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FemaleNomad

Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 58 Location: Poland
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: How do I begin writing the syllabus?? |
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Hi everyone --
It's my first year teaching. I have a BA in English and also got my CELTA this past summer. I started teaching children 3-5 in September. The school provided me with an outline/syllabus of what I should teach and I had to make up lesson plans/activities. Well, turns out that the syllabus was for Sept- Dec and now I need to make it up for the rest of the year. Where do I begin? How do I know what I SHOULD teach??? Where can I find resournces online? I've been to bookstores here -- mainly Empik -- to see if I can find ESL/TEFL books for teaching children aged 3-5 but have found next to nothing. Any advice would be appreciated!!
Thank you so much!! |
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kaw

Joined: 31 Mar 2003 Posts: 302 Location: somewhere hot and sunny
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Certainly doesn't sound like fun and am quite suprised that an employer would expect you to do this considering your lack of experience.
I've never taught this age range (7ish has been my minimum so can't offer much in the way of ideas based on experience but........
If you can find a course book designed for pre-school native speaker kids you could get some ideas and adapt where needed.
I have found that with younger kids - colouring in is always a good activity - and of course - helps them with their motor skills. CBBC ( the UK's BBC website for little kids used to have some nice stuff on.
Handwriting books are also good - letter formation and all that.
Hopefully somebody out there can come up with something a lot more useful. |
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johnslat

Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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FemaleNomad

Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 58 Location: Poland
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you so much. I really appreciate the help. I'll be going through those websites this evening. |
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johnslat

Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: TheApple |
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Dear FemaleNomad,
Here's another one
http://www.theapple.com/training
TheApple for Teachers is also a very nice place to exchange ideas and experiences. I'm a member there.
By the way, where exactly are you teaching now? Is it Poland? (I looked up Empik bookstores on Google.)
Regards,
John |
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dixie

Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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I would also suggest talking with the teacher who proceeds you so that you know what skills they will need to have when they advance in grade.
Are there no staff members that can help? No books or curriculum that the school specifies that you use?
Creating a syllabus is certainly no easy task when there are no guidelines! I think it�s really important to think about what skills the kids will need as they advance, and make sure to include those.
Provincial or state educational guidelines from various countries might also help to give you an idea on what is often taught at that age...or close to it. I would often check out the Ontario site when I was teaching and given no help...I mean "space to be creative".
Best of luck! |
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arioch36
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:49 am Post subject: |
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Dixie
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would also suggest talking with the teacher who proceeds you so that you know what skills they will need to have when they advance in grade |
If only. Uni English majors have two years of writing, and I always seem to find myself teaching the second year of writing classes. And always tey to follow the above advise, to have a clue where to start them. To no avail. (Here in China)
My mother was an elementary 1st grade teacher, and how she loved to nitpick about, "oh, how could them come to 1st grade not knowing this. They are all supposed to learn this at k-class." If only she knew China where the book is often immaterial as a basis, because each student will be passed to the next curriculum objective like clockwork, with the highest marks, regardless of what they might have really learned (if the teacher of young children does not do so, they will be immediately looking for a new job)
Total disconnect with what they were supposed to learn and what they actually learned.
I am curious if the same problem abounds in other countries |
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