Nice blog to visit with your young learners

http://funenglishsscc.blogspot.com/
A blog created by Duvan Cardona, a student from the Licenciatura program.

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http://www.expresspublishing.co.uk/elt/fairyland/teachers_downloads.html

Attending Jenny Dooley’s workshop in Pereira - Colombia

Building literacy competences in early childhood

Ideas for children learning English

This is a nice video which gives us ideas to help children learn English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td-wzo6EXR0

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Some tips about classroom management

Your voice and body language:

Another fundamental classroom management has to do with YOU and the messages you send through your voice and through your body language.

One of the first requirements of good teaching is good voice projection. You do not have to shout, but you need to be heard clearly by all the students in the room. When you talk, project your voice so that the person sitting farthest away from you can hear you clearly. As you speak articulate clearly.

Non-verbal messages are also very powerful. In language classes, especially, where students may not have all the skills they need to decipher verbal language, their attention is drawn to nonverbal communication.

Let you body posture exhibit an air of confidence.

Your face should reflect optimism, brightness, and warmth.

Use facial and hand gestures to improve meaning.

Make frequent eye contact with all the students in the class.

Do not plant your feet firmly in one place for the whole hour.

Move around the classroom.

Discipline:
Gain the respect of your students by treating them with equal fairness and respect.
State clearly and explicitly to your students what your expectations are regarding their behavior in class, attendance, and any extra-class obligation.
Try to solve disciplinary problems outside of class time.
If you cannot resolve a recurring disciplinary problem, then consult your institution’s administrator.

Establish rapport:
Rapport is creating a positive energy in the classroom. It is the relationship or connection you establish with your students, a relationship that is built on trust and respect and that leads to students’ feeling capable, competent, and creative. And you set such connection by:
-Showing interest in each student as a person.
-Giving feedback on each person’s progress.
-Openly soliciting student’s ideas and feelings.
-Valuing and respecting what students think and say.
-Laughing with them and not at them.
-Working with them as a team.
-Developing a genuine sense of joy when they learn.

Adapted from: Douglas, B. Teaching by principles, 2000