Mark your calendars for an inspiring and educational experience! On January 16th, 2025, at 10 AM EST, the American TESOL Institute invites TESOL teachers from around the globe to a webinar designed to elevate your skills in teaching English to children. This engaging session is part of our TESOL for Children Certification course and will be hosted by none other than the dynamic and renowned educator, Jason R. Levine.
What You’ll Learn
Teaching children English requires creativity, patience, and an understanding of how young minds acquire language. In this webinar, Jason R. Levine, celebrated for his innovative teaching methods and boundless energy, will share practical strategies, innovative ideas, and fascinating insights that make learning English fun and effective for children.
Sneak Peek at the Topics:
- Interactive Storytelling: Discover how to use stories to captivate young learners. Learn how to make tales interactive, engaging, and culturally rich to build vocabulary and comprehension.
- Movement-Based Learning: Explore Total Physical Response (TPR) and how physical activities, songs, and dance can make vocabulary stick like glue in young minds.
- Gamification: Get hands-on ideas for incorporating games like scavenger hunts, word bingo, and digital adventures into your lessons to make learning irresistible.
- Visual and Sensory Techniques: Learn how visual aids, colors, and textures can create a stimulating learning environment that keeps children engaged.
- Teaching with Puppets: Little known but highly effective, puppets can break the ice, encourage shy learners, and create a playful atmosphere that makes language acquisition natural and enjoyable.
- Language Through Play: Gain insights into how unstructured playtime, infused with English, can lead to subconscious language absorption.
Fascinating Ideas for Teaching ESL to Children
- The “Language Safari”: Turn your classroom into an adventure zone where students “discover” English words as if they were exploring a new land. This method sparks curiosity and fosters a love for learning.
- Emoji-Based Learning: Use emojis to teach emotions, sentence construction, and storytelling. Children relate to these symbols, making abstract concepts more tangible.
- The Power of Nursery Rhymes: These rhythmic patterns are more than fun; they’re scientifically proven to enhance phonemic awareness and pronunciation.
- The “Magic Box” Game: Let children pull objects out of a decorated box and create sentences or stories around them. This activity enhances vocabulary and boosts creativity.
- Environmental Learning: Incorporate everyday surroundings into lessons. A walk in the park can turn into an English lesson on colors, objects, and prepositions.
Why Attend?
This webinar is your chance to:
- Gain fresh, creative teaching methods.
- Learn directly from an expert with years of experience.
- Connect with a global community of TESOL teachers.
- Enhance your professional development with insights that truly make a difference in children’s lives.
How to Attend
Join us on January 16th, 2025 at 10 AM EST on Zoom: Teaching English to Children Webinar
See you there!
