Posts Tagged ‘teaching children English through drama’
Teacher Training 2019 (English through Drama courses)
A few pics from this September’s 5-Day Intensive Teacher Training in Florence.
Read MoreStart Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
While I was studying acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (over 25 years ago!) my tutors were exceptionally demanding and would constantly push me out of my comfort zones.😱So much so that I vividly remember once, walking down the street at the end of a particularly disastrous movement class with tears rolling…
Read MoreTeach Children English with Drama Ice-breakers // Kids English Theatre
Looking for fresh ideas to teach young language learners? Try using drama to break the ice with a new group. Drama encourages children of all levels and abilities to join in and try new things. Drama: – Surprises – Motivates – Involves – Breaks the ice – Introduces new language – Makes learning fun and…
Read MoreThe secret to teaching children English
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…
Read MoreESL Drama Game – Flashcard Limbo Dance
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…
Read More5-Day Intensive Teacher Training Course 2-6 September 2019, Florence.
Are you feeling exhausted and super frazzled? Brain fog? Impatient? Nerves on end? It’s a sure sign the school year if nearly at its end and so are your energy levels!🥵🥵 It’s easy to underestimate just how challenging (and energy sapping) teaching kids a second language can be, right?! But then again there is no…
Read MoreNew Kids English Theatre Certified Teachers
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…
Read MoreCrush the Fear of Speaking in English – ESL Drama
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)…
Read More20 Ways To Say Hello – ESL Drama Game
👋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’…
Read MoreHow do children adopt a spectacular English accent?
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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