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They’re little. Now what? Setting up and substantiating a VYL Programme

They’re little. Now what? Setting up and substantiating a VYL Programme. Kylie Malinowska IH Prague January 2012. Setting up a VYL Programme. V oracious Y elping L eech?. So what is a VYL?. Setting up a VYL Programme. VYL are still developing..... Shorter attention spans

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They’re little. Now what? Setting up and substantiating a VYL Programme

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  1. They’re little. Now what?Setting up and substantiating a VYL Programme Kylie Malinowska IH Prague January 2012

  2. Setting up a VYL Programme Voracious Yelping Leech? So what is a VYL?

  3. Setting up a VYL Programme VYL are still developing..... Shorter attention spans Open and emotional More physical energy (but tire easily) Me, me, me! Literacy Lack insight

  4. Setting up a VYL Programme Why a session on setting up and substantiating a VYL Department?

  5. My little genius Setting up a VYL Programme Education FL in preschools .......

  6. Setting up a VYL Programme

  7. Setting up a VYL Programme What does your VYL/ YL department look like now? How do you expect/ want/ need it to look in the future?

  8. Setting up a VYL Programme the main ‘bonus’ teaching VYL is ‘no strict syllabuses to follow, no tests and no performance objectives to be met’ (Reilly and Ward, 1997)

  9. Setting up a VYL Programme Needs Goals Pathways Validation

  10. Ok, so..... ‘learners assumptions, purpose, societal expectations and constraints and other subsidiary questions…..’ (Nunan, 1988) Err...hang on????? Setting up a VYL Programme How do we do a needs analysis for VYL?

  11. Setting up a VYL Programme Where is the learner coming from? What does the learner want/ need? How would they like to learn it? (Scrivener, 2005)

  12. Setting up a VYL Programme Where is the learner coming from?

  13. Setting up a VYL Programme What does the learner want/ need?

  14. Setting up a VYL Programme VYL “are not generally aware that they are acquiring a language, nor are they aware of societal values and attitudes placed on one language or another” (Brown, 2000:61), How would they like to learn it?

  15. A positive first language learning experience = Confident and happy learners Setting up a VYL Programme

  16. Routine Setting up a VYL Programme

  17. Stories Setting up a VYL Programme “ [Storytelling] ...creates an acquisition rich environment and ideal learning conditions which provide comprehensible input, or language a little beyond the child's current level of competence” Krashen (1981: 103)

  18. Songs, chants, TPR Setting up a VYL Programme

  19. Games Setting up a VYL Programme

  20. Craft Setting up a VYL Programme

  21. Setting up a VYL Programme Course Design Topics the learners are; familiar with/ find interesting: colours, numbers, animals, family can use/ recognise in a real context: clothes, food, weather

  22. Setting up a VYL Programme Course Design Language items the learner can; use in real contexts : 'I'm..' 'It's...' 'It's a...' 'I have...' 'Can I have...' 'I like/ don't like...' 'yes/ no' 'Please' 'Thank you' 'Hello' 'Goodbye‘ recognise in real contexts: 'What's your name?' 'Would you like..' 'Do you like..' 'Is it...?' 'What is it...?' 'put on/ take off‘

  23. Setting up a VYL Programme Course Design Appropriate methodology and activities: TPR; songs; stories. 4. Six topic based lexical items for production each lesson, included in a craft activity that learners can show parents.

  24. Setting up a VYL Programme Reasonable aims To provide a 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ first language experience and introduce children to learning English in a 3_ _ _ and 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5 _ _ _ _ _ _ with a focus on 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before 7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and exposing them to natural, communicative English through real communication.

  25. Setting up a VYL Programme Reasonable aims To provide a positive and constructive first language experience and introduce children to learning English in a fun and involvingmanner with a focus on recognition before production and exposing them to natural, communicative English through real communication.

  26. Training & support Materials Equipment Space Setting up a VYL Programme

  27. Is learning a positive experience? Are the learners happy? Setting up a VYL Programme

  28. Setting up a VYL Programme Is learning fun? Do they enjoy the course? Activities? Topics?

  29. Are learners involved ? • What specific activities achieve this? Setting up a VYL Programme

  30. Is learning constructive? • Are learners receiving comprehensible exposure? • What vocabulary/ language items have they assimilated? Are they able to produce? Setting up a VYL Programme

  31. Setting up a VYL Programme

  32. Setting up a VYL Programme

  33. Setting up a VYL Programme Discussion

  34. Thank you for listening

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