TEFL to the Young

Learner
Lecture 3

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Teaching Reading & Writing to Young
Learners

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People don’t expect to even talk abou
t reading and writing to this situation
most programs focus on Speaking and
Listening

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 I don’t agree.

Reading & Writing must be introduced

and gradually built up in TYL programs.

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 Danger

Make sure the C are already

somewhat established in their own
FLA before introducing SLA.

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Cambodian Refugees

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C can be very interested in Reading
and Writing in SLA

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FLA and Literacy

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My Story

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 Reading and Writing at School
Their oral backgrounds help Reading
and Writing.
Ex.
A: “Once....
C: “Once upon a time...”

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Deep vs. Shallow Orthographies

English is...
Deep

Spanish is...
Shallow

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 Deep vs. Shallow Orthographies

Teaching ABCs in English is just telling

them the names.You need to go
deeper.

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

A=/ae/, /e/, /a/

C=/k/ or /s/

Cough
Bough
Tough
Through
Though

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 ghoti
gh
/f/ in “enough”
o
/I/ in “women”
ti
/sh/ in “nation”

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How does that effect your planning?

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 Phonics
Helps

ex. songs, rhyming books, websites,

shows

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Between the Lions
Sesame Street
Super Why

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 Phonics Danger

Practice makes Perfect

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Perfect Practice makes Perfect

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 C bring in useful and transferable
strategies from their FLA:
spelling
sounding things out
comparing sounds and letters

A C’s FLA background can vary. Don’t

forget Cambodia.

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 Reading Activities with yC

sub-skills
Learning to decode familiar written language
Learning to match spoken and written forms
Word cards are you ready?

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Word Card Activity

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 Writing Letters

Writing in Journals/Diaries

Posters on display in class

Everyday Vocabulary

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Posterazor

tool

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ex. p70

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 Word Level Reading
memory matching games that match
pictures with words

vocab cards!

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Sentence Charts

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Sentence Charts

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Reading Activities with oC

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use your libraries!

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Text

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