Teaching Absolute Beginners

Teaching Absolute Beginners see, it's easy~ Hello fellow teachers and TGIF! Today ’s Top 5 Feature provides tips on how to work with “Absolute Beginners”. Absolute beginners are new learners of a language with limited to no background in the target language. This means that listening and speaking practice needs to be supported careful teacher talk and a mix of instructional strategies. Within Qkids, Phonics and L1-L3 are the levels where students will most likely face the struggles of absolute beginners. (Yes, even L2s and L3s may have limited abilities if they have only been exposed to the targets and structures within the Qkids curriculum and without practice in other settings.) 1) With new words, show and tell before asking “What’s this?” Then practice. It is a common instructional practice to “prime” students for 2-3 seconds, or get them to notice and think, before using the new language. Before using the magnify tool, consider using the spotlight tool a