Fifty Ways to Teach Young Learners: Tips for ESL/EFL Teachers

by Lesley Ito

**Updated for 2018 with expanded descriptions and more photos!** Teaching English as a second or foreign language is full of How do you hold students’ interest? How do you ensure that they get enough practice to really learn? Teaching young learners—children—presents unique challenges. Teachers are often looking for age- and level-appropriate activities. This book presents ideas and techniques appropriate for young learners, divided into sections for • Vocabulary • TPR, Songs, and Chants • Flashcards; Grammar • Combination Activities • Holidays Many of the activities are illustrated with photographs from the instructor’s own classroom. The Fifty Ways to Teach series gives you a variety of drills, games, techniques, methods, and ideas to help your students learn English. Many require little to no preparation or special materials. The ideas can be used with any textbook, or without a textbook at all. These short, practical guides aim to make your teaching life easier, and your students’ lives more rewarding and successful.

118 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Ivonne Rovira · Rating 5 out of 5]

While this book is designed for teachers of English as a Second Languages serving primary-school students, teachers of World Languages — and any preschool or kindergarten or first- or second-grade teacher, probably — would also find lots to love.

Author Lesley Ito, who has long taught English in Japan, fills this 118-page gem with lots of ideas for games and activities to make learning effective and fun for little learners. In fact, many of these ideas could easily be adapted to middle- and high-school students learning a new language. And, priced at just $1.99, it’s an incredible bargain. Highly, highly recommended.

[Claudette · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Audiobook) Some good ideas here, particularly with primary school aged kids.