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October 27 at 2:30pm ·
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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy A warm welcome to today’s Facebook
clinic! Our Lead Educators are here for the next hour answering your
questions live. To get things started here is a question that was posted by
Makom Bo earlier in the week. Makom asked “Please give me some tips on
how to introduce the English language to very young children whose parents
don’t know or speak a word in English?”
Like · Reply · 9 · October 27 at 2:30pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc This is a very good question and I’m sure one
that lots of other people will have. I would suggest using audio books
for stories so that your child can listen and follow along. There are also
lots of stories and songs your child can listen to on the internet. We go
into this in Week 4 in further detail and in the further reading section
there are lots of links to online stories, songs and games.
Like · Reply · 4 · October 27 at 2:33pm
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Bruna Griebeler Should we leave our questions here?
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:31pm
leave your questions here in the comment section!
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:32pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Hi everyone, my name is Tracey and I'm one of the
educators on the course! Welcome!
Like · Reply · 10 · October 27 at 2:32pm
Sarah Reid Hi all, I'm Sarah one of the educators on the course. Welcome.
Like · Reply · 10 · October 27 at 2:35pm
MeLi Aragón I dont understand how this works ... do you have a livestream or
we just post questions here and wait for you to answer here ??? please
explain this to me
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:35pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc That's right, just post your questions here and
we'll do our best to answer them.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:36pm
MeLi Aragón thanks
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:37pm
MeLi Aragón I have a friend that also join the course but she does not
have a facebook account ... in that case what can she do ?????
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:38pm
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Sheona Gilmour Hi everyone, I'm Sheona, lead educator on the course.
Welcome
Like · Reply · 9 · October 27 at 2:36pm
Nora Gonzalez What I want to improve is keep the motivation in 4, 5 year'old
children. They seem to get bored easily.
Like · Reply · 3 · October 27 at 2:36pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Nora, what things do they like doing?
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:39pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Stories and songs are always a favourite with
young children, drama and arts and crafts are also lots of fun and
keep the children engaged.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:01pm
Nora Gonzalez They enjoy a variety of activities but every 20 minutes
or so we have to change and start another thing. I believe that is
normal but sometimes it's difficult for us to find three activities
connected to the tompic of the class clothes, food, animals
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:09pm
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Do Thi Thanh Van Hi, Nice to talk with you. I'm Van, I come from VietNam. I
have some questions to ask you. Thank you for anwering.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:36pm
Makom Bo Hello! Waiting for the live stream...
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:37pm
Lotte Vlootman Hi there! In adult education target language is spoken
language in class. I'm wondering if the same goes for tots, do you use English
primarily and clarify in their L1 when needed? Or start in L1 and build up the
amount of English in each session?
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:37pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc English is introduced in as natural a way as
possible, so yes in a similar way to adults. Little children hardly notice
you're speaking to them in a different language so take advantage of
that!
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:41pm
Bruna Griebeler I have this same doubt...
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:41pm
Anna Khromtsova Tracey ChapeltonBc My 4yearold boy always
notices when I speak a different language in our everyday life and
often he tells me not to speak English and speak Russian. What shall
I do?
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:00pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Anna Khromtsova this is very normal. I
wouldn't worry about it too much. Maybe try and find other ways to
engage him (stories, songs, playing his favourite game).
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:02pm
Anna Khromtsova Tracey ChapeltonBc thank you!
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:04pm
Dolo Abalo Anna Khromtsova in my case my daughter used to
complain whenerver I spoke English to her and she asked for me to
put the cartoons in Spanish. I was consistent in using English and
nowadays this is not an issue anymore! We live in the north west of
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Lulu Wikle At what age can you start teaching a child a second language?
Like · Reply · 4 · October 27 at 2:38pm
Sheona Gilmour Hi Lulu, you can start at any age. The earlier the
better.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:42pm
Sarah Reid Hi Lulu. Interesting question and one I get asked a lot. I
think the key is to think about the difference between teaching kids a
language and exposing kids to another language. With early years
children we really want to aim towards the latter. One of the links in
this weeks course a TED talk by Patricia Khul talks about the
importance of exposing little children to the sounds of another
language and this is really what we want to do. So noto teaching the
little ones grammar and lists of vocabulary but yes to lots of songs,
games, fun activities in another language from as early as possible.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:44pm
Jenia Makarenko Hi, Sarah, my son is 27 months old, I started to
read him in English and listen to songs and rhymes when he was 18
months. He really enjoys the songs, but now when I switch
languages, he says "no, mommy, that's not a car (for ex.), that's ...
(pure the world in L1). How can I help him to get used to more English
words? Or it's just repeating that I can do?
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:59pm
Lulu Wikle Thanks!!! I am from Mexico, and many teachers truly
believe that children in pree school can only learn lexis..
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:01pm
Sarah Reid Hi Jenia, it sounds like your son does exactly what I did
as a child. I used to tell my mum I didn't want to speak in Italian and
she eventually gave up so I never learnt! *sobs*. Well, if he is actually
correcting you that the word isn't car it's... that's actually a really
incredible skill he has got going there already. He is already
translating between L1 and L2. Don't give up he is already doing the
initial stages of the work even if he isn't producing English he
obviously understands a lot so you have done so much. Keep going
with what you're doing.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:09pm
Sarah Reid Lulu Wikle Yes I lived and worked in Mexico for two years
and actually it's the same in many countries. Often also teachers don't
have the level of L2 to teach more than lists of lexis which is certainly
the experiences my nieces had at school learning Spanish and
French. It's really important that we keep educating teachers about the
importance of using language more meanigfully and in whole
sentences just as we would when teaching L1
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:11pm
MH Nguyen Thank you very much for the questions and replies from
our tutors. You said the earlier the child is exposed to the foreign
language, the better it is. I know some parents let their children be
exposed to a foreign language when they were just one or two
months old. Does it affect the children's brains? Do you know any
research related to this issue? Thank you very much
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Marija Misic Mladenovic Hi! Could you please tell me is it a good idea to start
teaching my 4yo English by simply using it around the house, for our everyday
activities? So, to make it as similar as possible to first language acquisition
and what is done in bilingual families. What else can I do to make it more
natural? Thank you!
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:38pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc I think that sounds like a good idea! Try to make
it as fun as possible!
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:42pm
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Lulu Wikle How much does reading and writing in preeschool affect second
language acquisition?
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:39pm
Sarah Reid Hi Lulu, do you mean reading and writing in L1?
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:51pm
Lulu Wikle L2
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:54pm
Lulu Wikle Oh.I am sorry, yes in their mother tongue
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:02pm
Sarah Reid I think if you are going from Spanish into English it can
help. Its difficult for children who have a different script in their L1. I
think at this age though in a lot of cases we are just developing the
basics of writing and reading so mark making and developing motor
skills which helps no matter what the languge.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:13pm
schools, specially private ones about having the children reading and
writing by the time they finish pre school; specially reading. I do not
think that is a good idea...is it?
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:17pm
Sarah Reid I think pressure on them to read and then giving them a
grade on their reading at 5 is not helpful to anyone. But certainly
encouraging reading habits and a love for stories is great. There are a
lot of skills that children will need for reading that we can start early,
such as which way to hold a book, turn the page, running your finger
a long the line as you read.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:33pm
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Priscilla Ospina Hi
What would be an adequate amount of time of actual teaching a week for
ages 35?
Thanks
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:39pm · Edited
Sheona Gilmour The more exposure a child gets the better. It can be
complete immersion or shorter classes. It's all beneficial to lifelong
language learning. Obviously you need to take into account in a class
their attention span with the type of activities you plan. More to come
on this in subsequent weeks of the course.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:46pm
Priscilla Ospina Absolutely I plan on making it as natural as posible,
but also plan to have a structured time during the week specifically for
a lesson.
This is for a bilingual nursery
Thanks a lot
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:50pm · Edited
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Olga Gian Could we spot any differences or similarities between learning EAL
and bilingualism so that we can use this knoweledge for the sake of better
understanding of how English can be acquired by young children?
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:40pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Definitely! First language acquisition when we
are very young has a lot in common with acquiring additional
languages.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:47pm
Sarah Reid Hi Olga. Nice to meet you. Yes, I think there are a lot of
similarities and really this probably should be the aim of our teaching
with early years age groups. Understanding how language develops
and appears in L1 or L2 if it is a bilingual child and trying to create the
same conditions for children learning EAL. So for example
considering that language is developed from a few very meaningful
necessary words, through two word sentence stage would be quite
normal for a child learning their first language and we should help
children do this in the second rather than expecting them to produce
long perfect sentences.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:50pm
Olga Gian Nice to meet you, too! Thank you very much for your
answer!One thing to clear out though: In bilingualism, do we seperate
languages as L1 and L2?I mean, since we have 2 mother tongues,
which one is L1 and which one L2?
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:01pm · Edited
Sarah Reid Yes that is an interesting question and only one we can
answer by knowing the history of the person. Actually a lot of bilingual
speakers will tell you if they think one of their languages is more of an
L2. They usually identify one as being an L2 even if they learnt it at
the same time, and that may be for all sorts of reasons. There is a
great video on TED that helpfully describes the difference between a
coordinated and subordinated language which I think is quite a good
distinction to think about as it focuses on how the information is stored
in the brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmOLN5zBLY
The benefits of a bilingual
brain Mia Nacamulli
YOUTUBE.COM
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:17pm
Olga Gian Great!Thank you!I'll have a look at it!
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:21pm
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lasboris elt Hi Dear Colleagues,
My name is Boris, and I am on the course 'English in Early Childhood: Language
Learning and Development'.
Thanks for this course and my question is
What kind of software / applications could we use {either teachers or parents} within
the educational process with kids?
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:40pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Anything that has stories and songs would be a
good start.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:45pm
lasboris elt Thank you, Tracey.
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Sidra Ammar hello! i want to know if any kid have problem in pronouncing a
certain sound or letter how should you help him? like R sound he pronounce
L sound instead of R
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:41pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc It really depends on the age. Very young
children are still getting to grips with the sounds of their home
language. If they hear lots of good examples, then this will influence
language production later on.
Like · Reply · 3 · October 27 at 2:48pm
Sheona Gilmour Hi Sidra, We talk later in the course about how to
talk to small children but it is best to model the correct pronunciation.
Very small children have to learn how to speak and say certain
sounds in their L1 and can struggle so it's a question of time and not
putting pressure.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:50pm
Sidra Ammar ok thanks
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:51pm
Sidra Ammar how to motivate a kid to learning any language?
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:52pm
Sarah Reid Hi Sidra the r sound if often the last sound children
develop. For example, many children born in English speaking
countries still say 'fwogs' instead of 'frogs' at 8 or 9, so it takes a while
to develop. Keep modellling and it will eventually come.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:19pm
Sidra Ammar Thanks
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:45pm
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Anastasia Shcherbakova Good day to everyone, I'm Anastasia, a teacher of
English,but I used to work with adults mostly.Now, I'm a new mother to my 8th
month old son.
Here's a question: at what age should I try to introduce him to the
language,according to you?
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:41pm
Priscilla Ospina Hi, just thought to give an input, I introduced the
language from birth with my child, so she grew up using two
languages it is never too soon or late . good luck
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:43pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc I agree with Priscilla!
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:53pm
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Bruna Griebeler What books do you recommend to use at home with young
learners to teach ESL privately or for our own kids?
Like · Reply · 3 · October 27 at 2:44pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc I would start with stories. It's always good to
choose one that you like as well. Your enthusiasm for the story will be
infectious.
Like · Reply · 3 · October 27 at 2:52pm
Sarah Reid The same books you would use to teach a child at home
in their L1. A storybook is a great place to start, even if they can't quite
understand it all, help them with contextual clues and pictures and to
get used to listening to the sound of the reading. Then think of an arts
and crafts activity or a game that is linked to the theme of the story.
Google images and Pinterest can help you come up with lots of ideas
for that.
Like · Reply · 3 · October 27 at 2:54pm
Sarah Reid If you want to help develop their motor skills try dotdot
books, colouring books and later books that help children to trace and
write letters
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Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:45pm
Do Thi Thanh Van 1. Vietnamese is my home languague. I want to know how
old is suitable for children to start learning Enlisgh. 2. What is the important of
home language? Should children communicate home language first or
Enlisgh language first if we want their Englisgh good? 3 . What do you think
about home school?
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:45pm
Sheona Gilmour Hi there, The sooner the child is exposed to the
language the better. Home language should always be valued and a
young child can learn both at the same time without any difficulty.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:54pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc It's never too soon or too late. It depends on
your circumstances, but I the home language and English can be
developed at the same time.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:56pm
Do Thi Thanh Van tks our coursre's lead educator.
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Yasmin Hadi Hi Tracey. I was interested to see that in this course Early Years
is defined as 08 years old. I had not seen it go up to that old before. Could
you speak to that?
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:46pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc You might find this link from UNICEF interesting
http://en.unesco.org/.../earlychildhoodcareandeducation
Early Childhood Care and Education
UNESCO’s activities in ECCE focus on…
EN.UNESCO.ORG | BY UNESCO
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:57pm
Yasmin Hadi Really useful. Thanks, Tracey!
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MeLi Aragón Hi there!!! I teach English in a preschool to kids that their mother
language is Spanish and they are 3 to 5 years old. my question is: do you
think is a good idea to also teach children from earlier ages, for example 1 to
2, english? }
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:47pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Hi MeiLi, it's never too soon or too late. When
children are exposed to a language early we can take advantage of
the fact that they don't even realise they are hearing another language.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:59pm
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MeLi Aragón which it is the appropriate age to start teaching English ????
Like · Reply · October 27 at 2:48pm
Priscilla Ospina children can learn from any age, the earlier you get
them used to the sound of the language the better.. I taught my
daughter from birth
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:52pm
MeLi Aragón at the preschool I use lots of songs, fingerplays and
videos and they really enjoy them but some parents are worried
thinking that the kids will get confused in learning their mother
language. what can you recommend me ???
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:56pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Explain to the parents that this is not the case,
children are very intuitive and know the people and the contexts that
each language is for. Developing skills in an additional language will
help them with their mother tongue and vice versa.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:17pm
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Maetzin Fabiola Lozano Is there any kind of course where I can learn how to
use your program (timmy and shaun ) in the classroom? I'm preschool teacher
in Mexico I work in a public school and it would be great to do it!
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:53pm · Edited
Sarah Reid Hi Maetzin. Where are you based in Mexico? If you are in
Mexico City they have several Learning Time centres and if you
contact the British Council I'm sure they would help you see it in action.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:00pm
Apple Shui Hi sounds interesting. How about here in Brunei
Darussalam? Am I able to use your program too?
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:18pm
Sarah Reid Our nearest is Singapore!
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:21pm
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Anna Khromtsova Hello! If a child tries to repeat English words but
pronounces them vaguely, should we correct him all the time or just let him
enjoy his game?
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:53pm
MeLi Aragón hi! in my case I let my children speak out as they wish, I
repeat the words and at end of a school year their pronunciation is
very beautiful.
Like · Reply · 4 · October 27 at 3:02pm
Anna Khromtsova MeLi Aragón Thank you! I won't worry about this
anymore.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:07pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc Hi Anna, I agree with MeLi. We deal with this
later in the course when we look at language development through
play and other activities. Week 3 is all about how to talk to young
children.
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Apple Shui Hi everyone! Ya I want to know the importance of home language
as well. How important is it to have a mother tongue and then introduced
English. If that child holds a strong home language it will be easier to grasp
English as an additional language,am I right? Correct me if I'm wrong. I am
currently using pictures with emotions to show to my EAL children. I always
ask the EAL parent for simple words to say in their home language to support
and settled their child. And by learning and speaking using the child's home
language they tend to settled a little better but still we encourage English
speaking at the end of the day.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 2:56pm
Sheona Gilmour The home language needs to be valued and young
children can learn both languages at the same time. You can introduce
English and it won't affect their mother tongue.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:02pm
Apple Shui Thanks Sheona Gilmour! Will keep that in mind!
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:03pm
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Laura Cordovan Hi! I'm Laura, I'm a history teacher from Mexico who wants
her daughter learn English as a second language.
I have two questions:
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Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 2:59pm
Sarah Reid Hi Laura. I would suggest you help your daughter at home with
English in the same way you did with teaching her Spanish. You nailed it the
first time round so use exactly the same methods again. Talk to her naturally in
English, give her a reason to use it, play in English, take part in activities in
English together, and repeat things a lot! Your friend's daughter is a clever girl.
Our brains never stop learning and although they are more plastic (can
change more easily) when we are little they always keep learning. Once
immersed in another language children will begin to use it with ease.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:04pm
Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy It’s great to hear all your thoughts and
questions. Keep them coming in! Earlier this week Vanessa Behrendt asked
"about the use of the mother tongue in the classroom if the teacher is
proficient and the student is distress by an urgent need to communicate.’ What
do you think of schools that impose ‘English only’ policies?"
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:09pm
Sheona Gilmour We have to above all think about the child especially
if they are distressed. There is no black or white answer. It depends on
contexts, the age of the child, how much exposure they have had to
English. Obviously more exposure the better equipped they are to be
consoled in English but we do have to value the home language and
their social, emotional wellbeing is paramount.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:12pm
Lulu Wikle Not a good idea. Sometimes L1 is needed. by repetition
and daily usage of classroom functions the child will eventually start
communicating. Plus, if the teacher speaks the target language and
the children respond, I think the objective is being achieved.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:12pm
Sarah Reid Also important to think about what is being said in the L1.
For example, is the child asking to go to the toilet? Responding to the
L1 request is immediately necessary and then perhaps afterwards
helping to model the sentence 'Can I go to the toilet please?' . If the
child is asking for the blue pencil in L1, and you know they can say it
in English perhaps this is the moment to encourage English before
handing over the blue pencil.
Like · Reply · 3 · October 27 at 3:26pm
Ekaterina Sokolova Hello, I need your advise or you opinion in my situation.
My baby was born in Thailand , she is 4yo and her mother toungue is
Russian. She speaks Thai quite well an also she learns English in
kindergarten and I teach her also. She can answer simple questions in
English and knows a lot of word . She can write letters all languages and
knows albhabets. A am trying improve her Russian language skills and at
home we read and speak Russian. I just afraid if it isn't too much for her and
may you reccomend me to read some books according my situation. Is my
daughter bilingual or threelingual?
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:13pm · Edited
Tracey ChapeltonBc I think the most important thing is that she is
happy. She probably loves reading stories with you and speaking to
you in Russian, so unless she is complaining keep going!
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Lei Elaine Chen Hi, I'm Lei. I am from China and my daughter is one year and
half. I tried to speak English to my daughter as much as I can. My mother in
law and my husband also speak to my daughter a lot but they mainly spoke in
Chinese. My question is: is there a possibility that since I mainly speak
English to my kid, this would negatively affect her acquisition of Chinese? I
definitely do songs, and dance, and games much better with her than my
husband and my mother in law. So, my daughter is getting songs, dances,
stories in English more often than in Chinese. Is that a problem? Or since she
has other ways of learning Chinese, her Chinese would catch up? Thank you.
Like · Reply · 3 · October 27 at 3:11pm
Sheona Gilmour Hi, You live in China so your child will get lots of exposure to
Chinese from her environment and everyone around her. She is enjoying her
time with you in English. Her Chinese will catch up.
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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy Lei Elaine Chen
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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy Here’s another question for the
educators that was asked earlier this week. This one is from Soraya K. Felix
who asks ‘What is the best way to teach English to children who are not yet
fully literate?
What is the process of learning for a child under 7, 8 years? What she must
first learn: words or expressions?’
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:16pm
Sheona Gilmour Hi, We will be looking at Learning through play next
week in the course. I hope you enjoy and please remember to
comment.
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Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy I think we have time for a few more
questions so here is a great question asked by Nuria Martinez earlier today,
who asks: “What do you think it's the best way to explain parents why their
children could learn English at such a young age? Parents at my school come
to my lessons with their children, which I think it's a beautiful way to create a
bond, and they are sometimes afraid because they don't know what we're
going to do and they don't want to try. How can I tell them they don't have to
worry because it's not like learning at high school?”
Like · Reply · 4 · October 27 at 3:23pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc That's great that the parents are coming to
class. In week 2 we'll be looking in detail at how children learn through
play. Playing is a great way to relax and there are many ways to
exploit language through play.
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Alena Bykova Hello! What is the basic scheme for a lesson for two year old
children?
And I have my lessons twice a week with duration of 10 mins. Is that enough?
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:27pm · Edited
Sheona Gilmour Hi Alena, next week on the course we will be looking
at learning through play and you will see some very young children in
their English class. This will give you an idea of the type of activities
suitable for 2+.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:27pm
Alena Bykova Thank you!
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Isabel Calle Hi, I teach early childhood, I teach kids in age 3 to 4 and I have a
co teacher, who is also the english teacher to my kids. My questions is... how
can I support her in their processesof learning English withmy students?
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:29pm · Edited
will give you some good ideas.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:34pm
Isabel Calle Ok thanks!!
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Achoka William How can I help a child with a problem of letter recognition?
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:25pm
Sheona Gilmour Hi Achoka, in order to really answer your question
we would need more information about the child. How old is the child
and what is the first language and how much exposure do they have to
English? There are many ways to work with children and letters early
mark making, with different items for sensory play but it all depends on
the age and circumstances of the child.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:31pm
MeLi Aragón Sheona Gilmour have the same question. I have two
kids like this they both are age 4 and they dont like to speak and they
are widely dispersed. the parents dont want to share what is wrong
with them. what can you suggest?
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MeLi Aragón Hi !!! every day I plan different activities for children, is this a
good idea or should I handle the same activities for a longer period ???
repeat, repeat, repeat
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 3:25pm
Tracey ChapeltonBc I think a mixture of both. Children love variety,
and they also love repetition, so if they are enjoying something, stay
with it. If they are getting bored, change.
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:33pm
MeLi Aragón thank you
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Alena Bykova And one more question. I have a group of boys from 3 to 4 and
the lesson is always a disaster. Because I can't keep them quiet, we don't
have chairs, we sit on a mat. And since I speak only English with them they
prefer not to listen but just run, fight etc.
Like · Reply · 3 · October 27 at 3:26pm
Sarah Reid Hi Alena. I'm sure it isn't a disaster and don't worry about keeping
them quiet. We want to encourage them to communicate and communication
isn't quiet! How about you harness some of that energy. Could they play
football in English? Build a car ramp for toy cars in English? Maybe they could
lead you with what they like to do and you just use English while they take
part.
Like · Reply · 7 · October 27 at 3:29pm
Alena Bykova Thank you for the idea.
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Sheona Gilmour Thanks everyone for taking part.
Like · Reply · 4 · October 27 at 3:34pm
Learning Time with Shaun & Timmy Thanks to everyone who has
participated by asking questions and to our educators for their answers. This
is the end of our Facebook clinic but don't forget that you can ask questions
and participate in the discussions throughout the course. Look out for our next
Facebook Clinic which we'll be hosting in Week 5.
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lasboris elt Thank you!
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MeLi Aragón Hi ! thanks for the experience with my coworker
Isabel Calle we were discussing that it would be better if you do a
livestream for week 5. that way we can hear and get to know all the
questions and answers and don't miss anything. once more Thanks!
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Tracey ChapeltonBc Thanks for taking part. Bye for now.
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lasboris elt Thank you, Tracey!
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Makom Bo Thanks too for answering our questions!
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:36pm
Lulu Wikle Thank your for your answers!!
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:37pm
Paola Quercia Hello everyone. Nice to be here. I'm Paola, italian, mother
of Diego, who will be 2 years old next January. Despite I'm not a teacher, I'm
trying to speak english with my son, everytime I can do it (whhen I'm at home,
during weekends, when I am not too tired...because I need to focus a lot). I
learnt english at school, and I'm not very good at it (since I dont use it in
everyday life), but I am really interested in improving and theaching my son
the best I can do. I'd like to introduce him in english vocabulary and "sounds".
My husband doesn't speack english at all. What can I do to improve with him?
We already watch cartoons in english, but not too often.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:38pm
Lidia Critchley My boys learn a lot from watching cartoons in English
when they were little. Reading to them stories in English also helped.
On Youtube are lots of little songs and chants for kids which they love.
Like · Reply · 1 · October 27 at 5:24pm
Lidia Critchley Hi Paola! When they were little, my boys learnt a lot
from watching cartoons in English. Also you can find on internet little
songs and chants which todlers love. My niece is playing English
songs to her 11 months old daughter and she loves them.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 5:27pm
Paola Quercia Lidia, thank you. I also use free downloads from BBC
radio.
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Do Thi Thanh Van Thank you so much.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:39pm
Sarah Reid Thanks all. Nice to meet you
Like · Reply · 2 · October 27 at 3:39pm
Isabel Calle Thanks too is a good experience and know doubts to orhers help
very much!!
Like · Reply · October 27 at 3:42pm
Gabry Et Stefy Hi I guess I was late......
Like · Reply · October 27 at 4:31pm
Gabry Et Stefy Nice meeting you all. I'm mother tongue English and I have
always spoke to my daughter in English. She understands without any
problems but something I was afraid of has happened. She would interact
with me in English without any problem. Now that she goes to preschool (here
in Italy) she probably uses more Italian than English; therefore, she uses less
more English even though I continue speaking to her in English and show her
cartoons as well.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 4:37pm
Ayumi Sekiguchi Amoabeng I'm a mother of two children (4 years old boy
and 6 months baby girl). We are living in Japan. I'm not an English natibve
speaker and my husband is a native speaker. At home I use Japanese
language to our children and my husband mostly use English. Our 4 years old
boy always replies only in Japanese when my husband talks to him in English
because he knows my husband understands Japanese. There is no reason
for him to speake in English. However I want him practice more to speak in
English and wondering how we can do that. Please advise.
Like · Reply · October 27 at 5:01pm
Mohammed Khaliduzzaman How we should welcome children on the first
day of school? as a parent I notice my daughter was bit frighten and unhappy
on her first day, On the other side, after sending her school I was worried if
she made her teacher unhappy or how they handled. But as a teacher what
technique we should apply at this first day of school?
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Aggeliki Antonaki Hello, I am an English and French teacher, living in Greece
at the moment. I am bilingual as I was born and raised in Montreal. I now have
two daughters (2,5 and 5) and I have started teaching them English. They
speak Greek only, should I talk to them exclusively in English and their dad in
Greek ? Or should I have a few hours during the week that I teach them
english , more formally, and continue with Greek the rest of the time? I do not
know what is best. I am afraid they will get frustrated if they do not understand
me.On the other hand lessons lessons could also have drawbacks. I would
really appreciate your input.
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Nazia Salman its an amazing platform to learn and share the experiences.
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