Polina Britova
Location Russia
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Thank you so much! I've never worked with young language learners, but I feel like materials of this course might be very helpful for me as a future teacher and parent.
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I totally agree with every statement except the first one. Play is a natural way of learning and discovering for young children, it is vital for them to play to explore the world, including language learning.
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This week was so helpful to me! Now I know a lot of assessment of young children and the importance of observation. Thank you so much!
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I totally agree with James. It is indeed important to assess not only language abilities but also determination, curiosity, openmindedness, resilience, self-belief and so many more, which we as carers can only see during observation.
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Both parents and teachers could share information about some actions that are new to a child. For example, a child just started talking and they counted how many animals are in their picture in English. Communication between parents and teachers should be taking place at least once a week to trace progress and share news, feelings and emotions about education....
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It is highly important for teachers and parents to track information about child's progress and share information about a child, because there has to be a connection and correlation between actions of adults.
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Celebrating children's achievements is very important for their motivation, also it helps to build a good self esteem and a positive self image.
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For me the best way of keeping track of children's progress is their work, like paintings they do or the way they play or the way the say words and phrases. It may be a journal or a scrapbook made and decorated by a carer with a child in a creative and fun way.
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This week I've learned a lot about law part of educating young children, as well as a lot of useful information about creating enabling environment. Thank you so much!
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Every person is different and that's what makes us beautiful. We should value our differences more because this way we could learn from each other so many things! It's true about young children too - they are developing at different pace and it's OK, the enjoy doing different things and it's great too. Showing that our differences put us closer together is a...
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There would be a lot of animal toys to play with and act different situations, a huge amount of coloring books and all suplies for arts and craft. It would be under a tent with a lot of led-lights.
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When you use songs and nursery rhymes, help children understand the words by using actions as well. - It is a good way of developing their ability to foloow the instructions and cory actions of a teacher, as well as hear foreign words and phrases.
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The teacher makes children feel safe and welcomed, she sings to them, gives them five and pats them. She also names them individually, which is good. You can see that children trust her because they react the same - they sing back and give her five too.
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Key person is defenitely important, because they basically act like child's parents.
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It was defenitely my mom. She was always taking part in any activity that I was engaged to. When I was writing my first letters or drawing pictures she used to praise me and tell me how great I am for trying and having a go. It made me feel confident.
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For me positive relationship is all about respect and being comfortable around some people.
Enabling environment is an environment where children are free and willing to use different resources to explore and develop. -
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This week gave me the opportunity to know more about the ways I can improve activities for children and make them more developing and fun. Thank you!
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I try to make activities meaningful by making up some situations that are interesting to children.
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I didn't even realised that engaging in activities could be so developing! Children are developing listening skills, developing memory, learning the meaning of words, practising their speaking skills, copying pronunciation, developing spatial awareness, developing their fine motor skills, learning how to focus their attention, exploring different ways of...
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By taking part in these activities children are developing their motor skills, their ability to follow instructions of a teacher, they are having fun and developing at the same time!
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Animals which live in the pond. Wet/dry.
The teacher uses a lot of repetition which is great, she also uses a lot of songs and rhymes, it creates a good emotional environment. -
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Paint: painting pictures with fingers and naming colors, finger names, objects to draw, even some figures and shapes, positions (up, down, left, right, behind, etc.).
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The role of a teacher is to create the environment for that natural impulse to create and discover the world.
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Agreed with everything that Catherine said, thank you so much!
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Playing with dolls or toys could be also very useful in developing language. We as teachers could name body parts, give a brief description of an apperance, give some words describing relationship between toys (like friendship, love, etc).
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Commenting during activity and naming objects, colors, counting numbers, etc is vital for language developing.
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English is my second language, my native one is Russian. I started learning English at school when I was 7 and honestly I don't remember taking part in any fun and engaging activities; we've been learning language as a structure.
Now I'm teaching English and I believe that the best way to learn language is through songs, rhymes, play and motor activity.
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Learning English is not possible without any other activity for young children. Developing different skills is unseparable with learning language.
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As a child I learned how to swim. During that process I also was learning to hear guidances and follow these instructions, it helped to develop my motor skills.
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I've learnt a lot about interacting with young children. For me was kind of shoking to know that praising can be as harmful for child's self esteem as labeling. Thank you so much!
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To do some things together, pay attention to child's actions, play with them and comment on their actions is very helpful for language development.
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One of my student was looking very upset and tired, turned out he was thirsty and a glass of water really helped.
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The teacher is asking questions offering children a choice, then giving the answer to chidren to make sure that they understood everything. She encourages them by giving them time to think and explore.
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Absolutely agree! These ideas are so very useful, thank you!
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I was labelled clever and talented in my childhood. It made me feel arrogant at some point, I thought that I was better than any of classmates, which was not true, every one of us were so good in our own way.
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100% agreed with everything that Jeff said, so many useful information.
As for me, I've never labeled my student as bad people, only graded their actions. Positive labels, in my opinion, help to create positive self esteem, but we as teachers can't over praise children. -
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I've never had such experience, because my mom would always tell that I'm the best, the smartest and the most capable girl in the world.
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The idea about innate motivation is very important up to my mind, because most of the parents and teachers that I know use these external motivators like stikers, toys, which is not really helpful, as far as this video states. Thank you so much!
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1 b, 2 a, 3 c.
I think in all situations I would start asking children questions about their expirience to help them understand themselves.
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When kids are emotionally stable, it's easier for them to use language to express their feeling, ideas and thoughts. When children are scared or feeling uncomfortable they tend to close, don't speak at all.
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This week showed me the importance of play not only for educating young children, but adults too.
The best idea of the week was about the time for the play.
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I've never had an experience of teaching language during play, so it's hard to tell.
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Children are having fun and exploring the world while learning language.
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I agree 100%. Repetition, supporting words with pictures, objects, facial expressions, gestures, taking things slow are very important.
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Ask them questions, comment on what they're doing. Don't worry if you're not 100% sure if what you're saying is correct. The most important thing you can do is to show interest and even join in with the children as they play.
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I've never had such problems, but my advice would be to keep your line and continue doing whatever you were supposed to do. Children are very sensitive, they will sense that you're insecure and stop enjoing the process too. Just ask them in their native language or in any other way how do they feel about doing something.
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I agree! Safety is a priority.
For me the main issue during play with young children is respecting actions of others. You know, children usually get into fights, so it's highly important to make the rules clear - respect is the key to enjoing the play. -
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Usually I use coloring books, Jenga bricks and Lego details for playing with children. Also, they love plaiyng with stuffed toys - they love naming them, making up their stories, building relationships between them.
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It is important to make the environment the most comfortable and safe for children. You need to have any materials which may be useful for children's play and work.
The environment should be spacious and colorful, I think. It creates nice emotional atmosphere. -
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It is vital for children to play as long as they want to.
Play develops fine motor skills, sensory skills, sound recognition (which is very important in language learning and communication), imagination and creativity, basically children are learning about the world. -
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I agree with James 100%. I've never realised that play enables children to see things from a different point of view, it's so good for reflecting on your actions.
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As an educator I feel like having too much fun during learning is actually a good thing. Having strong emotions makes memorizing easier.
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The children that I've worked with usually started playing whenever they felt bored. They were very creative and extremely serious about their play.
Their favorite activity was constructing anything, like puzzles, Lego. Once my 4 years old constructed a tall tower from Jenga bricks.
Any play and any game helps children to understant where do they stand and... -
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When young children are learning to play, they are mastering their skill in immitation, because they're copying adult actions, mostly. During play they learn to follow rules, cooperate, create, and they get to improve their problem-solving skills.
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Play which is led and controlled by a teacher is a great way to teach children to follow the rules and reflect on their own actions.
Adult-initiated activity or play might be beneficial for children if they want to feel in control and make their own rules, play different roles, etc.
Child-led play is very important for young children to express their... -
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Primarily I played with my mom, we used to dress up my favorite doll. I used to pretent to be her stylist, like to paint her nails and do her hair and make-up. Also we used to love "cooking" together from mud and leaves and sand. I guess, my mom was trying to make me a housewife. :)
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Thank you very much! This week has been great.
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I've learnt about the way very young children learn anything, not just language. It's going to be very useful for me as soon as I start working with actual children.
The best idea of teaching and learning that I gained this week is to have fun and enjoy!
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Great advice! My advice would be to listen to the needs of a child and engage them in activities which are interesting for them.
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Basically, all of my guesses and thoughts were right, but I was kind of surprised to know that brain of a child works faster than adult's brain.
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For me, the most expectable were these statements:
The first years of learning different language are more about understanding and receiving.
Children mix words from different languages.
Learning different languages is easier when you know the structure of your native language.
You need a lot of repetition. If things are repeated a lot, children tend to... -
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They learn best when they're engaged, motivated, and challenged.
It's very important that you see what the children enjoy using and that you plan activities around those sort of areas.
When children are so interested in activity, we can put in language, talk to them in English, ask questions, and they're often quite unaware that we speak a different...
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Babies understand language about twice as fast as they speak. - yes
Children can’t really learn a language if they are playing. - no
An adult’s brain is far more active than a three-year-old child’s brain. - no
Children learn best when they are interested in something. - yes
Children pick up languages best if there is a context and reason to use it. -... -
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It's dangerous because every child has their own way and pace of learning. Comparing it to some guides is harmful for carers and children, it gots in the way of enjoing the process of learning.
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All children learn at different rates and in different ways. We as teachers don't want to be too much concerned if they can be a little bit before, or even a little bit beyond. It's OK.
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These description aplly to 2-5 years old children.
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According to my observations, children actively learn by doing and communicating. They also need a good motivation, for example some reward or even nice words of encouragement.
For me, teaching children is the way to educate myself and learn more and become a more interesting and humane person. I used to think that learning and teaching are not separable...
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I am an early childhood practitioner, soon to be a teacher.
I think that young children learn by playing, by taking part in different amusing activities. Also they love to imitate adults during games, this way they are learning to do these "adult" things in real life.
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I am studying in university to become a teacher of English in primary school. I've worked with chilren aged 7-11, but I've never had an experience with very young children as a practitioner.
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Hi! My name is Polina, I'm from Russia. I am a student of Tver State University, my main course is Pedagogy. I'm joining this course as a part of my English assignment and to practice and learn more to become the greatest teacher possible!