The Fun Guide: Games for Learning English

Book Information

Full Description:

The Fun Guide: Games for Learning English is designed as a full initial English language course for younger learners (from infant to about 10-years-old). It has 35 Lesson Plans, starting with Beginner and moving to Advanced, with step-by-step instructions for each lesson.

The book also includes a comprehensive set of Activity Worksheets to accompany each Lesson Plan, as well as a series of free, downloadable PDF Flashcards to assist with giving lessons, playing games and completing Activity Worksheets.

The lesson plans have been written according to a single teacher/single student basis, but can be easily adapted to suit teaching two or more students.
There is a Troubleshooting section to assist teachers when they need it, as well as list of resources, spelling games and answers to the Activity Worksheets.

This book is truly a comprehensive, all-in-one resource for teaching English to younger learners.

Table of Contents:

Introduction i
About the Author i
Acknowledgements i
Teachyourselfalesson.com i
What is the principle aim of this book? ii
Target audience ii
How this book will benefit Teaching Assistants ii
Stages of English development ii
What is Total Physical Response? iii
Lesson plans iii
Lesson times iv
How to deliver a lesson iv
Levels – one-to-one lessons v
Levels – group lessons vi
How can games be adapted to suit group lessons? vi
Resources vii
1: Lesson Plans 1
2: Spelling Games 119
3: Troubleshooting 121
4: Activity Worksheets 124
5: Activity Worksheet Answers 222
6: Lesson Plan Summaries 247
Beginner 247
Intermediate 248
Advanced 249
7: Essential & Recommended Resources 250
8: References 251
9: Glossary 252

Author Information:

John Mayston taught English to children in South Korea and Japan from 2002 – 2007. During those years, he adapted his teaching skills using his own methodologies, to which he found his students were more receptive. These ideas have been collated to form the basis of this book.