English for kids

 The activity has been designed to be carried out by an advanced group of 6th grade learners in primary school.  - First, I explained what the project was about. Although I'm not really keen on working with translations at this stage, I wanted them to cope with the fact that every language has its own personality and that it's a huge mistake trying to translate word by word only by the means of internet translator and all that stuff. I tried them to realize the importance of using English as a language itself, with its own rules and personality, though they have to take Spanish texts and turned into English with their own tools and the help of the teacher.  - Second, they were given the option of working by groups or individually and were also free to choose the topic they wanted.  - They had to find in internet ten items about the topic they pick and find a short text in Spanish about them.  - Afterwards, I adapted the Spanish texts to the level of the students in order to be

These are the steps I use to follow when working on reading skill:   1. Students have a look at the text, along with some pictures to help them to contextualize.   2. I provide them a short list with possible difficult words.   3. They deduce what the story may be about.   4. If the story is available with the ebook I play on the interactive board a few times while students try to follow the reading. If not, I say the text at a moderate speed.   5. Afterwards, I demand some of them to read it aloud, paying attention to the pronunciation.   6. They read it silently at their own pace.   7. We all speak about the text, trying to get the general meaning.   8. They answer some specific questions about it.   9. We all check the answers. The texts worked in class are those based on their close experience and attending the relevant grammar and highlighted vocabulary. These will be adapted to the level of the students according to their needs. 

We shoud not be naive. Reading is an habit that you have to work on. Why do most of people read? They do it for pleasure and if they don't like the text they give up. That's all, no matter if the text can change the way you see the world. It is like when you watch a movie, you do it because you like it. Mainly, we read to entertain and few times we go beyond the story told. Most of best sellers tend to be thrillers and books focused on fast and easy stories. Sometimes, you find a book difficult to read, with thoughts that make you wonder the nature of human being and the way we behave, but they are not easy to read, you have to push yourself and digging into thick thoughts to pull out your own reflections. Then is when you have to make an effort and commit to yourself to get the best of it. Currently, it is easier to find a wide range of texts everywhere: websites, blogs, news, social media...but they are becoming shorter and empty of content. Basically, they repeat the same id

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This blog is a tool to find different types of activities and links to interesting and useful websites to learn English for kids. Este blog es una herramienta para encontrar diferentes tipos de actividades y enlaces a webs interesantes y útiles en el aprendizaje del inglés para niños.