A vital goal of teaching a foreign language is developing students' communication skills. In this post you can find some methodes and techniques how to improve foreign language skills in a child-friendly way.
If your ESL students know lots of animal names, especially pets, but they need to practice the vocabulary in interesting context, try this guessing game ‘What pet have I got?’. Students feel comfortable to speak English, even those with low self-esteem or shy, when they work in pairs.
In this post you can find an example how to practise communication skills with ESL kids. Try this activity with your students to practise speaking, listening and writing skills as well as present simple tense, vocabulary for daily routines and telling the time.
Today I encourage to try simple speaking activity 'Class Birthday Chart'. You can use this idea in many different situations, for example teaching months of the year, as an ice breaker activity or just a spur to talk in English.
Lengo muhimu la kufundisha lugha ya kigeni ni kuendeleza ustadi wa wanafunzi wa kuwasiliana. Katika makala hii, tutajifunza njia na mbinu za kuboresha ujuzi wa lugha za kigeni kwa njia ya watoto. "Ikiwa wanafunzi wako wa ESL wanajua majina mengi ya wanyama, hasa wanyama wa kufugwa, lakini wanahitaji kufanya mazoezi ya msamiati katika muktadha wa kuvutia, jaribu mchezo huu wa kukadiria ""Ni mnyama gani nina?""" Wanafunzi huhisi vizuri kuzungumza Kiingereza, hata wale walio na kujidharau kidogo au wenye haya, wanapofanya kazi kwa jozi. Katika makala hii, tutaweza kuonyesha jinsi ya kufanya mazoezi ya ujuzi wa mawasiliano na watoto. Jaribu shughuli hii na wanafunzi wako kufanya mazoezi ya kuzungumza, kusikiliza na kuandika ujuzi, pamoja na sasa muda rahisi, msamiati kwa ajili ya shughuli za kila siku na kusema wakati. Leo ninakupendekeza ujaribu shughuli rahisi ya kuzungumza 'Chati ya Siku ya Kuzaliwa ya Darasa'. Unaweza kutumia wazo hili katika hali nyingi tofauti, kwa mfano kufundisha miezi ya mwaka, kama shughuli ya kuvunja barafu au tu msukumo wa kuzungumza kwa Kiingereza.