Buzz - Teacher's book 2. [antikvár]

Basic beliefs behind 'Buzz' One cannot write materials for learners and teachers without holding beliefs about the nature of learning and teaching. Our beliefs about learning and teaching English at primary level are that: • learners learn best when they are involved in what they are doing • learning is creative as well as repetitive • learning a foreign language should also mean learning about the real world • young learners enjoy doing, making, moving and playing games • children love listening to stories and stories are a valuable source of comprehensible input • pupils need clear, controlled linguistic models to learn from systematically • songs and rhymes are an excellent learning vehicle • children love talking and writing about themselves • childen learn best when their whole brain is Involved: when the intuitive right side (which is stimulated by music, songs, poems, dances, drawing, miming, moving, imagining and so on), is activated as well as the logical left side (responsible for language, mathematics and analytical thinking) • some learners are more visual, some are more auditory, and some are more kinesthetic (they learn best through feeling or moving), and therefore teaching materials need a variety of content and approach to cater for all three • good pronunciation Is essential and children are gifted In this area • materials need to be thought-provoking to satisfy enquiring young minds • classroom work should be interactive, co-operative and enjoyable • materials need to be pitched right to appeal to and show respect for children who are more sophisticated than we were at that age!