1. Two Cents for Your Kids’ English Learning
CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Two Cents for Your Kids’ English Learning
Yoon-Hee Na Ph.D
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2. ESL versus EFL They are not the same:
ESL: There are a lot of opportunities to use English outside the classroom.
EFL: The opportunity to use English is hardly available outside the classroom.
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3. Create Input-rich Environments
Watch English-speaking movies, TV
Read picture books, story books, newspapers
Make the best use of Internet resources:
Provide input that contains structures a bit beyond your children’s current level of competence (i+1)
Parents should get involved in it!
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4. Provide Output Opportunities
enhances
fluency
creates
awareness of
language gaps
OUTPUT
helps to
experiment with
language
obtains
feedback
from others
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5. Encourage your children to do something with the input materials
Then, how …
Encourage your children to do something
with the input materials
Keeping a reading log: Questions, memories, guesses, reflections, comparisons, thoughts and fellings, comments, connections, etc.
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6. Reading Logs of EFL Students
Anticipation
- I think something terrible wil happen soon.
Picturing
- The author described the house so vividly,
so I could imagine the scene very easily.
Interacting
- I want to scold Roy and say “stupid” one hundred times.
- I fell in love with Phuong. I like this kind of girl.
Evaluating
- I think the author did a great job in descrbing the sun.
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7. Celebrate Your Kids’ MI
word
smart
logic
smart
self
smart
Multiple
Intelligences
people
smart
picture
smart
music
smart
body
smart
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8. Be patient with your children’s creative errors!
Last Words
Be patient with your children’s creative
errors!
- I goed to school.
- Does John can sing?
- John mays come.
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9. CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Thank You !!!
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