HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUNG LEARNERS IN 5 STEPS?

With the entry of English into our primary schools’ 2nd grade curriculum in our country English teachers began to encounter younger learners. 

In addition, there is also English at the forefront of the kindergartens’ subject courses that have become popular recently. 4, 5, and even 3 year olds students have started learning English. And it is really hard to achieve something on behalf of learning with children in this age group. 

Now I’m 19 and I am experiencing my first teaching activities in a kindergarten. I would like to tell you in 5 steps how I managed to deal with these little mischiefs as a result of many events I've been experiencing;

Step 1: Be friends with children, treat them like they are. If they do not see you as one of them, then they understand that you are trying to teach something and start to get bored. In addition, after a while they completely grow away from the course.

Step 2:  Make preparations for what you need on that day. Do not forget that they are children, their thoughts and movements are unpredictable. So, you should absolutely have B, C, D or even E plan.

Step 3: Try to keep your lessons funny. Try to teach English by singing and dancing as much as possible. Be sure that sitting all day is so boring for everyone especially children.

Step 4: There is/will be a student in your class who never obey the rules and create problems. Give these types of students responsibilities in the classroom. So, you can manage the class easily.

Step 5: There must be rules in your class belong to you and were created by you. For example, when you lift your hand into the air, it can symbolize the end of this lesson or when you chant your fingers, it can symbolize the time of dance.

I hope these tricks will help you.

The photograph above is taken from here.

Thank you, Oğulcan Özdağ.