This document summarizes a workshop for teaching English to elementary school students and assessing their learning. It discusses what children are generally like, including being physically active, enthusiastic learners with short attention spans. It recommends using materials that are concentric, realistic, and integrated to involve learners. A variety of hands-on, lively activities that stir interaction are suggested. The document provides guidance on building confidence, rules, and atmosphere in the classroom. It also outlines strategies for teacher talk, questioning, and assessing learning through observation, tasks, and portfolios. Tricks for addressing mismatches between textbooks and curricula are presented.

1. Teaching English to
Elementary School
Students and
Educative Assessment
A Workshop
by
Grow With English Authors

2. Grow With English
Hello, how are you, dear friends
Let us play and sing a song
To make us happy all day
To make it easy to learn English
To make us happy all day
Let us speak English and play

3. Today’s Menu
All About Kids
 What are kids like?
 What are the material like?
 What are the activities like?
Classroom habits: Teacher talk
Assessment
Spill It Out

4. All About Kids
What are kids generally like?
What are the materials like?
What are the activities like?

5. What are kids generally
like?
Physically active Get bored easily
Very enthusiastic Egocentric
and eager learners Musical
Short span of
concentration
Imaginative
Great capacity of
learning

6. The Implications
What are the materials like?
What are the activities like?
What are the tricks?

7. What are the materials
like?
Concentric
Realistic
One thing at a time
Integrated
Allow learners to get involved
Recycle

8. GWE Material
GWE Material.ppt
How to teach it?

9. What are the activities
like?
Varied: stir and settle
Fun
Hands-on
Lively-paced
Involve interaction

10. Classroom Habits: How?
Building up teachers’ confidence and
self-esteem
Building up learners’ confidence and
self-esteem
Building up class rules and procedures
Creating a positive classroom
atmosphere

11. Teacher’s Talk
Use English to teach English
Teacher as a model
Teacher as a caretaker
Characteristics
 Simple
 Slow
 Repeating, recasting, reacting positively
 Exaggerated pronunciation
 Keep asking questions where necessary
ClassroomEnglish.pdf

12. Assessment
Why assess (very) young learners?
What do we asses?
How do we asses young learners?

13. Why assess (very) young
learners?
To monitor and aid children’s progress
To provide children with evidence of
their progress and enhance motivation
To monitor teacher’s performance and
plan future work
To provide information for parents,
colleagues, and school authorities

14. What do we assess?
Skills development: listening, speaking,
reading, writing, integrated skills
Learning how to learn
Attitudes
Behavioral and social skills

15. How do we asses (very)
young learners?
Portfolio assessment
Structured assessment activities/ tasks
Observation
Traditional tests

16. What if …
The textbook used is not based on the
local curriculum?
 Teach language for life or teach for test?
 Any tricks we can use?

17. Possible tricks
Compare textbook and local curriculum
Identify the mismatch
Find relevant resources to fill in the
missing parts
Give more weight on what we teach
Consult the authors of textbook used for
assistance

18. Spill It Out
Any Questions?

19. Thank You
&
Happy Teaching