TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN - THE LEARNER, THE LEARNING PROCESS AND THE TEACHER

Children have an approach to language and to learning that is different from adults or teenagers. An appropriate methodology relies on their great capacity to learn from audio-visual input, their ability to understand and copy their teacher, their love of labels and lists, and their ability to recognize and use patterns. Learner and teacher have to be connected within the learning process in order for actual learning to take place. This session will look at important aspects of the learning process and the role of learners and learning in it.
Daphne Walder has been an English teacher and coordinator for many years. She holds a postgraduate diploma in Marketing from the University of California-Berkeley and has been awarded her TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) diploma. She is a volunteacher at the nonprofit organization “English for All” and part of the BRAZ-TESOL Children SIG. Daphne is currently Pearson Longman’s ELT Marketing and Product Coordinator in Brazil and also works as an Academic Consultant and Teacher Trainer.