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The Importance of Including Songs into the Classroom Activity - TEFL Blog
Tue, 03 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Importance of Including Songs into the Classroom Activity
To call oneself a good teacher is not only about knowing the most efficient teaching methods - creativity is very crucial for maintaining the learner's interest through the lessons. Teaching languages there is all different kind of learners and each with variating motivations and reasons. Characteristics that should be highly considered especially for the selection of your creative tasks. But there are two facts: First, music is something most people like and feel connected to – no matter which country they are from or if they are old or young. Second, songs indeed can be very helpful for learning languages. Apart from exemplifying the use of vocabulary and grammar... [Read more]
Differentiating Teaching Based on Learner’s Maturity - TEFL Blog
Mon, 12 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Differentiating Teaching Based on Learner’s Maturity
For this task, I have selected learning modes: Young learners v.s. Adults. When teachers are instructing students, they should first think about how to instruct them using the best methodologies to make learning best or what factors or aspects of learning they should consider for their classes, such as student motivation, previous learning experience, language awareness, behavior problems that could arise in class and the students' life experiences. All of the above factors can be divided by many different students, but it has been shown in this course that these facets are predominantly divided by young learners.
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The Use of Songs in the ESL Environment - TEFL Blog
Wed, 15 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Use of Songs in the ESL Environment
The use of songs in teaching English to children is an effective method that many parents and teachers are now teaching their children. Because of the benefits that teach him through song. Children love to listen to children's music because of their cuteness and closeness. Therefore, if children start to familiarize themselves with English songs, they will surely learn easily. The fun, lovely melody of the song will help your child not be bored. Also, it will help children practice pronunciation more accurately. English songs often use familiar, familiar phrases in everyday life. Therefore, music helps children to have good listening and reflexes when communicating with foreigners.
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Songs in the Classroom: How to Create a Positive Environment and Achieve Teaching Goals - TEFL Blog
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Songs in the Classroom: How to Create a Positive Environment and Achieve Teaching Goals
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once said "Music is the universal language of mankind" and it is still widely accepted today. Any language uses words to create sentences that convey messages with different tones and emotions as well as music does. Thus, bringing music to an English classroom is one good way to inspire the learners. There are tons of techniques or ideas involving music and songs that can be applied to any part of a lesson plan. It is available today in the form of online resources to use as a guideline for teachers. However, there are some arguments about how this strategy can be time-consuming and taking away the interest out of a... [Read more]
The Benefits of Implementing Songs and Music in the ESL Classes - TEFL Blog
Wed, 17 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Benefits of Implementing Songs and Music in the ESL Classes
For the summative task for this course, I decided to research the use of songs in the classroom. The use of songs interests me because it seems that this is a good medium to provide some variety in the classroom and develop interest. Songs and music can also be used with all age groups, although of course whereas singalongs may be more appropriate with very young learners, other activities such as lyric breakdown are still very useful for older learners.
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Motivation
The 9 Benefits by Lynch
Pronunciation Training
Developing Language Aspects
Using Songs with Older Students
6 Steps to Make a Song Accompany the Lesson Context
Songs for Adults
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4 Reasons Why Using Songs in the Classroom is Important - TEFL Blog
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 Jon ITTT
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4 Reasons Why Using Songs in the Classroom is Important
We all probably know, that music has no language. It is kindly welcomed by all nations equally, as well as all races, ages and cultures. So how can music or songs help us to teach English and to do it more effectively?
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Music aids memory
Songs can teach vocabulary
Music provides clear patterns to follow
Using songs and music build rapport
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Why is Music in the Classroom Very Important? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 04 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Why is Music in the Classroom Very Important?
Music plays an important role in our life. Music is also considered a form of international language. Everybody can enjoy and understand music. For children, the music brings back a lot of useful things. Therefore, songs are a great way for children to learn English. Singing, Playing, and Listening to music/songs every day is extremely important especially when you are teaching young learners. As we all know that repetition is the key to learning, so songs are the best way to help them learn English while having fun at the same time. Music helps children to remember things better and predictable, repetitive activities make them feel secure.
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When is the best time to use songs in a classroom for young learners? - TEFL Blog
Wed, 08 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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When is the best time to use songs in a classroom for young learners?
I was an English teacher in Japan for over three and a half years. In that time, I gained a lot of experience teaching young learners. My students were aged from two to fourteen. As I taught these students, I learned a lot about how songs can be used effectively in the classroom. Songs can be used to teach sentence structure, routines, vocabulary, and help aid the understanding of instructions in the classroom.
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Learning path
Young children
Lesson flow
Transitions
School kids
Teenagers
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Songs in the ClassroomSongs are an important aid to learning language! Songs should be used to teach vocabulary, grammar, idioms, and to increase fluency in spoken English.
It Makes Learning Fun
Songs in the classroom add excitement to the learning process.
?Educational research supports that the ability to learn new concepts is best when the material is motivating and meaningful to the learner.?1
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Benefits of Using Songs in the Classroom: a Mother’s and a Teacher’s Opinion - TEFL Blog
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Benefits of Using Songs in the Classroom: a Mother’s and a Teacher’s Opinion
As the mother of a 3-year-old son, born in Spain to British parents, I have found that singing the same song in both English and Spanish has helped my son become bilingual.
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8 Classroom Activities that are Great for Kinesthetic Learners - TEFL Blog
Tue, 21 May 2019 Mark Crocker
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8 Classroom Activities that are Great for Kinesthetic Learners
Kinesthetic learners are learners that learn through objects that they can touch and explore. They also learn best by discovering and experiencing and particularly enjoy physical activities that involve getting out of their seat and moving around. Unlike visual and auditory learners, kinesthetic learners can be tough to accommodate in the classroom because of their need to be physically active. Since they need to be active in their learning, they may get bored very quickly if you allow them to simply listen and look at your visual aids or video presentation. As teachers, we must always be versatile and understand how to incorporate different types of... [Read more]
How You Can Benefit If You Use Songs in Your Teaching - TEFL Blog
Fri, 24 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How You Can Benefit If You Use Songs in Your Teaching
Music is an important element in our lives. When you're on your way to work, you turn on the radio. When you're too tired to do anything, you choose a song from your playlist and play it to make you feel relaxed. Human beings are emotional by nature. Music offers encouragement and the strength that one needs. Its importance cannot be taken for granted. It is a tool that connects people of all ages, nationality, and culture. It's not odd to see a child listening to an old rock musician's song. Also, it's not surprising to see an Indian woman listening to Taylor Swift despite the differences in their cultures. I believe using music as a tool to teach English to foreign students have... [Read more]
6 Classroom Activities Using Storytelling - TEFL Blog
Mon, 18 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
6 Classroom Activities Using Storytelling
Who doesn't love a story? Stories are universal. Stories connect us all. Stories also transcend caste, creed, color, and age. From the beginning of time, to-date the medium may have changed but stories engage us with others because it is easy to see ourselves reflected in them and understand the message conveyed easily.
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USING PICTURES:
STORY CIRCLE:
STORYBOARDS:
DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING:
GUIDED LISTENING:
USING SONGS:
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The Best Thing I learned on The TEFL Course: Strategical Lesson Planning - TEFL Blog
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Best Thing I learned on The TEFL Course: Strategical Lesson Planning
In this summative task, I'll describe the best thing I've learned from my TEFL/TESOL course. Firstly I would like to state that the lesson planning learning was the best part of this course for me. For this task, I will include the methods of planning that I have learned about in this course such as materials, songs and movement, and also a short lesson plan I have come up with myself.
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Key Benefits of Lesson Planning
Teaching Strategies Best for Young Learners
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Principles of Motivation in the ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Principles of Motivation in the ESL Classroom
Motivation provides learners with an aim and direction to follow. According to Gardner motivation is the combination of attempt and desire to obtain the aim of learning the language and favorable attitudes toward learning the language. If students are motivated they will be excited about learning and willing to work hard. Motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, is a key factor in the success of students in all stages of their education, and teachers can play an important role in providing and encouraging that motivation in their students.
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The following are the different ways to motivate the students in an EFL classroom
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Teaching Skills Essential for Teaching Young ESL Students - TEFL Blog
Thu, 30 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Teaching Skills Essential for Teaching Young ESL Students
The classroom embodies a space where students learn. That space is usually a mixture of varying personalities, learning styles, and student levels. A teacher's role in ensuring that students learn is of great importance seeing that the teacher serves as a facilitator for all, counselor to some, mentor to some, and disciplinarian to others. Teachers must possess or learn certain skills to be effective in the ESL/EFL classroom. While many factors are influencing the actual outcome of an EFL/ESL lesson, teachers of young learners must be patient, adaptable, and possess good classroom management skills. These skills are crucial for young learners because, on the one hand, they... [Read more]
The 3 Most Important Tricks When Teaching English to Kindergarteners - TEFL Blog
Sun, 25 Nov 2018 Linda Dunsmore
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The 3 Most Important Tricks When Teaching English to Kindergarteners
Walking into a kindergarten classroom in any language may have most teachers running right back out the door. A kindergarten classroom can be like a circus. The teacher is the ringmaster. The students range from man-eating lions to trapeze artists to clowns. It's important to remember that kindergarten students do not understand they are meant to be learning great truths and skills that will set them up for the rest of their life. They want to play, love, be loved, and enjoy every aspect of life to the fullest, even when they are sitting in the classroom. Even the physical excitement that kindergarteners have can be used to create an even deeper... [Read more]
4 Activities to Use When Teaching Online - TEFL Blog
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
4 Activities to Use When Teaching Online
Teaching English in the classroom remains a popular educational choice for families and children in decades. However, a lot of students cannot attend in-classroom all the time for many reasons. That's why teaching online has a potential extension possibility despite their limited competitive advantages in comparison with the general education method. Hence, online teachers need to be more creative in their lessons to increase learner's interest. As a result, many interactive activities have been developed in online English courses.
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1. Pair Work
2. Game Play
3. Singing a Song
4. Quiz
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Ways to Improve Discipline in the Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Ways to Improve Discipline in the Classroom
Good discipline is one of the keys to an effective lesson. Not only new teachers meet difficulties to manage students, but some veterans in this profession also can face problems. In this summative task, I will share my experience on how to maintain classroom discipline with young learners.
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How to find a common language? There are some tricks below:
1. Teacher's good mood.
2. Start the lesson with something interesting. It can be a short video, song, dance, unusual toy, mask or even costume. Something bright, which attracts kids.
3. During the first class establish main rules, for example:
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Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences - TEFL Blog
Sat, 15 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences
This essay on the Multiple Intelligences is based on my past 26 years of teaching experiences at the elementary and middle school grades, as well as teaching in teacher education in higher education at the university level. I have conducted much research on the area of Multiple Intelligences, however, this essay will be based on my memory and experiences of teaching utilizing the Multiple Intelligences; thus, references are not included as they have been an accumulation throughout the last 26 years of teaching.
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Methodology
Learning Domains
1. Numbers
2. Art and Crafts
3. Body Language
4. Music
5. Social Skills
6. World Around
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Top Tips for Designing an Effective Lesson Plan - TEFL Blog
Fri, 27 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Top Tips for Designing an Effective Lesson Plan
Teachers who want to have good performance in class should have good lesson planning. Teachers should answer these questions before preparing lesson planning: what am I teaching? Whom am I teaching? How will I teach? And how will I know if the students understand?
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Reasons to plan
Lesson Components
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Reasons to plan
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Storytelling Activities for the ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Wed, 15 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Storytelling Activities for the ESL Classroom
Storytelling can be useful to enhance students' imaginations as well as improve a wide variety of skills such as listening, comprehension, order, memory, and vocabulary. It is targeted for all ages, but best to start earliest possible to allow students to develop a liking towards reading. Storytelling can come with different forms of follow-up activities to further increase teaching efficiency as well as to check understanding of the students through elicitation. This essay will be focused on mainly storytelling activities for young learners in schools.
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Experience
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7 Amazing Games for Learning English with Preschoolers - TEFL Blog
Mon, 30 Mar 2020 Linda Dunsmore
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7 Amazing Games for Learning English with Preschoolers
Today, as English teachers, we have better equipment and materials, improved teaching methods and techniques, endless ideas and tips on how to maintain discipline and keep our students motivated. Sounds impressive, doesn't it? It seems that we should just enjoy our classes and drink some nice tea during the breaks. However, along with all these improvements come greater demands. Each year more and more parents would like their children to learn English to ensure a better future. In our time, knowledge of English no more is your advantage, but the number one requirement for a good position. That is why our students are getting younger, sometimes to a point when... [Read more]
Ways to Solve The Motivation Problems When Teaching Younger Students - TEFL Blog
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Ways to Solve The Motivation Problems When Teaching Younger Students
Motivation is one of the top priorities when it comes to working with kids. You can use the most effective activities, choose the most interesting topics, but all that will not work if your students are not motivated. This goes a lot easier with adults, as they have chosen to study English by themselves and they often have set one or few goals, so, at the end of the day, they are moving towards the set target. With kids things are a bit more complicated, as they did not choose to study the English language, their parents had made this choice for them.
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When is the best time to use songs in a classroom for young learners?
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In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares her opinion on using songs in teaching.
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Puppets as a Teaching Tool in the ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Thu, 06 May 2021 Anna Domiczek
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Puppets as a Teaching Tool in the ESL Classroom
Puppets can serve as a wonderful pedagogical tool in the ESL classroom. Young children are very familiar with them since puppets play a large role in the world of children's imaginative play, and they have become widely accepted as a pedagogical tool because they are valuable in serving as an anchor in overcoming the language barrier.
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Research Proven Teaching Benefits
Puppets and Oral Language Skills
Students Less Anxious
Enhanced Listening Skills
Growth of Self-Confidence
8 Ways to Incorporate Puppets into Language Teaching
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Descriptions
RolePlay
Games
Conversational Dialogues
Grammar Review
Teaching Assistant
Classroom Management
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Answering the Question on Why Motivation is Necessary for the Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 13 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Answering the Question on Why Motivation is Necessary for the Classroom
What is the key objective of a teacher? It is simple: ensuring students learn well and don't forget what they were taught a few minutes after a course ends.
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Teacher's proficiency
Research in the field
Proof of the findings
First impression
Useful recommendations
1. Teacher's personal attitude
2. No boredom in the ESL classroom
3. Realistic goals
4. Classroom environment
5. Self-assurance
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8 Ways to Develop the Speaking Abilities of Kindergarten Students - TEFL Blog
Sun, 07 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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8 Ways to Develop the Speaking Abilities of Kindergarten Students
A teaching job abroad is another level of everyday challenge but is a fulfilling one. With my teaching experiences, I started crafting my own ways on how to develop the English-speaking skills kindergarten level students, especially the non-native speakers.
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1. Have a routine
2. Be as animated as you can
3. Provide various related and meaningful materials
4. Books and stories
5. Play with them
6. Do not exhaust them
7. Expose them more
8. Assess them
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How to Engage Young ESL Learners in an Online Classroom - TEFL Blog
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 Anna Domiczek
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How to Engage Young ESL Learners in an Online Classroom
Shifting from a traditional classroom to a virtual setting can be daunting for teachers who do not have experience teaching online. This is especially the case if one has to keep young students engaged and motivated. What are the tricks to instill excitement and interest in preschoolers who do not have the intrinsic motivation to perform to achieve good grades? Their parents' primary desire is for them to speak like the native and one day go off to an internationally renowned US university or work for a foreign company. Young students are motivated by something else- a desire to have fun in a welcoming environment.
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