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by Tim Schneider
Peace Corps Volunteer
English Education
Ialoveni, Moldova
ETRC Spring School
March 6-8, 2014
What is an absolute beginner?
 learners who have had no contact with English at all
 often come from developing nations
 often have had very little education
 often more challenging to teach as the teacher can not
expect learners to understand even a minimal amount
of English
 The question, 'How are you?’ will not be understood.
 The teacher must begin at the very beginning, usually
with no common language with which to explain the
basics.
Improve the learning with:
 Technology - keep it interesting for 21st Century pupils
 Words – Simple and direct. Don’t get confusing.
 Pictures – Bright and colorful. Symbolic.
 Movement – Get the students to move.
 Interpersonal – Have the students share what they
learn.
 Intrapersonal – Have the students reflect on what they
know.
 Nature – Use nature however possible.
Have concrete goals
 We will learn the 4 seasons and 4 adjectives to describe
them.
 We will learn the 12 months of the year.
 We will combine the months with their correct
seasons.
Las Estaciones y
los Meses del Año
Las Estaciones
invierno primavera
verano otoño
Vocabulary Memorization
 Repetition – 1967 study found that 7 times resulted in
an 80% recall of 216 L1/L2 word pairs.
 Use of an actual dictionary appears to speed retention
of vocabulary.
 e-dictionaries increase the use of the dictionary, but
don’t increase retention like a book can.
 Optimal number of words to learn is between 18-300,
but with harder words, fewer is preferred.
 What is practical for your classroom?
invierno
frío
El invierno es frío.
Word association
 invierno and iarna – both start with “i”
 frío is close to frig in Romanian or frigid in
English.
 notice the color choice for the adjectives;
how can you use color to help with
association?
primavera
cálida
La primavera es cálida.
caliente
verano
El verano es caliente.
otoño
fresco
El otoño es fresco.
Assessment
 Fill in the missing letters. _ nv_ _ rn _, pr _ m _ v _ r _
 Mix the letters. - toñoo, ovaner
 Show a picture without the word.
 Give the adjective - frío
 Complete the sentence
El ______ es caliente.
invierno
enero
invierno
febrero
primavera
primavera
marzo
primavera
abril
primavera
mayo
verano
verano
junio
verano
julio
verano
agosto
otoño
otoño
septiembre
otoño
octubre
otoño
noviembre
invierno
invierno
diciembre
Homework
Poem – Tammy White
 Spring is wet
The flowers grow
It rains a lot
And melts the snow
 Summer is hot
It's full of sun
There is no school
It's lots of fun
 Fall is cool
The leaves fall down
The colors change
All over town
 Winter is cold
The snowflakes fall
We skate and ski
And make snowballs
Color and label
Where there is a desire to learn,
anything is possible.
Have fun!
Bibliography
 Vocabulary Learning in a Second Language: Person, Task,
Context and Strategies
September 2003 — Volume 7, Number 2
http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume7/ej26/ej26a4/
 HOW TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE -
http://www.umich.edu/~lsastudy/foreignlang.html
 Learn the months of the year in Spanish -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8h5d242-M
 http://www.coloring-pages-kids.com/
 http://voices.yahoo.com/childrens-poem-four-seasons-
2132129.html?cat=25

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Teaching absolute beginners

  • 1. by Tim Schneider Peace Corps Volunteer English Education Ialoveni, Moldova ETRC Spring School March 6-8, 2014
  • 2. What is an absolute beginner?  learners who have had no contact with English at all  often come from developing nations  often have had very little education  often more challenging to teach as the teacher can not expect learners to understand even a minimal amount of English  The question, 'How are you?’ will not be understood.  The teacher must begin at the very beginning, usually with no common language with which to explain the basics.
  • 3. Improve the learning with:  Technology - keep it interesting for 21st Century pupils  Words – Simple and direct. Don’t get confusing.  Pictures – Bright and colorful. Symbolic.  Movement – Get the students to move.  Interpersonal – Have the students share what they learn.  Intrapersonal – Have the students reflect on what they know.  Nature – Use nature however possible.
  • 4. Have concrete goals  We will learn the 4 seasons and 4 adjectives to describe them.  We will learn the 12 months of the year.  We will combine the months with their correct seasons.
  • 5. Las Estaciones y los Meses del Año
  • 7. Vocabulary Memorization  Repetition – 1967 study found that 7 times resulted in an 80% recall of 216 L1/L2 word pairs.  Use of an actual dictionary appears to speed retention of vocabulary.  e-dictionaries increase the use of the dictionary, but don’t increase retention like a book can.  Optimal number of words to learn is between 18-300, but with harder words, fewer is preferred.  What is practical for your classroom?
  • 9. Word association  invierno and iarna – both start with “i”  frío is close to frig in Romanian or frigid in English.  notice the color choice for the adjectives; how can you use color to help with association?
  • 13. Assessment  Fill in the missing letters. _ nv_ _ rn _, pr _ m _ v _ r _  Mix the letters. - toñoo, ovaner  Show a picture without the word.  Give the adjective - frío  Complete the sentence El ______ es caliente.
  • 30.
  • 31. Homework Poem – Tammy White  Spring is wet The flowers grow It rains a lot And melts the snow  Summer is hot It's full of sun There is no school It's lots of fun  Fall is cool The leaves fall down The colors change All over town  Winter is cold The snowflakes fall We skate and ski And make snowballs
  • 33. Where there is a desire to learn, anything is possible.
  • 35. Bibliography  Vocabulary Learning in a Second Language: Person, Task, Context and Strategies September 2003 — Volume 7, Number 2 http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume7/ej26/ej26a4/  HOW TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - http://www.umich.edu/~lsastudy/foreignlang.html  Learn the months of the year in Spanish - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga8h5d242-M  http://www.coloring-pages-kids.com/  http://voices.yahoo.com/childrens-poem-four-seasons- 2132129.html?cat=25