Month: Απριλίου 2015
Total Physical Response
Sorry for another acronym. TPR simply means total physical response. This was a term coined by Dr. James Asher at San Jose State University in 1965. He showed how students can learn a language by listening to and carrying out instructions. Asher?s theory is that languages can be more easily learnt if we Read More …
How to teach vocabulary to young learners
Very young children learn vocabulary items related to the different concepts they are learning. When children learn numbers or colors in their native language, they are adding concepts as well as vocabulary items. Coursebooks for YL often emphasize nouns because they are easy to illustrate and because often YL don?t have literacy skills, so the Read More …
Teaching grammar to young learners
The Role of Grammar in Teaching Young Learners Young children are wonderful in absorbing new language. They can get maximum oflanguage through games and activities that they find funny. Their success in learning foreignlanguage does not depend on their knowledge of grammar. As Pinter (2006) stated thatchildren can use grammatical structures very well, they can Read More …