1. IA/Spring 2007 1 Task Design EL441 Introduction to Teaching Young Learners Nilüfer Demirkan-Jones Session 3

2. IA/Spring 20072 Tasks are goal-oriented have a specified objective have an expected outcome encourage language use for communication

3. IA/Spring 20073 Activities have no expected outcome help maintain YLs’ motivation have no communicative purpose enable the practice of language form

4. IA/Spring 20074 Types of tasks Listing Ordering and sorting Comparing Problem solving Sharing personal experiences Creative tasks (from Willis, 1996:26-27)

5. IA/Spring 20075 Types of activities Listen-and-do Colouring Story telling Listening to songs Classifying Games and puzzles Modelling Matching words to pictures Sentence building (from Willis, 1996:127-130)

6. IA/Spring 20076 Task evaluation criteria Learner profile Linguistic aims of the task Non-linguistic aims of the content Cognitive / meta cognitive challenges Type of participation it promotes

7. IA/Spring 20077 To teach the material Classroom management demands Resources needed Time it is likely to take How the activity could be extended How the language could be recycled

8. IA/Spring 20078 Teacher’s responsibility 1/2 Establish a friendly environment Be sensitive in criticism of children’s work Display work attractively Change groupings regularly Provide guidance for tasks Ensure variety

9. IA/Spring 20079 Teacher’s responsibility 2/2 Plan around the whole curriculum Analyse activities for language content Plan classroom management Plan recycling of language Stretch children to their full potential

10. IA/Spring 200710 Suggested reading 1.Brewster J, Ellis G, Girard D (2002) The Primary English Teacher ‘ s Guide. Harlow: Penguin English Guides 2.Cameron L (2001) Teaching languages to young learners. Cambridge: CUP 3.Halliwell S (1992) Teaching English in the Primary Classroom. Harlow: Longman. 4.House, S.(1997) An Introduction to Teaching English to Young Learners. London: Richmond Publishing. Prabhu, N.S. (1987). Second Language Pedagogy. Oxford: Oxford University Press 5.Vale D. & Feunteun A (1995) Teaching Children English Unit 2 & appendix 6.Willis J. (1996) A Framework for Task-Based Learning Harlow: Longman