Young Learners
Parents recognize the importance of their children learning English at a young age and the role speaking English plays in creating a bright future and getting a good job. Learning English is not a luxury anymore, but rather an absolute necessity for their children’s future and career.
Where
Worldwide. A lot of emphasis on teaching young learners in South East Asian countries
Benefits
There are numerous benefits to teaching young learners overseas. You can enjoy the challenge of teaching this age group, a skill we train in our TESOL certification course. This type of work gives you tremendous creative input, where you can be of benefit to other people and, as you are likely to be teaching kindergarden aged students, you can receive spontaneous feedback immediately. It is a communicative, high energy job that requires little in the way of lesson preparation yet offers high levels of excitement and enthusiasm. You have the opportunity to be responsible for the fundamental language skill development of young people while involved in an exotic lifestyle, immersing yourself in foreign culture and learn another language. Once you have completed a contract with a certain employer it is not very difficult at all to move across to another employer in another country. As a result, many people use it as a ticket to travel.
Teaching Young Learners
- Learn methods of teaching phonetics, listening, reading, writing and speaking to children.
- Identify the types of skill-building activities that make learning fun and effective.
- Discover valuable lesson structure and planning methods.
- Understand the leading theories on language acquisition and child development.
- Learn what constitutes effective learning material and where to find it.
- Find out how to maintain effective classroom management with children.
- Understand the importance and uses of nonverbal communication.
