This is a typical English kindergarten in Gangnam, Seoul.
I tried to use some teaching method we learned from the last class. They are 4years old kids, and they are really amazing!
I did know how to say even Good Morning in my early childhood.
Korean kids started to educate English in their early childhood, I would like to train them to be fluent bilingual speakers as they grow up. So they will be bilingual speakers naturally and without signs of stress and over studying.
I said Good Morning to everyone. It is general a general greeting to start of the class. Every kids has one chance to speak out in the class! There are no chances to practice English at home.
The second method that I used is Individual Student Repetition.
Some young learners have no interest or motivation to learn English.
That is the most difficult situation to teach them. I tried to only Eundong to say the word. After individual focus, he has more interest about the lesson. I think who are teaching second language or childhood must have very soft personality. No yell!
I think that small voice tone is more effective communication method for them.
I also used many visuals, English songs, and muti-media, too.
This is the way to make the lessons interesting.
That looks like a really active class, Sophie! The little ones sure require a lot of help with focus, and it looks like you're really good at grabbing and keeping their attention.
ReplyDeleteI'm really curious about how their Korean proficiency is at this age. How is their vocab, and can they already make full sentences, in their first language? Early childhood 2nd language acquisition is really interesting to me and I look forward to learning a lot from you during this course!!
Yes, they are amazing! They are learning Korean from parents, their Korean proficiency is no problem as you learn English from your parents naturally.
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