Task 4

Get acquainted with a professional’s experience[1]. Compare these views with those of yours and list which of them you agree/disagree with.

“Given that preschoolers have a very short attention span you are going to need a fresh idea about every 5 minutes! You also need to know how to turn games and activities into language learning opportunities so that the children learn to understand and speak English. Some teachers think that it is enough to keep their preschoolers busy.

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If you are in a situation where you take preschoolers for a few sessions during the week only then you do not want to be making time-consuming arts and crafts during your language lessons. The children will be doing that anyway outside of your language class.

I want to stress that arts and crafts are wonderful valid activities, but that they should not be the main focus if you are there to teach English and you only have limited time.

For example if the children have a half hour time slot for English then you should not spend more than 5-8 minutes of that half hour on colouring or cutting type activities. There are far better ways to impart a practical knowledge of English to the children if you have limited time to do it.

You need a battery of games, activities, stories and ideas up your sleeve so you can stride into class looking forward to being rewarded by great results and happy faces.”