Blast Away Boredom With Drama Games to Teach Children ESL

Use an active ESL teaching activity your students will love. Heads on desks, heavy eyelids, and hands fidgeting – oh no, you’re losing them! You can tell. They might as well be shouting, “I’m bored!!” Don’t worry, this is nothing more than helpful feedback from your students that it’s time to switch strategies. Boredom is…

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How to Connect with Young Language Learners

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When I first started teaching young learners my main concern was not being able to connect with them. 😵I was young at the time, I had no experience teaching children and I felt self-conscious and wooden communicating with them. But, as soon as I let myself go and entered “kids kingdom” I really started enjoying…

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The secret to teaching children English

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If you have an after-school program or you’re planning on opening one soon – one of the biggest challenges you’ll probably face is getting new students to enrol. Years ago, when I first started teaching children in Italy it was simple and effortless getting new students mainly because there were few (if any) after school…

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ESL Drama Game – Flashcard Limbo Dance

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Children get restless and fidgety when they have to sit still for long periods of time, especially around this time of year. The ⚡️Flashcard Limbo Dance⚡️ is an ideal way to revise vocab and get children physically active and emotionally engaged learning and speaking in English🇬🇧 Materials needed: – A Bamboo stick (alternatively: broom stick, elastic or…

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New Kids English Theatre Certified Teachers

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One of my favourite pics 🌺 from the last  teacher training course. Participants concluded the 3-Step program by learning how to stage and organise a performance with young English language learners. Scripts, costumes, props and make-up were a few of the many topics covered during the weekend. 🎊🎉Big congratulations🎊🎉 also go to the freshly qualified Kids English…

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Crush the Fear of Speaking in English – ESL Drama

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We are all afraid of something. 😱😨 Some people have a fear of flying, others a fear of snakes or spiders. ✈️🕷 I’m personally petrified of rollercoasters, parachuting and bungee jumping (not that I have ever done the last two … I’m too AFRAID!🤣) Research shows us that one of people’s top fears (way above bungee jumping)…

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20 Ways To Say Hello – ESL Drama Game

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👋20 Ways To Say Hello👋 is a fun routine to open English sessions/Summer Camps and get children (ages 6+) focused and energised. 1) First, give each child one of the following greetings: ⭐️ Hello 🔹Hey, there! ⭐️Good Morning 🔹Good afternoon ⭐️Good evening 🔹Welcome ⭐️ Hi 🔹Great to see you ⭐️ What’s up? 🔹 What’s new? ⭐️ How are you? 🔹 G’…

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How do children adopt a spectacular English accent?

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How do children adopt a spectacular English accent?🇬🇧🌟Simple, by learning through imitation. 👶Toddlers learn their first language by mirroring 👥 how their parents speak and copying their sounds, intonation, inflection, rhythm and musicality.🎵 Only after they have grasped these fundamental verbal skills do they start learning how to read and write.📗🖍 This imitation approach can be successfully applied…

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