What's your name? What's your name? What's your.. oh, no, don't cry, Oh God
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below and let me know where in the world you are teaching. Teaching what's your
name can be challenging and this is because it's usually one of the first
things we teach and so students English level is usually quite low. Most
especially when we're teaching young learners it can be quite challenging to
get students to participate, so stay tuned because today I'm going to share a
couple of fun ways that I use to teach students to introduce themselves.
But first let's take a look at one of the biggest hurdles we face when teaching
students English for the first time. Now a lot of teachers get intimidated when
first teaching a new class because not only do students not participate they
also give you the stare...
Now this can make you feel quite helpless. No matter what you do you just
can't get students to speak. But there's no reason to feel disheartened. Younger
students just need more time to process new information most especially a new
language the act that students are sat staring means that they're engaged and
you have their attention. Now the key is repetition and I don't just mean asking
the same question two or three times. I mean teaching the same information for
two weeks or even a month. With enough repetition you'll find that students
finally start to sing and chant and join in with you. So let's look at a couple of
fun ways to teach what's your name starting with, the ball roll. For this
activity all you're gonna need is a small ball. Start by positioning the
class in a semicircle with you the teacher in the middle. Next you can
introduce that ball to the class. It's a ball ,roll, roll. It's a ball, roll, roll.
It's a ball, roll, roll. It's a ball, roll, roll. Once again have the whole class
chant together. Roll the ball. Roll the ball. Roll the ball.
Choose one student that was chanting along with you and roll them the ball.
Next you and the whole class are going to sing together. What's your name, what's
your name, my name is Jema, my name's Jema. Hello Jema, hello Jema, roll the ball please, roll the ball. Now obviously
instead of using my name you'll use the name of the student and as you say that
roll the ball at the end the student will roll the ball back to you. Next have the
whole class chant once again. Roll the ball, roll the ball, roll the ball, and go
again. Keep going until everyone has had a turn. How to teach what's your name
with no materials. No for this activity you're not going to need any materials
other than your best singing voice. Now don't worry if you're not fan of singing,
you can adjust this song to a chant instead. Position the class in a
semi-circle with you the teacher in the middle.
You're gonna look at your assistant teacher and chant a question, what's your
name? what's your name? what's your name? what's your name? Your assistant teacher
then replies with their name and you're gonna repeat that back with the class
three or four times using TPR as you do. If you're not sure how to teach TPR in your
classroom then make sure you check out my video on TPR links below. Miss Sarah, Miss
Sarah, Miss Sarah, Miss Sarah. Next, you're gonna
sing the quick hello song encouraging the whole class to join in as you do.
Hello Sarah Hello Sarah, hello Sarah, it's nice to see
you, hello Sarah! Once again you're gonna have the whole
class chant together, what's your name? and have one student come to the front.
Most especially with new classes you're gonna find that some students are
too afraid to come to the front of class and that's perfectly okay. Instead of
forcing them give them an out using English. Explain that if they don't want
to come to the front all they have to say is no thank you, no thank you, no
thank you, and of course some students will just
give you the stare. That's also okay just repeat no thank you three times and then
move on. Once our student comes to the front you're gonna encourage them to say
their name. In fact you're gonna repeat their name three or four times. I'm Jimmy
I'm Jimmy. I'm Jimmy. Next you're then gonna have the whole class sings together. Hello
Jimmy, hello Jimmy, hello Jimmy, it's nice to see you. That student then
sits back down and the whole class chants together once more. What's your
name? what's your name? what's your name? Pick another student and go again. Keep
going until everybody has been asked their name. Now as I mentioned at the
beginning of this video repetition is key but there's one other
factor that we need to consider and that's speed. Make sure whenever you're
singing and chanting that you're going nice and slow so that students
able to follow along. If you're singing too fast those students just simply won't
be able to break that language down. So think about your class and what might be
an appropriate speed to singing and chant. So there you have it some fun ways to teach
what's your name to young learners. If you like this video let me know by
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