Why? To relax students and let them enjoy class To develop attentiveness towards the teacher and the lesson / To increase the children’s attention span To help students use their imagination To introduce to children new things To increase children’s vocabulary To encourage dialogue and articulation (verbal skills) To provide children with heroes and heroines as role models To encourages children to love books and to want to learn to read for themselves To develop the children’s sense of humor To deliver a message / life lesson To develop cultural perspective To stimulate emotional literacy How: Big Books & Language Focus When choosing a book, song or poem for an EFL English classroom, ask yourself: simple Does the book contain English vocabulary or phrases? repeated Are the vocabulary and/or phrases throughout the book? pictures Does the book have lots of to help describe the in the book? easily expressed Can the dialogue/actions be using body language? easy to follow? Does the dialogue have a natural rhythm that is Suitable Books Barefoot Books Word group(s) Colors & vehicles Rhyming animals & their actions (no subtitles) Animals & their actions Animals & their habitats(homes)
Why? To relax students and let them enjoy class To develop attentiveness towards the teacher and the lesson / To increase the children’s attention span To help students use their imagination To introduce new things to children To increase children’s vocabulary To encourage dialogue and articulation (verbal skills) To provide children with heroes and heroines as role models To encourages children to love books and to want to learn to read for themselves To develop the children’s sense of humor To deliver a message / life lesson To develop cultural perspective To stimulate emotional literacy How: Big Books & Language Focus When choosing a book, song or poem for an EFL English classroom, ask yourself: Does the book contain simple English vocabulary or phrases? Are the vocabulary and/or phrases repeated throughout the book? Does the book have lots of pictures to help describe the in the book? Can the dialogue/actions be easily expressed using body language? Does the dialogue have a natural rhythm that is easy to follow? Suitable Books Barefoot Books Word group(s) Colors & vehicles Rhyming animals & their actions (no subtitles) Animals & their actions Animals & their habitats(homes)
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