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A number of principles can inform the following approaches to teaching young learners. 1.Build teaching around activities and physical movement. Link language learning to physical activities by having children use and hear English for making things, drawing pictures, completing puzzles, labeling pictures, matching words and pictures, playing games, acting out movements in response to instructions and other activities that involve hands, eyes and ears. Teachers often make use of TPR activities (activities based on linking language with actions, drawing on the method known as total physical response). Many listening activities for young children use this principle, such as activities in which children listen and respond to commands (e.g. ?sit down?, ?turn around?, ?touch your nose?), listen and choose a picture, listen and draw a picture or listen and number a sequence of actions in a picture. Similarly, speaking activities with young learners may involve use of songs, dialogues, chants and fixed expressions that students can practice in different situations. 2.Build lessons around linked activities. 3.Build lessons around tasks. 4.Provide scaffolding. 5.Involve students in creating resources that support their learning. 6.Build lessons around themes. 7.Choose content children are familiar with. 8.Use activities that involve collaboration. 9.Create a supportive learning community in the classroom. 10.Use enjoyable activities that children can accomplish without frustration 11.Provide rich language support. 12.Give clear goals and feedback. 13.Use English for classroom management.
