Concentration span changes

3-6 very short conc span, mechanic attention, concentrate on atractive thngs, cannot deliberately

7-10 slightly longer att+conc span, can deliberately listen, 20-25min

11-12 longer span than 7-10

Characteristics of children teaching

Grammar: pupils not mature enough to talk about grammar rules, show them patterns and examples by providing chunks of lg

Meaningful LG: CH focused what L2 can be used for right here and now, lg has to got context=stories, familiar situations. Context reduced lg is abstract.

Feelings of Ss TPR

-they can speak when they are ready

-perfection not expected

-lrning as enjoyable as possible

Evaluation accomplished

-T know if Ss under by their movements. To evaluate can give commands to ind. Ss

Consolidating new vocab: picture dict, word sets, vocab cards

Presenting vocab in groups- because better rememberd when got sth in common

Lexical sets—Rhyming sets—Colour sets—Gramatical sets

Recall vs Recognition Test

Recall=prodive vocab test, Ss recall En equivalent

Recognition=Ss have to recognize word (matching2picture)

Listening, say things clearly

Listeners cannot re-listen as re-read, so they cannot decide how fast they work

Intelligent guesswork—BK helps to recognize meaning of nw, also information given in picures or charts

Predicting—Ss predict what may come next, and listen to check if they were right

Infering oppinion or attitude—from awarness of stress intonation or body lg

Listening purposes:

Ls 2 improve ponoun of snds, rhtm, into, vocab=Ls 2 dev aspects lg

Ls 2 mk conn btw spoken & written En=Ls 2 provide support 4 literacy

Ls 2 encourage CH 2 comm with others=Ls 2 interract with others

Ls 4 enjoy, improve conc, att span, dev memory=Ls 2 improve gen lsing attitude

Motivation 2 learn speaking

Y Lrnrs strong motivation because MT easy 2 learn. Want immediate results. Have to see that they making progress

Formulaic LG=lg produced by CH in initial stages, regulary repeated, rutines, patterns, memorized. Enable CH 2 comm with min linguistic competence

Characteristics of free speaking activ

-focus on meaning/content-lg limited only by activity

-geniuine comm but artificial enviro

-show if pupils really can use lg

-fluency>accuracy

-T control minimal, T is organizer

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