TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS-I
- Course
- ELTE301 - TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS-I
- Department
- English Language Teaching - English - Master
- Course Type
- Scientific Preparation
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 0
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özge RAZI ÇELİK
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
- -
Course Description
Students will understand the differences between young learners (K-6) and learners at other ages (in terms of learning of language structures, skills and sub-skills), misconceptions about young learners; learner styles (e.g. visual, auditory, kinesthetic) and strategies (e.g. meta cognitive, cognitive, socio affective) of young learners; activities (e.g. puzzles, stories, games, simulations) and audio visual aids (e.g. pictures, realia, cartoons, puppets, songs) for the teaching of vocabulary, language skills and structures; selecting and sequencing teaching points and adapting and evaluating materials according to the cognitive and affective development and language level of the learners; classroom management techniques necessary for young learner classrooms.
TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS-I
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
| Item | Type | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Exam | Midterm | 30 |
| Micro-Teaching | Presentation | 20 |
| Final Exam | Final | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
Course outcomes
- 01 Students will be able to (1) list and explain components of active learning according to Piaget and social constructivism, (
- 02 (2) compare collaborative and competitive tasks,
- 03 (3) discuss the role of motivation,
- 04 4) explain how interactional modifications are used in the classroom with younger and older learners,
- 05 (5) exemplify some of the speaking, listening, reading, writing, vocabulary and grammar activities,
- 06 (6) explain autonomy and learners strategies,
- 07 (7) exemplify activities for young and older learners.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the course, The child as a language learner |
| Week 2 | Learning and Development |
| Week 3 | Children learning a foreign language |
| Week 4 | Learning language through tasks and activities |
| Week 5 | Teaching listening and speaking |
| Week 6 | Learning the spoken language |
| Week 7 | Learning the spoken language |
| Week 8 | Midterm Exams |
| Week 9 | Lesson planning |
| Week 10 | Teaching vocabulary & Learning words |
| Week 11 | Lesson planning |
| Week 12 | Teaching grammar & Learning grammar |
| Week 13 | Learning Grammar |
| Week 14 | Final Exams |
| Week 15 | Final Exams |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Pinter, A. (2017) Teaching Young Language Learners. Oxford: OUP
- 02 Cameron, L. (2008). Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge: CUP
- 03 Linse, C. (2005). Practical English Language Teaching: Young Learners. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies
- 04 Moon, J. (2006) Children Learning English. , MACMILLAN, HEINEMANN.
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