文档介绍：讨论：儿童的学****特点是什么？***和儿童在学****语言方面有什么不同？
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儿童的学****特点：
1) It's difficult for children to understand verbal instructions to begin with.
2) Children's attention span is very limited.(7-10y, 20mins;10-12y,25mins;above 12y, 30mins)
3) Children do not often have a clear purpose for learning. They learn simply because they are happy and enjoy the activity.
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4) Children like to do things with their hands, bodies and minds.
5) Children like to do things with achievable targets because they want to feel sure that it is not something beyond their ability.
6) Children are imaginative, creative and like new things and like participating in activity.
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Children are not good at analyzing language rules.
Implication for teaching?
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Keep instructions very simple and support them with body language.
Use many short and simple activities instead of one long activities.
Make the learning experience very enjoyable and pleasant.
Organize some hands-on activities for children to do.
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Do not make tasks too difficult for children. Tasks should always have definite outcomes and clear repeated elements to ensure security and participation.
Give children the opportunity to be imaginative and creative. Eg. making their own drawings of a monster or imagine seeing something through a telescope and tell others about it with their own limited language.
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Do not explain complicated grammar rules to children. But it will be helpful to guide children to discover by themselves the rules with language experiences.
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Children are still developing; their bodies are still growing; their minds are still developing; some aspects of their first language are still developing. (Moon, 2007)
(王蔷，2009）
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问题：一名优秀的小学英语教师应具备哪些素质？
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language proficiency
good at using different teaching techniques
versatile
care and love for children.(story)
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