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Strategies for Engaging Young Learners
The difficulty in teaching young learners (YLs) in the EFL classroom is maintaining engagement throughout the lesson. Therefore, teachers of YLs need to incorporate activities that are meaningful, engaging, and also entertaining. This webinar will share practical tips and ideas for engaging young learners in the EFL classroom, including using fun songs with humor, using actions to accompany poetry and song lyrics, and promoting creativity. We will also focus on techniques for making input comprehensible, such as using gestures, visuals, and realia as learning tools. When using a variety of techniques and activities, children forget they are in a step-by-step language lesson, and the learning comes naturally.

This webinar, “Strategies for Engaging Young Learners,” acknowledges the difficulty in maintaining learner engagement in the Young Learner (YL) classroom.  Teachers of YLs need to incorporate activities that are meaningful, engaging, and also entertaining.  This webinar will share practical tips and ideas for engaging young learners in the EFL classroom by diving into the usage of fun songs with humor, using actions to accompany poetry and song lyrics, and promoting creativity.  We will also focus on techniques for making input comprehensible, such as using gestures, visuals, and realia as learning tools.  When using a variety of techniques and activities, children forget they are in a step-by-step language lesson, and the learning comes naturally!

Author: Lauren Whitaker
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