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TBL for beginners and young learners - Coggle Diagram
TBL for beginners and young learners
Using task with real beginners
Helping beginners learn
Working in small groups helps to reduce the fear to use the new language
. For beginners, the teacher's most important general priorities are:
establishes a relaxing atmosphere
Providing a lot of exposure
Building on what they know without expecting perfección
Not forcing them to speak at first
Reassuring them of their progress
Words and phrases before grammar
Initially we need words and phrases not a knowledge of grammar
Can be achieved quite successfully by learners tasks where they use just words and phrases
when the students begin to explore different ways of expressing more exactly, focus on grammar become successful
Adapting the framework to beginners
The TBL framework for beginnes differs from the standard framework:
There is much more weighting given to exposure
The cycle may well consist of sets of short tasks rather than one long one
There is less emphasis put on public use of langurage.
The language focus concentrates initially on words and phrases
Task for beginners
The first lesson: preparation
To start with what learners already know:
International words
Cognates
Words that have become familiar through pop songs, computers, business and other sources
The first lesson: pre-task phase
With learners who don't know each other will begin with simple personal introductions
Keep to the target language, speak as naturally as possible. Usemime and demonstration
Pronunciation practice can make beginners feel more secure
Don't be afraid of pausing now and again to allow learners some thinking time
Task for the First lesson
Classifying
Odd word out
Memory challenge and "Yes or No?' games
Jumbled spelling dictation
Sorting alphabetical letters by name
Sorting words alphabetically
Other task for early lessons
Types of simple tasks
Ordering and sorting
Comparing
Surveys
Listing
Problem solving
Language focus for beginners
Teaching social language
Simply chatting to students socially provides a useful experience of language.
greetings, introductions, saying good-bye and leaving.
Formulaic phrases which can be taught for various social occasions:
Moving towards grammar
Once beginners have got used to hearing the target language, they will feel more confident
A wider range of tasks can then be set
Once beginners have got used to hearing the target language, they will feel more confident.
Make sure learners realise what a lot they have understood and done
Teaching classroom language
Some teachers make a list of expressions into a poster to keep on the wall of the classroom
asking about mganing
asking about spelling
Teaching young learners
Activities for young learners
Listen-and-do activities
Classifying
Puzzles
Language focus for young learners
Matching words to pictures
Sentence building
Stories
Products for display
Children as language learners
Children respond well to a classroom full of colourful pictures and interesting things
Choose items that the children can touch and ask you about.
The first priority must be to let children hear as much spoken language as possible.
It is better to expect children to move gradually from mother to target language use
Change the items around regularly
Teaching non-Roman alphabet beginners
Writing for non-Roman alphabet beginners
Learners can move on to games
Play simple spelling games
To introduce letters according to their shape
Reading for non-Roman alphabet beginners
Introduce the spoken language first.
To organise sets of words
Games matching pictures to a word or phrase.