Teeny Tiny Book is a course for pre-school children/between five and seven who are learning English as a foreign language for the first time, although it can be adapted for use with both younger and older children.
The course consists of:
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Teacher's Book - It's the key to the whole course It contains step-by-step instructions for the teacher on what to teach and how to do this. Also it contains plenty of dialogues, monologues songs, rhymes and suitable games for children of this age.
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Children's Book Presents characters and situations.
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Audio Cassette Contains monologues, dialogues, songs and rhymes.
Basic Aims -
To interest the children in learning English language and culture through games and fun.
- To teach the sound system of the English language
- To develop children's activities both in the memorizing and imitating fields /listening ,repeating/ and in the creative field /understanding and producing sentences by themselves/
Suggestions:
Children of this age learn English at the same time as they are developing their mother tongue, and in a similar way to the one by when they are learning their own language/everything that is taught has to be demonstrated with real objects and situations ,pictures , finger puppets or toys, drawing, singing, gestures and miming, playing games and acting, etc./
-The first lessons have to be used for creating a friendly atmosphere. Learn the children's names as fast as possible. This is the first step in building a warm relationship between you and your pupils.
-Always encourage the children. Don't pay a lot off attention to the children's mistakes in the few first lessons. Don't correct the children's errors if that might discourage them in the beginning of the course.
-Stimulate the children's creative abilities.
-Whatever you do, try to do it in a gamelike way.
-Use games as often as you can, both for the revision of previous lessons and for learning new units.
-The suggested games do not have to be strictly adhered to. You and the children should be encouraged to add your own games.
-Always revise the material from the previous lesson before taking any new material.
-Whenever possible, use TPR /Total Physical Response/ method: Once the children have listened to and understood a section on the audio cassette encourage them to respond actively to physical commands. While listening to the tape stress the rhythm by clapping hands.
-For choosing players in a various games use a "choosing rhyme" such as Eeny Meeny, Miney, Mo. In this way you can avoid favoritism among the children.
-Children love drawing . So let them sometimes draw and don't be afraid that is wasting the time.
-I hope that you'll enjoy your work with the children as much as possible. The more you enjoy the program, the more your children will learn.
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