COMODORO Marzo 2017 - Working with Young Learners
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Children acquire language best: - in a low-anxiety environment - through focus on meaning rather than on form - through the tasks appropriate to their development level - if they involve many senses and emotions in the acquisition process - if meaning is established through visual cues - if there is variety, recycling and repetition
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- 1. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Analía Ferraro March 2017 Cambridge Exams for Young Learners
- 2. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro v Working with Young Learners
- 3. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro PART ONE • Present the coming changes in the YL Exams PART TWO • Reflect on the skills our students need to develop for YLE • Look at some practical ways in which we can help our learners develop exam skills in a fun and motivating way and thus, improve their performance Seminar Overview In this talk we will:
- 4. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro PART 1 Revised Cambridge English Young Learner Tests An overview
- 5. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro
- 6. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Question papers • Assessment criteria • Report of results Changes
- 7. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge English: Starters (YLE Starters)
- 8. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Listening Task - Part 1
- 9. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Reading & Writing Task - Part 1
- 10. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Reading & Writing Task - Part 4
- 11. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Candidate now asked name • Part 1 now is a conflation of old Parts 1 and 2 (that mainly included non verbal responses) • Additional question added to Speaking Part 2 (“Tell me about …”) Changes in Speaking Part
- 12. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Speaking Part “ Tell me about … “
- 13. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge English: Movers (YLE Movers)
- 14. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro “Drawing” dropped from Part 5
- 15. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Listening Task - Part 3
- 16. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Task order has been changed (easier coming first) • Total number of questions has been reduced (from 40 to 35) • Current Part 2 has been removed to allow for a NEW Part 6, a new Writing Task Changes in Reading and Writing
- 17. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Current PART 2 – Removed!
- 18. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Reading and Writing task
- 19. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Candidate now asked name and age (natural way to begin the interview) • Part 2 story task now has title and names of main characters Changes in Speaking Part
- 20. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Speaking Story Task Providing the appropriate scaffolding for the story
- 21. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge English: Flyers (YLE Flyers)
- 22. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro As in Movers, “Drawing” dropped from Part 5
- 23. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro As in Movers, • Task order has been changed • Current Part 2 has been removed to allow for the NEW Part 7, a new Writing Task Changes in Reading and Writing
- 24. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Current PART 2 – Removed!
- 25. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Reading and Writing Task
- 26. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Candidate now asked name, family name and age • Part 3 story task now has title and names of characters Changes in Speaking Part
- 27. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro NEW Speaking Story Task
- 28. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Alongside with the new writing tasks, the “can do statements” have been revised • Movers o Can write short, simple, isolated phrases about everyday topics and concrete situations • Flyers o Can write a short message, a story based on pictures Writing Assessment Changes and Rationale
- 29. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Speaking Assessment Changes and Rationale Vocabulary and grammar Range Control Extent Cohesion (not Starters) Pronunciation Individual sounds (Word) stress Intonation (not Starters) Interaction Reception/responding Support required Fluency/promptness A revised “marking scheme” has been produced
- 30. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Ideas for what to do Strengths Areas to work on Results Reporting Changes and Rationale
- 31. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Question papers – very few changes o New Starters and Movers Listening tasks o New Movers and Flyers Writing tasks o More opportunity to speak during speaking tests o Less anxiety • Assessment criteria o New mark schemes for Movers and Flyers writing tasks o Updated speaking assessment criteria • Report of results o Development of a new statement of results Summary of changes
- 32. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Free Support and Preparation Materials January 2017 • new sample tests • revised word lists • revised handbook for teachers
- 33. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro April 2017 • brief exam guide • information for parents and teachers • word list picture books Free Support and Preparation Materials
- 34. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro April 2017 • Classroom posters and activities • Progress charts • Lesson plans Free Support and Preparation Materials
- 35. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Aug 2017 Updated speaking test videos Free Support and Preparation Materials
- 36. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Games and Online Activities .-- C ·-AM =l lllDGI INGUIH oWe'llbegoingintotown with our friends, Young Learners lfow to play ) L«aderboard J Which one of these pictures has a waterfall in it?
- 37. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Progression between YLE levels and on to Key for Schools is even clearer. • Tasks reviewed to ensure they’re age appropriate, and don’t cause anxiety. • Improved alignment to CEFR, giving an even clearer view of a learner’s level. • In addition to shields, candidates will get feedback on how to improve. • Writing and Speaking marking criteria published so teachers more confident of students’ readiness for test. Key benefits of the revised tests
- 38. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro WEBINAR WEBSITE Information about changes New WEBINAR May 2017 New TESTS available January 2018 WEBINAR http://bit.ly/2mFyBac
- 39. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro PART 2 Preparing kids for YLE Exams in a fun and motivating way Some practical ideas
- 40. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Children acquire language best: • in a low-anxiety environment • through focus on meaning rather than on form • through the tasks appropriate to their development level • if they involve many senses and emotions in the acquisition process • if meaning is established through visual cues • if there is variety, recycling and repetition
- 41. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Take into consideration that: • the brain stores information based on functionality and meaningfulness • emotions drive attention; attention drives learning and memory • a relevant, meaningful context is necessary for effective language acquisition • learner- centered instruction facilitates second-language acquisition
- 42. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Alfie Kohn (1957) / American author and lecturer in education, parenting and human behaviour
- 43. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro word games storytelling surveys / graphs / chartsclassifying/categorising journalist type portfolio working with images singing TPR / moving around pair or team work Howard Gardner - Theory of Multiple Intelligences
- 44. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro task not necessarily a restrictive focus on a single grammatical structure may have a non-linguistic outcome exercise restrictive focus on a single language element with a linguistic outcome
- 45. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Turning a Task into a Game http://www.classtools.net/timer/
- 46. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Memory Game How many true sentences can you make (in a given time)?
- 47. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Concentrate !
- 48. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Yes - No
- 49. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro doll radio ball cow spider kite frog Listen and Remember!
- 50. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro tree apple hat girl cupboard duck chair Pay attention!
- 51. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro tree apple hat girl cupboard chair What is missing?
- 52. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Put up the correct letter • Sit on the correct chair • Say the other two sentences Choose the correct option
- 53. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Focusing attention Teach children chunks In this picture …but in this picture … Using the negative This hipo has got flowers but this hipo hasn’t got flowers Saying the same with other words I can see/ there is/ she has got • Memory game • Provide the correct version (only one picture described) • Spot the differences (only one picture displayed) • Rephrasing (in turns)
- 54. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro • Complete the series (lexical fields) • Tutti frutti / Stop the bus • Paper Race Teach children chunks This picture is different because … and the others are… (or alternatives) Work with umbrella terms Lemon/ pineapple/orange – fruit I guess … I think … I don´t know …
- 55. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Spelling • Guess what it is • Classifying (same sound) • Bingo
- 56. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro ay day ee see e red ie pie oa boat ue cue ar car A H J K B C D E G P T V Z(US) F L M N S X Z (BrE) I Y O Q U W R Awareness
- 57. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Question Formation W-H questions Yes/No questions
- 58. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Generating questions My aunt loves cats! She has two: Romeo and Juliet. She went on holiday to France last month but she did not take her cats because she stayed at a hotel. She loves cats! She went to France. She went last month Because she stayed at a h What Where When Why on holida y ? ? ? ?
- 59. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Who is afraid of grammar?
- 60. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Sorting out
- 61. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro W-H WORD Sorting out AUXILIARY SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT/S
- 62. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Children are …
- 63. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Group A Anna reads a magazine in the garden every Sunday morning Group B Hilary listens to music by the pool at the weekend Group C Sylvia meets a friend near the school on Monday afternoon Group D James plays chess in the park on Saturday http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Bekiri-QuestionGame/
- 64. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Stories Movers Part 2 & Flyers Part 3
- 65. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Name: Title: Who? Where? What? First… Then… After that… Finally … Using Graphic Organizers
- 66. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Name: Title: Who? Where? What? First… Then… After that… Finally … STORY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER Useful Vocabulary
- 67. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016 Storytelling
- 68. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro
- 69. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016
- 70. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016 Story Time
- 71. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016 This is the story of a very tall man called Mr Big: his house is big, his car is big and his cat is also big! He is so big and strong that he breaks all his pens. Reconstructing the story He needs a big pen SO he goes to the shops to buy one BUT he forgets the ink SO he makes his own ink. He mixes and mixes and mixes and puts in a lot of water and fills his pen.
- 72. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016 He writes MOUSE and at once, a mouse appears. “Wow … this pen in magic!”, he says. “What can I write next?”, he says. “Write FISH”, says the cat. “Write CHEESE”, says the mouse. BUT Mr Big writes MRS BIG … Suddenly, the door bell rings and Mrs Big is there! They get married and the big cat and the magic mouse go to the wedding. Mr Big, Mrs Big, the big cat and the magic mouse live happily ever after with the help of the magic pen!
- 73. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016 This is the story of a very tall man called Mr Big: his house is big, his car is big and his cat is also big! He is so big and strong that he breaks all his pens. He needs a big pen SO he goes to the shops to buy one BUT he forgets the ink SO he makes his own ink. He mixes and mixes and mixes and puts in a lot of water and fills his pen. He writes MOUSE and at once, a mouse appears. “Wow … this pen in magic!”, he says. “What can I write next?”, he says. “Write FISH”, says the cat. “Write CHEESE”, says the mouse. BUT Mr Big writes MRS BIG … Suddenly, the door bell rings and Mrs Big is there! They get married and the big cat and the magic mouse go to the wedding. Mr Big, Mrs Big, the big cat and the magic mouse live happily ever after with the help of the magic pen! Their story
- 74. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016
- 75. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016 This is the story of a very tall man called Mr Big: his house is big, his car is big and his cat is also big! He is so big and strong that he ________all his pens. He ________ a big pen SO he ________ to the shops to ________ one BUT he ________ the ink SO he ________ makes his own ink. He ________ and ________ and ________ and puts in a lot of water and fills his pen. He ________ MOUSE and at once, a mouse ________. “Wow … this pen in magic!”, he says. “What can I ________ next?”, he says. “________ FISH”, says the cat. “________ CHEESE”, says the mouse. BUT Mr Big writes MRS BIG … Suddenly, the door bell ________ and Mrs Big is there! They get married and the big cat and the magic mouse ________ to the wedding. Mr Big, Mrs Big, the big cat and the magic mouse live happily ever after with the help of the magic pen! Do away with verbs
- 76. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016 This is the story of a very tall ________ called Mr Big: his ________ is big, his ________ is big and his ________ is also big! He is so big and strong that he ________all his ________. He ________ a big ________ SO he ________ to the ________ to ________ one BUT he ________ the ________ SO he ________ makes his own ________ He ________ and ________ and ________ and puts in a lot of water and fills his ________. He ________ ________ and at once, a ________ ________. “Wow … this ________ in magic!”, he says. “What can I ________ next?”, he says. “________ ________”, says the ________. “________ ________”, says the ________. BUT Mr Big ________ MRS BIG … Suddenly, the door bell ________ and Mrs Big is there! They get married and the big ________ and the magic ________ ________ to the wedding. Mr ________, ________ ________ , the big ________ and the magic ________ live happily ever after with the help of the magic ________! Do away with nouns
- 77. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016 This is the story of a very ________ ________ called Mr Big: his ________ is ________, his ________ is ________ and his ________ is also ________! He is so ________ and ________ that he ________all his ________. He ________ a ________ ________ SO he ________ to the ________ to ________ one BUT he ________ the ________ SO he ________ makes his own ________ He ________ and ________ and ________ and puts in a lot of water and fills his ________. He ________ ________ and at once, a ________ ________. “Wow … this ________ in magic!”, he says. “What can I ________ next?”, he says. “________ ________”, says the ________. “________ ________”, says the ________. BUT Mr Big ________ MRS BIG … Suddenly, the door bell ________ and Mrs Big is there! They get married and the ________ ________ and the ________ ________ ________ to the wedding. Mr ________, ________ ________ , the ________ ________ and the ________ ________ live happily ever after with the help of the magic ________! Do away with adjectives
- 78. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro This is the story of a very ________ ________ called Mr Big: his ________ is ________, his ________ is ________ and his ________ is also ________! He is so ________ and ________ that he ________all his ________. He ________ a ________ ________ he ________ to the ________ to ________ one he ________ the ________ he ________ makes his own ________ He ________ and ________ and ________ and puts in a lot of water and fills his ________. He ________ ________ and at once, a ________ ________. “Wow … this ________ in magic!”, he says. “What can I ________ next?”, he says. “________ ________”, says the ________. “________ ________”, says the ________. Mr Big ________ MRS BIG … , the door bell ________ and Mrs Big is there! They get married and the ________ ________ and the ________ ________ ________ to the wedding. Mr ________, ________ ________ , the ________ ________ and the ________ ________ live happily ever after with the help of the magic ________! Focusing on connectives
- 79. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro http://www.storyjumper.com/ https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/apps-and-sites-for-storytelling
- 80. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro
- 81. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016
- 82. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro
- 83. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro
- 84. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro https://www.spellingcity.com/
- 85. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/archived-word- games/hangman/clothes
- 86. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro https://www.mystorybook.com
- 87. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker/make.html
- 88. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/games- social/monkey-puzzles-world-tour/ Online Resources
- 89. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning- english/games-social/monkey-puzzles/
- 90. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/parents-and- children/activities-for-children/
- 91. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/parents-and- children/activities-for-children/sing-and-learn/
- 92. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro SAMPLE PAPERS http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/young- learners-english/
- 93. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro COMPUTER-BASED SAMPLE TESTS http://ylesample.atamts.com/
- 94. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro August 2016
- 95. Cambridge Exams for Young Learners Analía Ferraro Thank you! v v vv