Teaching Young Language Learners

Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers

by Annamaria Pinter

An accessible guide to the theory and practice of teaching English to children in primary education.

This book is not a theoretical analysis of teaching language to young learners, nor is it a resource manual with a list of ready ideas and 'tips' for classroom use. Instead, it aims to discuss and bring together research relevant to children and language learning and principles in classroom practice.

The book is organized into eleven chapters:

1. Learning and development
2. Learning the first language at home and at school
3. Learning a second/third language at home and at school
4. Policy: primary ELT programmes
5. Teaching listening and speaking
6. Teaching reading and writing
7. Teaching vocabulary and grammar
8. Learning to learn (helping children develop learning strategies)
9. Materials evaluation and materials design
10. Assessment
11. Research in the primary English classroom

Each chapter ends with a list of recommended reading, a survey of background theory, references to various practical teacher resources, and a set of follow-up tasks suitable both for trainee teachers and practising teachers using the book independently.

Genres: Teaching, Education, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 2006

About the author

Annamaria Pinter is a lecturer at the Centre for English Language Teacher Education at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally she comes from Hungary where she worked in a teacher training college specialising in ELT for young learners. She had several years of experience of teaching children of all ages in both state primary schools and private language schools in Hungary. For the last decade she has worked in the UK with international students at MA level, teaching courses related to ELT for young learners such as the psychology of language learning and teaching and materials and course design and evaluation for young learners.

She has supervised a wide variety of dissertations in the area of classroom research with young learners. She has also run practical workshops and training courses for teachers and teacher trainers both at Warwick and overseas and has a keen interest in teacher development. Her PhD research was about the benefits of task-based learning for children in EFL contexts.

Reviews

[Tatjana · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is good, but it’d be better to check the next, updated edition.

[Santhy Ria · Rating 4 out of 5]

It gives brief yet important insights of teaching YL in ESL classrooms.

[Dorthe Svendsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

En god fagbok. Godt blandet av repetisjon, enkel ped og både fremoverlent og bakoverlent forskning. Tror denne skal bli fin å bruke til eksamen!!!

[Bro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for teachers in a school classroom. For me the first 5 chapters were a good review. I am going to read those again. I work mainly with speech, so that is my focus when I read. I don't use worksheets and such so ours is all active learning. There is something here for everyone though no matter what style or focus you have.

[Tam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to read if you have teaching experience. Covers all the significant areas of teaching English to YL.

[Sam Windi · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Mark Steacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good introduction to teaching English to young learners with lots of practical suggestions embedded into the theory. Lots of suggestions for further reading too.

[Vera Tama · Rating 3 out of 5]

very good

[kewan alghofaily · Rating 4 out of 5]

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