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Anglia Network Europe
Very Young Learners’ working party three main goals:
1. 2. 3. organise teachers’ courses about teaching pre literate and young children develop assesment tool for pre literate children develop after school activities
Teachers’ courses In cooperation with Euroschool
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Primary teachers skills in action course (November 2006) Study visit Barcelona (Spring 2007) Study visit Bristol (March 2007)
Assesment of pre literate children In cooperation with Chichester College / Liz Bangs Jones Study visit Bristol (March 2007)
Cool!
English after school
After school activities for 4-12 year olds.
1. primary and/or secondary Anglia schools 2. Anglia teachers / native speakers > minimum requirements 3. 1 teacher or assistant per 10-16
Cool!
English after school
4. Three groups related to the group system in Dutch Primary schools: 4 – 6 years old > no writing 7 – 9 years old > start reading / writing 10- 12 years old > writing 5. 10 meetings of 1 hour / 1,5 hour for 10-12 years old
Cool!
English after school
6. All in English 7. Materials / lesson plans provided by Anglia EU 8. Website supported course 9. Teacher training before starting
What makes Cool! an Anglia activity?
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All in English Based on Anglia Step by step approach Learn English through fun activities and in a communicative setting Anglia schools native speakers or minimum of proficiency level supported by special Cool! website involve parents certificate of participation
Cool!
English after school
Three age groups 1. Starlets 2. Bright Sparks 3. Super Stars > 4-6 year olds > 7-9 year olds > 10-12 year olds
Starlets ( 4-6 years old):
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listening and speaking activities around 10 themes daily life vocabulary songs and chants lots of games end performance vocabulary and grammar based on Anglia’s first Step and Junior level
Bright Sparks (7-9 years old):
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mainly listening and speaking activities start writing and reading words 10 themes songs and chant riddles games and crafts end performance vocabulary and grammar based on Anglia’s Junior and Primary level
Topic family
Brother Red Brother Blue Brother Black Brother Green Brother Pink Brother Orange
Activity: Flashcards and happy family Topic: family Age group: 7-9 Main language items Vocabulary: mother, father, brother, sister, baby, girl, boy, child, children, aunt, uncle, cousin, grandmother, grandfather, Mum, Dad, man, woman, friend Grammar and structures: Materials needed Flashcards Worksheet: Happy families for each group of 4 or 5 children (make colour copies) Remarks Do you have ….? I have ….. brother(s) Have you got….. What to do: 1. introduce the new topic: family. Ask the children how many people live in their house. What are their names? Write two names of each family on a piece of paper or the blackboard. 2. Ask them if it is there mother/father/brother/sister/etc and show the flashcards while asking 4. them 3. name all the family members that are on the flashcards, lay them on the table. play some flashcard games e.g. Where is the grandmother? / Who’s missing? / 5. Who remembers which name belong to a member of one of the families. Was it the brother / sister/ mother / etc? 6. make a graph together with the class e.g. How big are the families? / who has one or more grandmothers? Etc. play happy families 1. show the children the cards 2. explain them that they have to collect a whole family 3. each child gets 4 cards, the other cards are put on a stack 4. Players collect cards by asking: Have you got sister green? 5. if the answer is ‘yes’ the other player has to give the card and the first child can ask again. If the answer is no it’s the next player’s turn and he child picks up a card from the stack.
Super Stars (10-12 years old)
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Working to preliminary maybe even elementary level
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around a thematic unit
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Writing and reading exercises involved
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Vocabulary / grammar games End assignment >performance
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Can join other EU Anglia Activities like angli@pals
Topic health
Activity - Fast Food role play Topic: Food Age group: 10-12 Main language items Vocabulary: Fast food items Prices Materials needed Worksheet - fast food cards - price cards - Burger World menu Remarks Grammar and structures: I’d like a Big Burger That’s $ 2,75 What to do: Preparation: Make copies of the Fast Food Cards worksheet and the price cards worksheet (one per each group). Cut them into cards. Make copies of the Burger World Menu (one per group). Procedure: 1. Divide the class into groups of three of four and give each group a set of Fast Food Cards, a set of price cards, and a Burger World Menu. 2. Have students shuffle the two decks separately and deal an equal number of cards from each deck to each player. Odd number cards are set aside. 3. One player starts by looking at the price cards he/she is holding and, using the Burger World Menu, asks for an item of the player to his left that costs that amount, saying for example, “I’d like a Big Burger.” 4. If the player to the left has the item, he/she says, “OK. That’s $ 2.75,” and the two 5. 6. Play then goes to the player to the left to choose a price card and ask for the appropriate item of the person to his/her left. 7. If a player has no price cards when it’s his/her turn to ask for an item, he/she draws a 8. players exchange cards and place them both down on the table. If the player to the left does not have the item, he/she says, “Sorry, I’m out of Big Burgers,” and the two players must draw a card at random from each other’s hand. card from the person to his/her left and waits for the next turn to make the next play. The object is to be the first person to place all of one’s card on the table. Option Have students role play fast food clerk and customer(s), using the Burger World Menu. When customers request an item, the clerk produces the correct card. Customers order three or four items from the menu. After customers have ordered, the fast food clerks calculate the total amounts. Customers then hand over the correct money using the price cards.
For each group and each of the 10 topics there will be: 1. Word/grammar list for teachers 2. Five activities: lesson plans and worksheets 3. Songs 4. Chants 5. Background information 6. Flashcards 8. Puzzles on the website 9. Web links on the website
Cool! topics 4-6 year old Colours and numbers Body Animals Toys and games Food and drinks Clothes Party time / play / songs Transportation Seasons presentation for parents 7-9 year old Families House Hobbies The weather Days of the week and time Nature (animals and plants) Party time / play / songs 10-12 year old Spare time Fashion Future plans Communication Meet other people Health Party time!
Jobs Sports presentation for parents Movies, tv, radio, books What gives you goosebumps… presentation for parents
Website www.coolenglish.eu
www.Iamcool.eu
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Start Cool! Not only for your kids but also because it’s a PR tool Join our pilots
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Anglia Network Europe will: - stimulate starting of Cool! > pilots - support through training teachers - provide materials - match teachers and schools who are interested
What’s happening next?
September – October 2006 Develop website pages and support for teachers and kids October – November 2006 Develop teacher training and formats November – December 2006 Development of web applications / website Tuesday 12 December Teacher Training From January 2007 Schools can start with Cool! May 2007 Evaluation VYLWP