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Self Introduction lessons in Elementary schools! · Your target audience: •1st and 2nd grade =...
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Self Introduction lessons in Elementary schools!
By Maya Lall
Overview
• Audience
• Introduction topics
• Length/Equipment/Location
• DOs & DONTs
• Representation
• Types of Activities
• Demo
• Question time
Your target audience:
• 1st and 2nd grade = 6-7 years old (teigakunen 低学年)
• 3rd and 4th grade = 8-9 years old (chugakunen 中学年)
• 5th-6th grade = 10-11 years old (kougakunen 高学年)
Your target audience:
• 1st and 2nd grade = 6-7 years old (teigakunen 低学年) • high energy, easily motivated • easily confused + cry easily • no patience - cannot sit and listen for long periods of time • minimal English knowledge & no world knowledge
• 3rd and 4th grade = 8-9 years old (chugakunen 中学年) • motivated • familiar with different English activities • know basic English vocabulary & basic world knowledge
• 5th-6th grade = 10-11 years old (kougakunen 高学年) • low motivation • self-conscious, timid, and afraid to speak up & make mistakes • basic grammar knowledge from Hi Friends & average world knowledge
Topics to cover in your Introduction
• your country/hometown.
• your age/birthday
• your family (parents, siblings, pets, friends)
• favorite color, food, animal, sport, fruit, etc.
• your home/room
• hobbies/talents
• likes/dislikes
• whatever you want to share about yourself!
Goal of your self-introduction lesson • To learn about you!
• To learn about where you’re from.
• To practice both their English speaking and listening abilities.
Meet with your HRT and/or the ALT 担当 (tantou – person in charge) • Tell them that you’ve prepared an Introduction Lesson.
LENGTH: • Ask them how long it should be.
• beginning of class? (10 minutes)
• half of class? (20 minutes)
• the whole class? (45-60 minutes)
Length/Material & Location
MATERIALS: • What materials do you need?
• computer/projector/tv/powerpoint/audio
• chalkboard/whiteboard, magnets
• will the students need their pencil cases or something to write on?
• nothing?
Length/Material & Location
LOCATION: • What room will be used?
• classroom? multipurpose room?
• will they be seated at their desks or on the floor?
• what materials do they have in the classroom/other room
Length/Material & Location
DOs and DON’Ts
DON’T • Don’t talk at them
for 45 minutes.
• Don’t just give them facts
DO • Make it interactive &
get them involved in any way you can.
• Ask them questions. • Make them guess.
DON’T • Don’t complicate your
English.
• Don’t talk at them completely in English.
DO • Use simple English • Emphasize words. • Balance your English &
Japanese but try to use as much English as possible
DON’T • Don’t just stand there.
DO • Smile a lot. Be expressive -
use all your genki power • Exaggerate your gestures
& reference pictures as you’re talking.
• Move around & get them to move around too!
DON’T • Don’t show only a few pictures.
DO • If you can, back up
everything you’re saying with real pictures, not clip art images
Other general tips:
• Use lots of props/anything to engage their senses • American flag, maps, money, something unique to you, your family, your
country, childhood pictures, things you’ve made
• Find what’s common between what you like and what they like! • Foods you eat? Anime/manga you watch/read, favorite character, band, etc.
• If you have any cool skills or talents, show them off! • Anything you think the kids could engage with at recess/outside of class
• Give them a reason to interact with you
• Show them you’re available!
Representation
• Figure out how you want to showcase yourself as a representative of your home country.
• Break down stereotypes the students have about your country, its people and its culture. Show them your culture!
• The kids view of America: • Trump, light skin, blonde-hair and blue eyed people, that we eat pizzas,
hamburger, and spaghetti everyday.
Representation (My personal experience)
Preconceptions: I am a native Japanese. • How am I American if I don’t look white? • Why do I look like them (my students)? • Why don’t I have an accent when I speak Japanese?
My goal: To break down their ideas of what a gaikokujin can look like.
• How? By sharing with them my cultural upbringing and show them that Japanese people in America do exist.
Types of activities
• Maru Batsu Quiz
I like…
I don’t
like…
Types of activities
• Maru Batsu Quiz
• Multiple Choice Quiz
オレゴン州では何が有名ですか? A)Big bookstore! (世界で一番大きい本屋さん) B)Statue of Liberty (自由のめがみ) C) Disneyland (ディズニーランド)
A B C
Types of activities
• Maru Batsu Quiz
• Multiple Choice Quiz
• Two truths and one lie
Two Truths and One Lie
1. I can juggle
2. I have been to Japan 20 times
3. I can’t play sports
Two Truths and One Lie
1. I can juggle
2. I have been to Japan 20 times
3. I can’t play sports
Two Truths and One Lie
1. I can juggle
2. I have been to Japan 20 times
3. I can’t play sports
Two Truths and One Lie
1. I can juggle
2. I have been to Japan 20 times
3. I can’t play sports
Types of activities
• Maru/Batsu Quiz
• Multiple Choice Quiz
• Two truths and one lie.
• Which do you like?
WHICH DO YOU LIKE? CATS OR DOGS?
At the end of class • Always leave 5-10 minutes for question time!
• It’s the one opportunity they get.
• Student will have lots of questions to ask you. • If they ask you a question, ask it right back at
them or to the class! • Be prepared to get asked strange questions.
• If they don’t: • Ask them questions! • Favorite TV show/movie/anime • Tell them to teach you about this new town you
just moved to. • Favorite place, favorite restaurant, etc. • Have them discuss in groups to come up with one
question.
• If there’s extra time: • Fruits basket • Have them intro themselves to you one at a time
After class • Jot down observations and notes for each class/grade
• What did they react to the most? • What parts disinterested them? • What kind of questions came up?
• Did you have a hard time answering these questions?
• How could I have improved? • Slower and clearer speech? Simpler English? • More expressions/gesturing? • More diverse activities? • More English & less Japanese?
• Don’t be afraid to readjust accordingly! • Think of these beginning lessons as a learning process and experience. • It’s okay to change up your lesson.
Other forewarning • Teachers are very busy -- try to show up early, check in with teachers to make
sure they have everything set up for you. Sometimes, they are forgettable.
• Sometimes technology won’t work, and you’ll have to present without a screen. • Consider how you would present with only your props and a blackboard/whiteboard.
• Think about having a physical copy of your slides laminated.
• The students can sometimes be very quiet, not because they don’t like you, but because they’re nervous to meet you. Make yourself friendly.
Option 1: Demo lesson + question time Option 2: Discuss in groups & demo in front of class as we give you feedback + question time.
Option 1: It’s DEMO TIME!
NAME________
HELLO!
友達と挨拶をしてサインをもらいましょう!
Option 2: Now it’s your turn!
• Choose a topic about: • yourself (hobby, color, sport, animal, fruit etc) or
• your country (famous places, famous foods, etc)
• Think about how you want to present this. • by drawing? Gesturing?
• maru/batsu game?
• multiple choice quiz?
• other ideas?
*10 minutes to discuss* * 2 Volunteers to present*
Questions?