Table of Contents 1
Unit 1 Children as Language Learners 1
1.1 How do we learn our first language(L1)? 1
1.2 How do we learn English? 3
1.3 The characteristics of children 14
1.4 Children s differences in learning 27
1.5 Motivating children to learn English 45
1.6 Treating children as human beings 47
1.7 The quality of a good English teacher 54
2.1 Benefits of offering English in the primary school 60
Unit 2 Understanding the National English Curriculum 60
2.2 Understanding goals and objectives for primary school English teaching 66
2.3 Developing principles for teaching English to children 82
2.4 Understandingthetarget requirementsforLevels 1 and2 86
Unit 3 Classroom Management 100
3.1 Seating arrangements 100
3.2 Classroom instruction 107
3.3 Dealing with discipline 117
3.4 Starting an English lesson 130
3.5 Organizing the lesson 135
3.6 Managing classroom interaction 137
3.7 Lesson planning 147
3.8 Error corrections and encouragement 159
3.9 Using and creating resources for learning 164
Unit 4 The Techniques of Teaching Children 172
4.1 Listen and do 172
4.2 Listen and speak 177
4.3 Learn to read 189
4.4 Learn towrite 199
4.5 Learn to sing songs and say rhymes 204
4.6 Playing games 211
4.7 Using stories 222
4.8 Using projects 231
4.9 Board writing and stick drawing 246
5.1 Understanding assessment 259
Unit 5 Assessing Learning with Children 259
5.2 Setting up targets and designing assessment tasks 265
5.3 Ways of assessing learning with children 273
Unit 6 Adapting and Evaluating Children s Textbooks 287
6.1 Evaluating Textbooks 287
6.2 Selecting textbooks 290
6.3 Using the textbooks 303
Unit 7 Teacher Development 309
7.1 Teachers beliefs and their practice 309
7.2 Teachers reflection 314
References 327