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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy A warm welcome to everyone joining
today’s Facebook Clinic. The lead educators from the course are with us for
the next hour, so feel free to ask any questions you might have. To get things
started here’s an excellent question from earlier in the week that was asked by
Mirella Baird: “what to do with a child who starts classes saying they hate
English. Some of them, even the little ones, seem to arrive with preconceived
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towards a more positive learning position?”
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lasboris elt Hello, dear Colleagues and Educators!
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Tracey ChapeltonBc Hi everyone and welcome!
Sheona Gilmour Hello everyone and welcome!
Graciela Jiménez Hello!
Gabry Et Stefy Usually I always had children that were interested in English. I
have only one doubt. When a six year old tells you that they haven't
understood because obviously it's not their first language, what are we
suppose to do? I usually ignore the question and repeat......
Tracey ChapeltonBc Hi Gaby, it's very normal for children not to
understand. It sounds like a good idea to repeat. Also using gesture
and mime helps, or perhaps a visual clue (photograph or flashcard,
pointing to the object or colour).
Gabry Et Stefy Thank you!
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lasboris elt A question:
My children are eager to learn English and do it. However, the progress is
quite slow. What to do? To move forward to a new series of words and phrases
or repeat current ones until they memorise them?
Tracey ChapeltonBc Take it slowly, they need time. You can always
move forward exposing them to more language, it doesn't mean they
haven't taken in what you were doing before, they just need time to
produce the language. Keep the learning meaningful and interesting.
lasboris elt Okay, Tracey thanks a lot!
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Iliana Georgieva Hello, I wanted to ask if there are any benefits of letting my toddler
watch his favourite movies in English and Spanish, as I want him to study another
languages, too ? Or it's not a meaningful interaction. Thank you.
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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy Here is another question from earlier in
the week this one is from Natalia Munoz, who asks: I am working as a
educator at school. In classroom we talk to the children in English, the child is
able to speak simple words as book, pencil, colour, weekdays, Halloween
characters... Even they know say:
I can go to the toilette? Also, understand when I give you instructions like:
close the door, open the window, turn the light on / off... But...
My question is...... in home, the child speaks in their mother language only with
their parents. How can we help to develop their second language? What can I
do to make them talk at home?
Lidia Critchley Books. If the child can take home books in English from
school (books from library) he/she can talk with the parents about the
images from the book. I had parents who helped the children with their
reading as well, but it depends if the parents have any English
knowledge.
Tracey ChapeltonBc Yes Lidia, this is a great idea and it will depend
on the parents' knowledge of English, but even if they don't
understand English, they can still show interest and ask their children
to tell the names of some of the things in the illustrations in English.
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Olga Gian Why do I find it difficult to start introducing English to my 20 month
old son although I know I should be patient with him, not expecting immediate
results?How should I start?In his L1, apart from the usual, mommy, daddy, he
produces a lot of nonsense syllables...Thank you in advance!
Tracey ChapeltonBc Hi Olga, the most important thing at such an
early age is exposure, do things with him that he likes doing (in
English), things like singing nursery rhymes and songs, interacting with
him while he is playing with his favourite toys. He's still getting to grips
with his mother tongue, so it's important to be patient. He may not be
physically able to produce some of the sounds in his home language,
so the same would go for English. Focus on his listening skills and
don't pressure him to produce anything, he will surprise you one day
with all that he has picked up!
Olga Gian I definetely do not push him!!Thank you so much Mrs
Tracey!!
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Sheona Gilmour There are lots of ways to practise at home even if the parents
can't speak English. There's a number of online resources like songs and
stories online and especially in Youtube where there are lots of good
storybooks being read. Then there is watching children's cartoons in English
too.
Graciela Jiménez Parents can learn along with the kids
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Alena Bykova My daughter does not want to hear English, she is almost 3
and she knows her mother tongue on a good level and when I start speaking
English she asks me to stop. She likes watching videos in English and that's
all unfortunately. If there is any way to change her mind? Thank you.
Jenia Makarenko The same with my 2,4 years son I asked this
question on previous clinic but didn't get the answer.
Sheona Gilmour You need to continue with videos in English because
she likes them. Play with the things that really motivate her and read
stories that she loves. Give her time to process and lots of exposure
but don't force her or she will end up not liking English.
Natasha Gerasymenko I had the same situation with my son (3,5
y.o.). He attended English school for toddlers. It looked pretty much
like on the videos from the course. It helped with motivation. He liked
playing there. And also we went to see a friend of mine with her
bilingual daughter. Now we are speaking English at home.
Sometimes he is tired from it. It is okay we can speak Russian any
time. And I am at this course to learn what I can improve.
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Natasha Gerasymenko I wouls add I had to lower my expectations hoe
quickly my son will start to speak English. And I lowered amount of
English I speak so as he would feel safe.
Tracy Dumais I hope you don't mind me jumping in on this one
Sheona but I think I have an insight for Alena and Jenia. I just
happened to read this on Facebook... and I have had the same issues
with the children I have taught (I work for the British Council and help
out the Early Years team too but I work in Thailand!). Listening to
English in videos is very safe, however when mummy starts to speak
English it can be a little bit scary... for many possible reasons. Maybe
she is afraid mummy sounds different and might 'be' a little different in
English. You know how someone's personality can seem very different
when they speak a different language? Also face to face
communication takes a bit more courage and she isn't quite ready to
reply. Maybe if mum uses only single English words first, and when
that starts to feel safe mum tries two words, red ball, big dog etc. But
take it slow and put your child's sense of safety and comfort first. Good
luck!
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Alena Bykova Thank you. I think that it's about comfort. She knows
that I speak her language and I think it's really strange for her to hear
another language from me. Thank you for your help)
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Natasha Gerasymenko Let them watch cartoons in English
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Sheona Gilmour Yes. Not for hours on end or by themselves. It can be
another shared activity where you can watch together and comment on
the story.
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Graciela Jiménez I would like your advice on how to approach teaching two
kids at the same time, age 8 and 12. The youngest doesn't like English as
much ( so far) and his sister is able to express herself in past, present and
future tenses. She is very good at it. What kind of activities do you recommend
so the boy gets some basics while his sister can improve and doesn't get
bored? Thanks!
Tracey ChapeltonBc If the sister knows a bit more, maybe she can
help teach her younger brother.
Graciela Jiménez Thanks Tracy.
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Namira Seyidova Does the term key person refer only to the educational
settings? How to be a key person if anyone (mother) is homeschooling? It's
difficult to be a teacher and a mother at the same time.
Tracey ChapeltonBc Hi Namira, The term 'key person' is used in the
UK to describe the person who consistently cares for a particular child
or group of children in their early years setting. The key person can be
a teacher, teaching assistant, childminder, nanny, creche worker, etc,
so it's not a different person, i.e. in addition to being an
educator/childminder they are also the key person for whichever
children have been assigned to them.
Although 'key person' may be an unfamiliar term for many people
(especially if you are not working in the UK), if you are the only person
teaching a group of children, then you are effectively their key person.
The important message is that, in order to learn, very young children
need a trusting and warm relationship with a familiar adult, someone
who really knows them and genuinely cares about them, be that at
home, in their early years setting or in the English classes they have
twice a week.
Tracey ChapeltonBc Namira to answer your question about being a
mother and a teacher, a child's first teacher is their parents or carers,
so if you are a mother you already are a teacher.
Natasha Gerasymenko I am a mother and a teacher for both of my
kids because I want to be the keyperson. I already know them well
and it is easy to teach because I know what makes them Tick!
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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy Questions around speaking English at home
have been common this week on the course. Here's one of those questions from
Vedhavlli Gopalakrishnan who asked: In classroom we talk to the children in
English. The child is able to speak simple words and form a simple sentence. But in
home, the child speaks in their mother language only with their parents. Then how
can we help to develop their second language?
Sheona Gilmour In Youtube there are lots of great stories read aloud
so the parents just need the title of the book and they can lsiten to the
story and ask the children questions about it in their home language
and they can also tell you what story they listen to. Any physical
storybooks with audio and children's TV programmes in English. Again
I'd encourage parents to watch and discuss these the programmes with
the child.
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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy Here's a question from earlier this week
that came from Angela P Santos, who asked: most of the children that i have in
the nursery speak a second language and most of them just speak English at
the nursery, so its a bit difficult to work as a team with the parents. is it enough
for them just to speak English at the nursery?
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Tracey ChapeltonBc It depends on the circumstances, but if it's
possible to get an interpreter to work with the parents, this could help,
or perhaps there is a teaching assistant who speaks the same
language as the parents. This all contributes to good communication
between the parents and the educators. The important thing is to make
the parents feel welcome and give them the opportunity to be involved.
In terms of it being enough to speak English at the nursery, there are
lots of resources on the internet (nursery rhymes and songs), and story
books with audio for developing language, for those parents who can't
speak English but wish to help their children at home.
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Graciela Jiménez Do you think preparing memory cards to practice phonetics
it´s a good idea for the 8 12 years old? My idea is letters , g , c/k/ck, b... and
names of things..green, cat, ball...so if the get the letter they say the sound and
play to match it with the word.
Sheona Gilmour I think as long as the children find this game
motivating and it is age appropriate. Children usually love playing with
the sounds of English.
Lidia Critchley If the students enjoy the game, it is a good idea! Try
also BINGO with phonics. My 5 year old students loved it!
Graciela Jiménez Thanks!
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Оксана Невзорова Hi dear educators! I would like to say you THANK YOU
for all your work! I enjoy every week, and my observation journal is going to
turn into a big encyclopedia soon :)well, my question is on how much time it
can take the class for 1year old children?I have never taught such little kids
and I want them to feel comfortable.
Tracey ChapeltonBc There is no right or wrong answer to this.
Obviously the more exposure to English the children have, the better. If
they are doing playbased activities and spend all day in the setting,
then there is no reason why this couldn't all be done in English. Bear in
mind that for adultled activities (stories, rhymes, games with rules,
dance and movement activities that require the children to be focused)
a child's attention span is very short 23 minutes for a 2 yearold,
maximum 15 minutes for a 5year old.
Оксана Невзорова Does it mean that I can speak English with them
while going through our activity?
Tracey ChapeltonBc For 1 year olds everything will have to be
through play or daily routines with the educator speaking to them as
they interact in the most natural way possible. Stories could be told
onetoone and nursery rhymes and songs introduced based on the
child's interest.
Оксана Невзорова I mean to organize our activity in English.
Tracey ChapeltonBc In week 3 we deal with playbased activities.
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Оксана Невзорова Thank you very much for your answer! In fact I
don't worry about WHAT to do, I worry how long I can do it
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Gabry Et Stefy Thank you for all the help you are offering us! I truely
appreciate it!!!
Sheona Gilmour Thank you for all your comments and participation.
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lasboris elt Thank you very much for our conversation and your kind support
dear Educators!
Ulanova Ulanova Hi! I'm looking for some practical resourses: list of the songs
which kids really like cause you know it's a long long way to check it yourself
) I read a book with songs for kids but in fact children don't like almost all of
them %) So I need the information from people with a great experience: what
songs do kids really like? And the same about lists of games, colourings,
cartoons, animation, movies (cause concerning the stories I think now I have
the list from recent comments, thanks again!) Also if smb knows resourses in
the web with all this informarion that would be great!
Tracey ChapeltonBc Hi Ulanova, there are lots of activities (songs,
games, stories) in week 4 Step 4.15 'Want to know more?' in the Mooc.
I hope this helps.
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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy Thanks everyone for your interesting
and thought provoking questions. Thanks as well to our lead educators for
their insightful answers. That brings us to the end of today's Facebook clinic.
Make sure you catch the end of week video on FutureLearn this Friday. Make
sure to like the page for news and updates on early years English and
Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy.
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Tracey ChapeltonBc Thanks for all of your questions and goodbye!
Sheona Gilmour Thank you everyone. It's been a pleasure
Graciela Jiménez Thank you all!
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