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TEACHING WITH OUR WORLD

• Extend Extension activities are additional In a classroom full of Young Learners, there are Our World prepares students for success by
English Time communicative activities that help students many factors teachers cannot control. Successful supporting and scaffolding the learning process and
personalize new language and use it in realistic teachers learn to be creative so that they can adapt by breaking tasks down into small, achievable steps
English, (clap) English, (clap) contexts. These activities are not found in the to unplanned events, whether they be a surprise that help build student achievement.

English (clap) today! (clap, clap) Student’s Book and are designed to provide fire drill, equipment failure, or unexpected student Activities are active and hands-on Our
additional opportunities for real communication behaviors. This includes adjusting instruction based
English, (clap) English, (clap) among students in the classroom. on students’ unique personalities, their mood swings, World materials promote an active and hands-on

Hip, hip, (clap) hooray! (clap, clap) their varied interests, and their diverse personal, classroom. Because so many students are kinesthetic
• Wrap Up Concluding the lesson or class with a final cognitive, and emotional needs. learners and like to move their bodies and move

activity is always important, as students need to around the room, it’s important to make instruction
• After the chant, students are ready to engage in leave the class knowing that they have completed In mixed-ability classes, for example, teachers physically active whenever possible.
English with a beginning activity that generally an activity and learned something. This might be spend more time with some students than with Activities are enjoyable and interesting The
reviews material from previous units and lessons. a worksheet, a game, or a chant. The Our World others. When this is the case, they have ready a photographs and activities in Our World will capture
Teachers use picture cards, mini picture cards, the Starter Lesson Planner provides wrap-up activities number of other activities for the rest of the class students’ attention and interest. Each unit is full of
mascot stick puppets, and short games to recycle for each class, as well as The Goodbye Chant. to do. These may include starting homework in activities that Young Learners find fun and engaging,

vocabulary, structures, concepts, or the sounds of class or choosing something from an activity box such as singing songs, listening to stories, and playing
English. The Goodbye Chant that includes worksheets, puzzles, board games, games. In addition, the video program and the
vocabulary cards, comic books in English, and class-
• Present After students warm up, it is time to produced books. In the Our World Lesson Planner, Classroom Presentation Tool contain a wide variety of
present the new language. This means teaching Good work, class. teachers have a variety of activities to choose from, motivating and enjoyable activities.
new vocabulary words, language models, or Hip hip, hooray! including extension activity suggestions that are not
content concepts through visuals, realia, examples, Goodbye for now. in the Student’s Book. Repetition and Recycling
or using the Classroom Presentation Tool. Teachers Teachers should provide plenty of opportunities to
should take time on this step and provide numerous Have a nice day! In addition, many additional activities and games practice the language. Using repetition and recycling
activities to give lots of meaningful listening input. are available in the Classroom Presentation Tool is important when working with Young Learners. If
This will help students gain comprehension of and Online Practice activities. children are interested in a story or chant, they will
the new language. The Our World Starter Lesson • Three-Step Routines In addition to the explicit, ask to hear it again. Repeating is a natural part of
Planner suggests multiple activities to present and guided instruction provided in the Lesson Planner, Successful Activities children’s learning process.
check comprehension of language to support the Our World also offers a series of three-step teaching Activities have meaning and purpose Activities
activities in the Student’s Book. routines as an alternative or streamlined approach for Young Learners should above all be meaningful Our World provides plenty of opportunities for
to lesson planning. These routines can be used for meaningful repetition, especially if the Classroom
• Practice An important step focuses on students’ any major lesson type and contain all of the major and purposeful. Engaging students in authentic Presentation Tool and video are used in conjunction

first efforts to use new target language. For Young elements of successful lessons in consolidated form. and meaningful contexts helps them recognize and with the Student’s Book. Students will get the chance
Learners, practice is guided, meaning that students remember language patterns. to hear, repeat, and use both vocabulary and
are provided with the structures and vocabulary Instead of presenting language as isolated structures multiple times. Recycling happens within a
needed to produce the target language. While Lesson Adjustments grammar structures to be analyzed, teachers do well unit and also across units to help with retention.
students are not expected to create new language Teachers must keep in mind many different to present language in realistic contexts and provide
independently, the goal is to provide opportunities elements as they plan their lessons. They identify plenty of opportunities for students to repeat,
for them to try out new language in order to learning objectives and match appropriate activities recycle, and use English in order to communicate CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
prepare for real communicative contexts. to them. They plan how they will use their physical meaningfully with one other.
space and seating arrangements for individual, pair, As teachers everywhere know, real learning
• Apply At this stage, students should be able to and group work. They collect the materials and Activities are supported and scaffolded requires a well-managed classroom. Expectations
use new language in realistic contexts, as well as equipment they will need. They think about time Scaffolding is used to describe the exterior support of proper classroom behavior can vary from culture
personalize the language with respect to their own management and pacing. But no matter the plan, structure around a building under construction. As to culture, but in all cases, effective classroom
lives. Application further develops students’ abilities teachers know to expect the unexpected as the day’s the building is completed, the scaffolding is taken management goes beyond dealing with misbehavior
to use language communicatively. lesson unfolds! away, and the building stands on its own. In the only. Many aspects of teaching can affect the
same way, teachers provide scaffolding to students behavior of students in the classroom.
in order to help them construct knowledge and learn
language effectively.
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