Teaching EFL to Children: Classes Achievements: Introducing Reading

The importance of teaching English to children

The importance of teaching English to children

It is needed to teach English since Preschool, because at this grade the children are very receptive to knowledge. Several theorists like Montessori said that at an early age, the kids are like sponges that absorb everything from the environment. Besides Piaget and Vigotsky, highlight the influence of the external stimulation and interactios on the learning.

According to this, it is really important create an English environment for preschool and elementary students, with the purpose of get the students used to the language, making more familiar for them the English sounds and pronunciation, through words and expressions; improving gradually their interaction with the foreign language and making it more easier to be learned in the future, with the complexity that arise, like grammar structures and skills development.

Providing a "Natural" learning of the English by creating a natural environment since Preschool, with joyful and entertain English activities, motivate and get involved the students in the learning process. Those activities can have reading and speaking tasks according to the level, grade and age of the students; can be brought different and useful topics and assessments to teach English to children, through materials like storybooks, toys and many things which the kids feel attracted to.

Introducing reading to Preschool and Elementary.

Developing the reading skill in childhood can have great benefits in the learning of a foreing language like English. At young ages the grammar and reading comprehension is not really settled, that is way the stories,tales, and storybooks are promoted to be the best expression of the reading skill for preschoolers and elementary students.

I have made a conceptual map for you, summarizing the theory about the introduction of reading to take account if you want to approach your students to reading.

I have made with some classmates, a short storybook, based on the movie by Pixar "Toy Story". The books is for 5-7 grades, so is very simple and is focused on verbs and talks about friendship. The idea is apply all the theory and start to create our own material for class. You can cheek it at this link if you want:

http://www.mediafire.com/?s3pcz22bydd2884

I'm no owner of the images and characters used, they belong to Pixar Animation Studios , this is a material created in class with non-profits purposes.

I leave you a good link to cheeck reading activities:http://www.eslflow.com/readinglessonplans.html

The importance of teaching English to children

Introducing Reading

Introducing reading to Preschool and Elementary.

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