1. Best Practices for Teaching English to Young Learners – Connected to the Real World

2. One-on-One-in-One
Give an example of how you use real-world content to teach your young learners English.
Preview 1
Explain “One-­on-­one-­in-­one.” 
You have one minute to share one example of one-­on-­one with someone. One-­on-­one means with a partner. You only have one minute. 
Put participants in different pairs to discuss the prompt. Set timer and give a signal when time is up. You can ask participants to share what their partner said.

3. Video
Now let’s watch the next segment of the video.
Play the video.

4. 1. Why is using real-world content important when teaching English to young learners?
It prepares them to be successful adults.
It encourages them to care about the planet by teaching them about the world and their place in it.
It increases their motivation by using authentic and meaningful contexts.
All of the above.
2. To help children be good intercultural communicators, it is more important to teach them to about other cultures around the world than to encourage them to explore their own culture.
True
False
Review
Let's do the review questions.
Answers:
Question 1: All of the above.
Question 2: False
Be sure that participants are able to explain that it is equally important for young learners to explore their own culture and learn how to express their culture in English as it is to learn about other cultures.