Effective Teaching Strategies

Play

Playing allows young learners to explore, create and figure out how the world works. They learn by playing with language, making up new words, and trying out different ways to say things. They learn by singing songs and playing games.

Games

Before choosing the game the teacher considers the following questions:

-Which skills does it practice?

What type of game is it?

What's the purpose for using it?

Does it fit the students? How could I simplify or make it more complex if necessary?

How much interaction and participation is there?

Do I like the game myself?

Stories

Teaching with stories can be a great way to involve your learners and give them context for using and learning language. Picture books are valuable for teaching vocabulary and reading skills to young learners. You can tell young learners fables, fairy tales, or look for stories from their culture that have been translated into English. It has been shown that children understand stories better when you use repetition, actions and ask simple questions while telling the story.