**In The English For Children Classroom You Need Flashcards And A Few Acting Skills**

When you are teaching English for children they need to be kept active or they could fall asleep on you. Kids love to do things so give them

something to do. Kids are notorious for forgetting so you must repeat, repeat and repeat some more or else it will go in one ear and straight out the other.

I use flashcards and I keep repeating the words.

I get the kids to write the word on the blackboard.

At the start of each class I will review all the words from the last class.

Also it is a good idea to bring in phonics because if the kids know phonics they can read. But and this is a big BUT the kids do not always understand what they are reading.

That is why I like flashcards. The kids are learning words and the meaning together as well as how to write the word and how to say it. Also the experts say most people learn by looking but with language learning you learn by listening.

Even with reading you learn by listening.

When you use a flashcard you are always saying the word so the kids learn by listening and looking. Then if you bring in acting the kids are learning by looking, listening and doing. Using all three learning modules is one of the best ways to learn.

But as I mentioned at the beginning you must repeat and keep repeating. The more kids you have in the class the more repeating you have to do because some kids are fast learners while others are not. Every lesson I keep bringing in new words as well as repeating the old words and this way the children actually learn some English I hope.

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