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It‘s great to use songs and games in class if only to do something a little different but beyond using them solely to give your students light relief, there are many other things songs and games can be used for in EFL classes. Simply they can be used...
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15/01/2023 Mohamed Ramadan
TEFL to Young Learners
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The complex question that most teachers often ask themselves is: Should we educate to motivate or motivate to educate? In other words: Which comes first; education or motivation? When motivating young learners, we are paving the way for their education and this applies to teaching in general. A...
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30/08/2022 Mohamed Ramadan
Motivation, TEFL to Young Learners
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This article tackles some problems that teachers who teach young learners may face and suggest some solutions to these challenges. Challenge #1: Young learners concentrate only for a short time Suggested Solutions: Use various interesting activities. Exploit their curiosity and always ask them questions. Be lively, humorous, and...
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30/03/2022 Mohamed Ramadan
TEFL to Young Learners
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A story is something that everybody is familiar with. The majority of people used to listen to stories and like them very much. Children also enjoy stories and like to listen to them. Advantages of Using Stories Stories give many opportunities for children to practice everything they have...
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16/07/2020 Mohamed Ramadan
TEFL to Young Learners
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Stories are effective educational tools because they are believable, memorable and entertaining. Children usually enjoy listening to, reading and telling stories so the use of storytelling creates a good learning environment. The Benefits of Using Stories in Teaching Children According to (Ellis and Brewster, 1991, p.1) in The...
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17/03/2020 Mohamed Ramadan
Lesson Planning, Teach Reading, TEFL to Young Learners
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Do you think we should exclude the mother tongue from our English teaching completely? Do you think the mother tongue is useful on occasion, only if we cannot use English or it is a useful and effective resource that we should use frequently to facilitate the learning of...
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01/03/2020 Mohamed Ramadan
TEFL to Young Learners
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Characteristics of Young Learners Young learners are children who are developing quickly as individuals. learn in a variety of ways, for example, by watching, listening, imitating, and doing things. are not able to understand grammatical rules and explanations about language. try to make sense of situations by making...
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16/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Professional Development, TEFL to Young Learners
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EFL is taught in most countries as a compulsory subject. However, most students in these countries do not show good English proficiency or ability in using English in daily-life communications. It may mean that there is some kind of failure of TEFL in these countries. The following are...
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23/02/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Lanaguage Teaching Approaches, Professional Development, TEFL to Young Learners
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Language learning is not easy. It takes time and effort. Games can sustain students’ interest and work so they ought to be at the heart of teaching the foreign language. Perhaps they are often used as short warm-up activities or when there is some time left at the...
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20/02/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
TEFL to Young Learners
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How to be an effective English language teacher? Keep the following pieces of advice in your mind to realize your desire. 1. Be enthusiastic! Don’t do it just for the money. Students appreciate a teacher who shows genuine interest in teaching. Teachers who are not, should consider moving...
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25/01/2019 Mohamed Ramadan
Professional Development, TEFL to Young Learners
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