In your fourth paragraph, describe your classroom environment (tables, desks, chairs, walls, windows,
etc), books, materials, and technology (e.g., computer, smartboard, internet access) available to you in
your teaching context.

 Describe positive aspects of your classroom environment/teaching materials.

 Describe challenging aspects of your classroom environment/teaching materials.

I think my classroom environment is great for my young learners because __________________

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_____________________________________________________________________________________
However, sometimes it is challenging to build an effective classroom environment for my young learners
because ______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________

The AE E-Teacher Program is sponsored by the U.S.

Department of State and administered by FHI 360.