The document discusses strategies for developing thinking skills in young learners' classrooms. It outlines techniques like problem solving, readers' theater, and project-based learning. Problem solving involves using pictures, reading, listening and observing to engage critical thinking. Readers' theater incorporates literature, pronunciation, storytelling, imagery and humor. Project-based learning has students form hypotheses, notice patterns, draw conclusions and verify information. The document advocates combining language teaching with meaningful, creative activities that avoid students' native language and encourage thinking skills like comparing, categorizing, sequencing and problem solving.

1. DEVELOPINGTHINKING
SKILLS INTHE LEARNERS’
CLASSROOM
Carlos Daniel Cazco Maldonado
UNIVERSIDADTÉCNICA DEL NORTE
IBARRA-ECUADOR

2. Looking into a classroom
Puchta, H, (2012). Developing Thinking Skills in the Young Learners’ Classroom. United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press.

3. Looking into a classroom
Puchta, H, (2012). Developing Thinking Skills in the Young Learners’ Classroom. United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press.

4. Thinking Skills
• Problem Solving
• ReadersTheather
• Project Based Learning

5. PROBLEM SOLVING
• Picture
• Read
• Listen
• Observe: Video
Puchta, H, (2012). Developing Thinking Skills in the Young Learners’ Classroom. United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press.

6. READERSTHEATER
• Literature (Reading)
• Rythm and Rhime: Pronunciation, Language Patterns, Chuncks
• StoryThinking orTelling: Situations. Real life, role plays
• Images and Imaginative thinkig
• Humor and small talk: Avoid formality, jokes, engage, social security
and acceptance
• http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm

7. COLLEGE HORIZONS Students’. Ibarra-Ecuador. Universidad Técnica del Norte

8. PROJECT BASED LEARNING
• Hypotheses
• Noticing Patterns
• Drawing Conclusions
• Trying to find rules
• Verifying

9. COLLEGE HORIZONS Students’. Ibarra-Ecuador. Universidad Técnica del Norte

10. COLLEGE HORIZONS Students’. Ibarra-Ecuador. Universidad Técnica del Norte

11. COLLEGE HORIZONS Students’. Ibarra-Ecuador. Universidad Técnica del Norte

12. COMBININGTHETEACHING OFTHINKING
WITH LANGUAGETEACHING
• Meaningfull Activities
• Avoid the L1
• PictureVocabulary
• Repetition
• Creating

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14. ACTIVITYTYPES
• Making comparisons
• Categorising
• Sequencing
• Focusing attention
• Memorising
• Exploring space
• Exploring time
• Exploring numbers
• Making associations
• Analysing cause and effect
• Making decisions
• Solving problems
• Creative thinking

15. CONCLUSIONS
• Think out of the BOX
• Combination of thinking skills
• Notice clearly the objectives we want to achive
• Do not get stuck / think creatively
• Be able to evaluate our actions

16. BIBLIOGRAPHY:
• Puchta, H, (2012). Developing Thinking Skills in the Young Learners’
Classroom. United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press.
• Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple
Intelligences. NewYork. Basic Books.
• Fisher, A. (2008). Critical Thinking. United Kingdom. Cambridge
University Press.
• Puchta, H. and Williams, M. (2011). Teaching Young Learners to Think.
Innsbruck and Cambridge: Helling Languages and Cambridge University
Press.

17. THANKS A LOT
• www.utn.edu.ec
• https://caiutn.wordpress.com/
• cdcazco@utn.edu.ec