\ The CESG 1st meeting! /

The 1st meeting on May 12th! **

We had the first meeting for Child English Study Group on May 12th!

All of first, we introduced ourselves each other, and we talked about our goals,  why we try to take part in this activity and what we hope to accomplish with the group.

Then we learned how to teach English for children from Ms. Provenzano.  We knew two importances for doing that.  One importance is "WORD."  Children don't know many English words.  So we have to tell them English words when we teach them English in the first time.  After we show them English words, we let them speak English words.  This step is valuable for teaching English for children.  Another importance is "ACTION."  When children only just listen and take class, they lose interest for class right away.  So we should adopt "ACTION" in class.  For example, when we teach the word of 'Jump', we actually do jumping.  With "ACTION," we can play a quick English game with children!  To apply to practice, we play "'please' game."  This game steps are so simple! The steps are bellow.

1. A teacher say '～～～～, please?'

2. Children do the action.

The steps are very simple, but children can enjoy the game.  Children love moving!  Moreover,  this game has merits.  The merits is being able to learn daily conversation and polite way of saying.  The phrase of '～～～～, please' is generally used by many people and known as polite phrase.  So when children play this game, they can gain ordinary conversation and speaking manner skills with enjoyment.
In conclusion, importances for teaching English for children are "WORD" and "ACTION!"  We must learn how to teach English foe children with paying attention to these things!

That's all for 1st meeting!