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Introduction |
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This program trains assistants in
learning techniques based on
educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience and meta-analyses.
They work with teams of 5 children and their main tasks are: building their team; building friendship and
building the natural use of the target language. |
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Set-up |
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CLASS SIZE: 15 split into 3 groups
of 5 |
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ASSISTANTS: 1-3 per group |
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LOCATION: a large space such as
the school hall or gym or even outside! |
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TIME: minimum 2 session of 45
minutes a week. |
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MATERIALS: 17-20 chairs arranged
in a horse-shoe shape or u. |
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OTHER POSSIBLE MATERIALS: |
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Overhead projector with wifi |
Bean bags |
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keyboard or guitar |
A singing bowl |
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Coloured cones |
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Basic components of program |
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The program works on 4 key areas: |
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Emergent language |
3. Confidence-building |
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Target language |
4. Emotional
intelligence |
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Classes are like sports training sessions
because they are action-packed and the children
are learning a
range of complex skills which need lots of practice
and repetition. |
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Teaching skills acquired by language assistants. |
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1. Whole brain teaching drills applied to language acquisition |
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2. Reading aloud and story-telling
skills |
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3. Role-play and discussion skills |
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4. Team-building skills |
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5. Language games, warm-ups and drama games |
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6. Motivational skills |
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7. Emotional intelligence development in young learners |
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Generic class structure |
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1. WARM-UP (whole class)~5 mins |
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Whole Brain Learning, language
games, songs, drama warm-ups, voice projection exercises, sentence
building |
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2. TARGET LANGUAGE (whole class)~5
mins |
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Songs, quizzes, spelling games, the hotseat |
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3. EMERGENT LANGUAGE (whole class)
~10 mins |
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Story-telling, acting out stories,
role-plays |
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4. TEAM-BUILDING (in teams) ~10
mins |
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conversation, role-play preparation |
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5. PERFORMANCE (whole class) ~10
mins |
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teams perform their prepared
role-plays in front of the class or share the main points of their
conversations with the rest of the class. |
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6. WARM-DOWN (whole class) ~5 mins |
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musical statues or freeze or another fun
activity or game. |
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TOTAL TIME: 45 mins |
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Links to resources for
language assistants: |
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SYLLABUS |
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FIRST SEMESTER |
SECOND SEMESTER |
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TARGET LANGUAGE |
TARGET LANGUAGE |
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Classroom language
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Spelling games
focussed on word families |
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(with Whole Brain drills) |
Sentence building |
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ABC song and guess
the letter games |
Fluency
and confidence in speaking |
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First level
spelling games |
DRAMA and PERFORMANCE |
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Songs for learning to read aloud |
Drama warm-ups |
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Sentence building |
Voice projection |
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TEAM WORK |
Role-playing,
devising, adapting scripts |
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Friendship discussions |
Reading throughs
and casting |
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Emotional intelligence role-plays |
Rehearsals |
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Reading aloud with stories |
Performing plays
for the parents |
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GROUP WORK |
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Listening to stories |
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Story discussions |
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Story role-plays |
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Voice projection work |
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LESSON
PLANS |
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FIRST SEMESTER |
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I will be adding the class plans starting
in October 2019. |
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