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Using Children's Literature With Young Learners, Eowyn Ferey
Using Children's Literature With Young Learners, Eowyn Ferey
Intensive English Language Program Faculty Publications and Presentations
The biggest practical challenges in using English language children's literature rather than readers created specifically for EFL/ESL students are:
- choosing an appropriate book
- preparing to teach, from writing lesson plans to developing supporting teaching materials
- brainstorming creative teaching ideas
This paper will serve as a guide for those who would like to use literature in the classroom with their young students, but aren't sure how to begin.
Shared Reading For Teaching English As A Foreign Language To Young Learners In Russia, Inna V. Kuznetsova
Shared Reading For Teaching English As A Foreign Language To Young Learners In Russia, Inna V. Kuznetsova
Graduate Research Papers
Shared Reading has proven to be very effective in developing language and literacy skills of children in the West. This project introduces Shared Reading as a curriculum component of English as a foreign language for young children in Russia. Review of the literature regarding the effectiveness of Shared Reading is described. The project includes two units of four lessons each that illustrate implementation of Shared Reading, oral language and other literacy activities. The project concludes with specific recommendations for dissemination of this work.