Forum: Teaching ESL 
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Forum: Teaching ESL
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 8th, 2010, 10:32 am
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 7th, 2010, 12:49 pm
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Views: 31,587  Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
Hi Sanja,
I think the song with fewer animals is best to start off with. Remember to keep it simple. You can always change the song later or add on more animals if your class can handle it.
I was...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 6th, 2010, 11:34 am
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Views: 31,587 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
Hi again Sanja,
With three year olds, keep it really simple. It used to drive me mad that at Christmas I'd buy a great present for my sons and they'd end up playing hide and seek in the box it came...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Nov 1st, 2010, 09:06 am
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Views: 31,587 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
Hi Beatrix,
It sounds like you're going to have to take charge of what activities your class are going to do and not ask them what they want to do. Have you written up a syllabus for what you want...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 31st, 2010, 01:40 pm
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Views: 31,587 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
It doesn't matter if the books are not in English because the children won't be reading them! They'll be looking at the pictures while you read to them.
You know the stories, so make it up as you...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 30th, 2010, 11:18 am
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Views: 31,587 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
I don't know of any. Maybe you could find some on internet, you'd have to look. Otherwise, you can always use stories like I said above, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Old MacDonald...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 30th, 2010, 01:38 am
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Views: 31,587 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
Sanja,
I just wanted to say again that I think stories are the best way to go with little kids in the 3-5 age range. There is also a great site called Teaching English Games by Shelley Vernon that...
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Forum: Teaching ESL
Oct 29th, 2010, 01:59 pm
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Views: 31,587 Re: first time teaching almost 3 year olds
Hi Sanja,
We spoke to each other on another forum about this problem.
Incidentally, I think that sticking to one theme for 30 minutes is more than enough, lends some coherence to your lesson and...
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