Teaching EFL to Young Learners sessions is a hands-on session for teachers of English to Young Learners and Teens from around the world. The session will focus on activities that engage young learners. Teachers will use VoiceThread for student speaking, story reading, board games, limited resource classroom activities, Padlet for collaborative reflections, and Screencast-o-matic for video tutorials.
Session Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will have:
- discussed challenges and activities involved in teaching EFL to young learners.
- discussed methods of teaching young learners via VoiceThread, Videos, Story reading; Games; Arts & Crafts.
- created activities using Flipgrid, story reading; board games; arts & crafts.
- discussed student collaboration
- recorded their voices using PoodLL and recorder using their audio and webcam
- added their reflections and feedback of the session on Padlet and Wakelet.
- created video tutorials using Screencast-o-matic to document their work.
Target audience
TEFL2YL is designed for teachers, parents, caregivers, and everyone involved in teaching young learners and teens irrespective of context or degree of experience.
Requirements
Participants will be expected to have the basic skills necessary to facilitate communication via an online discussion group.
Technical Requirements
Participants will be expected to have the basic skills necessary to facilitate communication via an online discussion group.
Session Communication Tools
Technology
Technology
- Flipgrid https://flipgrid.com/d312bb5f
- Kahoot https://kahoot.com
- Vimeo https://vimeo.com
- Screencast-o-matic https://screencast-o-matic.com
- Voki https://www.voki.com
- Canva https://www.canva.com
- Wakelet https://wakelet.com
- Miro https://miro.com
- Padlet https://padlet.com
- Quizlet https://quizlet.com
- Google (docs, slides, forms) https://drive.google.com
- PoodLL and Recorder on the Editor of the course
Moderators
- Nellie Deutsch
- Nives Torresi
- Sheryl McCoy
- Dena McCoy
- Judy Wong