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Teach English in Yuntai Zhen - Chongqing

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Teaching EFL in a kindergarten Incorporating english classes in kindergartens, has become the new trend in education. Children seem to be able to learn foreign languages much faster than adults, and starting to be in contact with foreign languages from a very young age, help develop their learning, studying abilities, all subjects included, as it trains the brain to think in diverse paths. The reason why children are capable of learning a new language so efficiently, is because they are still in the process of learning their own languages, thus, aren't used to any peculiar phonetic system yet, and keep enlarging the range of sounds they have to produce, or hear often. Kindergarten teachers need to plan well-structured lessons that will enable the kids to be as immersed in the language as possible, and lead them through an exciting learning journey. Unlike what a lot of people think, teaching young children is very different from teaching regular beginner students in many areas. As children are easily distracted, and can't concentrate on the same activity for too long, it is very important for a kindergarten teacher to be able to entertain kids, offering various different topics, fun games, or even becoming a mime. A kindergarten english teacher is very likely to start a class imitating animals, and end it dancing to a very cheerful song. As long as a kid is enjoying a class, he'll be willing to take part into it, and will have a positive attitude toward learning a foreign language. All these efforts are not only to keep children interactive, and interested, but also to help them memorize words, in fact when a child associates a move, an item, or an image to a word, new vocabulary will be acquired quickly, and is very likely to still be remembered years later. Teaching english to kindergarteners, does require endless energy, as it is much easier to keep kids entertained, and amused, than to calm them down when they start to get out of control becoming too enthusiastic about a particular activity. A kindergarten teacher should always remember that keeping control of the class, is as important as keeping children entertained, and can't let them take control of the situation. A kindergarten english teacher, is a teacher, and needs to create discipline. In a kindergarten, an english class is unlikely to last for more than an hour, during this period of time, all the students should get the same amount of opportunities to speak. Children are very sensitive to unfair treatments, and will always take the teacher's words and actions personally, which is why as a teacher, being consistent is essential. Teaching young children requires patience, and care, as kids are easily affected by what's surrounding them, their motivation toward learning english may not be steady. This kindergarten will be for most of the children, their first contact with english, and the school environment will be new to them as well, plus they'll be missing the comfort of their homes, and some of them may find it difficult to endure the separation from their parents. All these factors are the reasons why, providing a comfortable atmoshpere in the classroom, getting rid of all kinds of pressure they may get from outside is necessary. Some kids may be more sensitive, shyer, than others, such differences can't be ignored, and the teacher should make sure that nobody's feeling unwelcomed, or put aside. To show them, he really cares about each individuals in the class, the teacher should always encourage all of them, and praise them anytime they're using english to speak. Teachers make a huge impact on a child's learning, and may be the reason why some of them will be willing to keep learning english and others won't. In 2012 the importance of being able to speak foreign languages is not debatable anymore, to speak english fluently is now required by most companies. Of course, a kindergarten english class doesn't ensure a bright future, with a successful career life, but as world citizens, will be of great help to these children who should get used to english, as they'll be exposed to it very frequently, it'll add comfort to their lives, being able to understand others, different cultures, and enable them to access to various sources of information in the future.
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