1. TEACHING ENGLISH Make learning English enjoyable and fun
Do not worry about mistakes
Use gestures
Talk a lot (in English)
Play games, sing songs, say rhymes
Do not worry when they use their mother tongue
Answer in English
Recast in English what they say in their mother tongue
Tell simple stories

2. TEACHING ENGLISH Some children Speak more and others speak less
Are embarrassed speaking in front of the whole class
When they work in pairs or in groups
Feel more confident
Get more opportunities to speak
Learn a lot from each other
Gain confidence because they are speaking in private

3. CORRECTING YOUR PUPILS
Use correction as a learning tool to learn English
Distinguish between:
Errors of form
Errors of meaning and comprehension

4. When and how to correct Do not make the children feel silly or bad
Praise every effort
Try to increase children’s confidence and feeling of success
Try to show your approval for their contribution

5. TEACHING TIPS
Have a reading area in the classroom with good picture books and reading cards with pictures
If you have audio books (cassettes of stories) in your school, let the children read and listen

6. STARTING A LESSON IN ENGLISH
Speak English from the beginning
Examples:
Greetings
Days of the week
Roll
Song

7. STARTING YOUR LESSONS
• Greetings TEACHER: Good morning. CHILDREN: Morning, teacher. TEACHER: How are you today? CHILDREN: Very well. How are you? TEACHER: Fine. Thanks.

8. STARTING YOUR LESSONS
• Routines TEACHER: Good morning. Is today Monday? CHILDREN: No. TEACHER: Or maybe Tuesday? Or Sunday? TEACHER: Oh I wish it was Sunday. OK, what day is it today? CHILDREN: Thursday. TEACHER: Great!

9. FAREWELL ROUTINE ACTIVITY – POEM WITH ACTION
See You Later Alligator
See you later alligator, Bye bye butterfly, Give a hug ladybug, (abbraccio-coccinella) Be sweet parakeet, (parrocchetto) Blow a kiss goldfish, (pesciolino rosso) See you soon racoon, (orsetto lavatore) Take care polar bear, Out the door dinosaur!

10. THE ROLL
• Taking the register TEACHER: OK, let's check the roll. Now, remember to answer “I'm here”. TEACHER: Giupone, Lorenzo. LORENZO: I'm here. TEACHER: Pierrotti, Jonathan. (silence) CHILDREN: Not here. TEACHER: What about Jonathan. Where is he? “I don't know”. Can you say that? CHILDREN: (repeating) I don't know. TEACHER: OK, everyone's here except Jonathan.

11. SONG
Head, shoulders, knees and toes

12. Teaching English
TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE
MIMING
GAMES

13. ENDING A LESSON IN ENGLISH
• TEACHER: Right, we have no time for anything else. Don't do any more. We don't have any more time today...
Finishing up
• TEACHER: That's all for today. OK, on Monday there will be more. OK, OK,
now children, now, make a line to say good bye... following the leader…

14. READING AND TELLING STORIES

15. INTRODUCTION Children love stories
Stories are the most valuable resource you have
Stories are interesting and enjoyable, and can be fun

16. REMEMBER
There is a difference between telling and reading a story.

17. TELLING A STORY When you tell a story you Speak spontaneously
Use natural intonation
Are looking at the children and you can see if they understand
Can you use your face and body to make gestures

18. READING A STORY When you read a story you can Repeat and rephrase
Stop and talk to the children about what is happening
Stop and show pictures and talk about them
Use you voice for characters – speak loudly, softly, slowly, high-pitch or low-pitch