1. Teacher Training Workshop 黃貴敏 PhD in Educational & Applied Linguistics

2. Presentation Structure Theories into Practice: Teachers’ roles for young language learners How children see us Challenging students

3. Teaching Young Language Learners Discussion in groups of 5-6 teachers: How are young language learners different from adult learners? What do we, teachers, need to pay attention to? Please write down your discussion results.

4. 1.Children actively try to construct meaning. 2.Children need space for language growth 3.Language in use carries cues to meaning that may not be noticed 4.Development can be seen as internalising from social interaction 5.Children’s foreign language learning depends on what they experience Teaching Young Language Learners-Theories

5. Teaching Young Language Learners-Practice 1.Children construct meaning with creative use of language 2.Children have abilities for grasping meaning 3.Children learn from physical and hands-on activities 4.Children prefer working to working in a group

6. Principles for Good Practice 1.Use Contextualized / Meaningful tasks and texts 2.Motivate / stimulate communication and interaction 3.Provide Scaffolding 4.Encourage Top-Down Process 5.Varieties of Activity

7. Teachers’ Roles vs. how we are seen Based on what we have found out about young language learners, with your discussion group, please make a list of roles a language teacher plays in a class for young learners.

8. Defining our role Controlling vs. Facilitating Giving personal direction Providing help Asking and answering questions Reducing dependency

9. What you have shown is how children see us 1.Gaining the children’s respect 2.Be competent 3.Keep the initiative 4.Start a lesson positively and safely 5.Be fair 6.Give all the children a feeling of success 7.Keep calm 8.Be honest 9.Know and respect the children

10. Advice and Techniques Preempting problems 1.Treat the children as real people 2.Ensure success 3.Start afresh each lesson 4.Get and keep the children’s attention 5.Avoid power struggles 6.Keep learning and fun in parallel 7.Keep the lesson flowing 8.Set an example 9.Expect good behavior 10.Be prepared!!!

11. Challenging Students She does not understand an activity. She thinks the activities are boring. She does not respect us. She is very tired. She cannot concentrate. She wants to look cool in front of her friends. She needs attention, and tries to get strong reactions from us.