1. YLEs – Young Learner Exams – Thursday 1st March
Marcus Tubby, ELT Consultant Cambridge University Press, Piemonte, Lombardia & Valle D’Aosta

4. Starters Overview

5. Spelling Spelling game – should mimmick R&W part 3
Jumbled spelling game – should revise lexis previously met – made by sts to cut down T preparation time
Hangman, pictionary
Do spelling tests regularly – sts need to know how to spell
Refer to wordlists (book or website)
Kid’s Box p. 63
When sts do exam already familiar with way it works
- cut up letters – pair chooses letters to make work eg. Clothes – pass letters to other pair who must try to put letters in write order
Also kids box p.32 draws attention to letters

6. Prepositions
TPR – use furniture or objects – good way to check comprehension
Dictation – picture of 3D house with objects – revises lexis, and prepares for L & S papers
Use scene from film; worksheets; freezeframe
Whole class, in pairs, groups; use objects like box, ball, pen, bag
Eg. Primary Activity Box 3.4 Colourful cans
Worksheet – focus on stationary objects
Using tv is different tool; mulgtimedia stimulates children; use to recyle; use short clip – shouldn’t have linguistic value; could also play mute to eliminate distractors; tell sts to focus on 5 objects and locate them in the scene;sts remember where they were; watch again to check

7. Lexical sets Crosswords Recycling – vocab boxes - pictionary
Hangman warmers – revise previous lesson
wordlists
Kids Box p.39

8. Listening skills Songs
Dictations including colouring, drawing, and kinesthetic dictations (pointing)
Make exs kinesthetic – cut up and put on wall answers
Pre-teach vocab
Use pause button
T reads
Little and often
Kid’s box p.71 song – linking sounds, familiaristaion of language chunks, practice Qs for speaking test; sts
Sts run to right answers or hold up answers

9. Reading & writing skills
Matching – R&W part2&3
Testing lexis – hangman, wordsearchs R&W part 1
KId’s box p.38
Description . Matching people – take away pics, sts draw it, T reads it
Fun for sts SB

10. Speaking skills Easiest part of exam
Focus on lexis, nouns and verbs (production)
FUn for starters TB p questionaire

11. Fun for Starters

12. Storyfun for Starters

13. Primary Activity Box

15. Next time… Thursday 22nd March 2012
Practical Ideas to Prepare Students for the Cambridge Young Learners
Starters Exam - Part2
h – 19.00

16. Thank you!