ruth cook
New member
- Joined
- May 27, 2014
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- UK
- Current Location
- France
Hello everyone,
I'm a retired primary teacher (early years mainly) now living in France and I am teaching as a volunteer two groups learning English. THe adults are following a course we have ordered and are really enjoying it, but I have failed to find something suitable for primary aged children, and have, for the last 9 months been constructing my own. Often i fond it hard to come up with new ideas, and some of the stuff I have found on the internet has been very American and not suitable. The children seem to do a lot of grammar at school and hardly any speaking activities. THey are really reluctant and struggling...please does anyone out there have courses that combine fun, speaking and listening and a construction covering all the aspects the children need! Today, we are going to mime sports as last week they had lots of pictures of sports which they had to sort into the ones they liked and disliked. They will also design football strip, and label the colours in English that they have chosen...I want to do the best for them, but as I am unpaid I need to find some support that will not cost as the adults course has..
Thanks for reading this, I look forward to some replies!
Ruth Cook
I'm a retired primary teacher (early years mainly) now living in France and I am teaching as a volunteer two groups learning English. THe adults are following a course we have ordered and are really enjoying it, but I have failed to find something suitable for primary aged children, and have, for the last 9 months been constructing my own. Often i fond it hard to come up with new ideas, and some of the stuff I have found on the internet has been very American and not suitable. The children seem to do a lot of grammar at school and hardly any speaking activities. THey are really reluctant and struggling...please does anyone out there have courses that combine fun, speaking and listening and a construction covering all the aspects the children need! Today, we are going to mime sports as last week they had lots of pictures of sports which they had to sort into the ones they liked and disliked. They will also design football strip, and label the colours in English that they have chosen...I want to do the best for them, but as I am unpaid I need to find some support that will not cost as the adults course has..
Thanks for reading this, I look forward to some replies!
Ruth Cook