English in Early Childhood MOOC

Many of the articles I’ve shared these days come from an on-line course I’m doing. I find it very interesting and easy to follow as it is mainly short videos and a selection of recommended articles. It focuses on teaching English to very young children, and the education specialists that guide you along work for British Council in different countries. Here are the contents of the course:

What topics will you cover?

How children learn

• Early childhood development
• Children and language acquisition

Learning through play

• The importance of play
• Creating the right environment for play
• Developing language through play

How to talk to young children

• Encouraging emotional development
• Developing language through interactions

Learning: English and everything

• Developing the whole child
• Learning English in context
• Guiding the learning experience

Positive relationships and enabling environments

• Helping children feel safe and happy
• The importance of knowing the child well

Watching children learn

• Every child is unique
• Observation
• Assessment in the early years
• Planning: building on what children can do

I think you can still join if you’re interested. Click HERE.

Learning through play

This booklet has been compiled to provide guidelines on provision and progression in play. Teachers can use this resource as a starting point for their planning. Also, it gives you lots of ideas for activities, resources and materiales you can use in your class.

I hope you find it as useful as I did.

Powerful interactions in the classroom

“Your interactions with children affect how they feel about themselves and how they learn.”

I really liked this article about the exchanges that take place in the classroom, and how to get the most of teacher-student interactions.

How young children learn English through play

Here’s a great article to help us understand how children can learn a new language through play.

MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Please visit!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know about my facebook page where I share interesting articles, videos and information about teaching English, bilingualism, and education and childhood in general, in my 3 languages: English, Spanish and Lithuanian (hence the name “Trilingual treasures”).

Check it out! Please, LIKE and SHARE if you are into it!  

The SECRET of working with children

Here’s a wonderful talk by CAROL READ on some key aspects to take into account when working with children.

Source: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/carol-read-secret-working-children-1?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-teachingenglish

Article about THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION

I’ve just read this article about the future of education and several new tendencies that are taking place, and I found it really interesting.

Here are some excerpts:

“Around the globe, economies are shifting away from machine-focused industries and toward human-powered creative industries. Many adults are caught in the middle of this awkward shift, educated for the industrial age but trying to make a living in the information age. In an uncertain moment, they can be nervous about letting young people find their own way forward.”

“John Abbott, director of the 21st Century Learning Initiative, has thought a lot about these issues and surmises that society must decide what it wants to be: interconnected individuals responsible to a community or a world filled with “consumers,” dependent on products, services and authority figures. Shifting to an education model that produces people who thrive on interconnectivity will take a dramatic revisioning of society. But that type of shift might be just what is required to ensure that the education children receive in the future meets that dramatically different end goal.”

To read the full article. click on the image below: