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Maximizing children’s language potential – Episode 3: A STORY
In the previous article of the series dedicated to teaching pre-school children aged 2-7 we presented our approach to using TPR in an ambitious way. This episode will be focused on using stories with children – stories, which are very often the core element of many...
Maximizing children’s language potential – Episode 2: TPR
In the previous article in the series dedicated to teaching pre-school children aged 2-7 we presented our approach to exploiting songs as a valuable source of language for this age group. This episode will be focused on the TPR method. All episodes were published in...
Maximizing children’s language potential – Episode 1: A SONG
This is the first of a series of ten publications dedicated to teaching pre-school children aged 2-7 that appeared in the Teacher Magazine in 2013. Each article presents a different aspect of an approach which aims at maximizing children’s linguistic potential, often...
5 TOP FLASHCARD GAMES in YL classroom
You may dream of finding new and interesting flashcard games every week to make your students more and more motivated. But the truth is that once we introduce a REALLY good game, children will continously ask us to repeat it. So, why not? Below I'm presenting TOP 5...
TAKE AWAY CORNER 4 – Storytelling for and with very young learners.
This is the fourth* of a series of articles for teachers of very young learners, linking highly-practical, tried-and-tested activities by Ola Komada (Teddy Eddie) and ELT methodology background notes by Grzegorz Śpiewak (deDOMO Education). *this article was first...
TAKE AWAY CORNER 3 – colouring, pen-to-paper exercises AND/ OR … speaking in English?
This is the third* of a series of articles for teachers of very young learners, linking highly-practical, tried-and-tested activities by Ola Komada (Teddy Eddie) and ELT methodology background notes by Grzegorz Śpiewak (deDOMO Education). *this article was first...
TAKE AWAY CORNER 2 – motivating YLs
This is the second of a series of articles* for teachers of very young learners, linking highly-practical, tried-and-tested activities by Ola Komada (Teddy Eddie) and ELT methodology background notes by Grzegorz Śpiewak (deDOMO Education). PART 1 by Ola Komada In...
TAKE AWAY CORNER 1 – involving parents
This is the first of a series of articles* for teachers of very young learners, linking highly-practical, tried-and-tested activities by Ola Komada (Teddy Eddie) and ELT methodology background notes by Grzegorz Śpiewak (deDOMO Education). PART 1 by Ola Komada In my...