How to Teach ESL Kids New Words (Kindergarten, Young Learners) | ESL TEFL Vocab Activities & Games

Teaching English vocabulary to kids is traditionally quite boring for the students as well as the teacher. This video is the perfect solution to mix things up a little bit in your ESL or EFL classes when teaching vocabulary. So keep watching for activities and games for teaching kids new words. ----------- • ESL review activity game for kids: Flip Chart : https://youtu.be/JD6Qa1Gbopg • How to Teach English to Children - 6 ESSENTIAL TIPS by: @Norma's Teaching https://youtu.be/jZKrt0r37c0 ------------ Full blog post: https://eslspeaking.org/vocabulary-games-for-esl-students/ Want to find 30+ ESL Vocabulary games for kids? Check out: https://amzn.to/30ZLSzS ------------- https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.instagram.com/jackie.bolen/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en #teachingenglishwithjackie #boardgames #eslgames Timestamp 0:00 Intro 0:20 Picture or object 1:05 Lots of practice 1:15 Flashcards 1:39 Concentration 2:10 Charades 2:28 Review lots 3:07 Vocabulary tests 3:54 Conclusion Transcript: Hi, this is Jackie from esleaking.org. Today, I'm going to talk about how to teach ESL children new words, so basically teaching English vocabulary to people who are ESL or EFL learners. There are a few different methods. First of all, with kids, I like to have a picture or the real object if possible and then I say the word, I spell the word, I get them to look at the picture, look at the word, repeat after me. You can also do a translation into the original language but that is a little bit fraught with some complications because there are sometimes multiple translations and I don't necessarily want my students to just always think automatically of translating everything from English into their first language. It's often better if you're teaching students like classroom objects, pen, pencil, paper to actually have pen, pencil, paper, so they're kind of learning English through English without having to translate into Korean or Mandarin or whatever language they speak. The next thing once you teach them the basic words and the spelling and they've said them a few times, you need to do some practice. So there are a ton of ways you can get students to practice. I love using flashcards. There are a ton of games and activities you can use with flashcards as simple as showing the flashcard and the student says the word or they make a sentence with that word. Sometimes I like to hide them around the classroom and I say go find the ball and then they have to get the ball and hold it up and say ball or I touch the object and then they have to pick up the card and then say the word. Yeah, so there are a lot of different things you can do with that. The next one I like to do is concentration. So this is a really fun game that kids love so I put the spelling of the word ball: b-a-l-l and then a picture of the ball on the other card and I make up about eight sets, so 16 cards total. I shuffle the cards, I place them face down on the desk in kind of an organized fashion and then the first student has to take two cards. If it's a match, ball and ball they keep it if it's not a match they put it back in the same spot and then the next student goes. So it basically becomes a memory game. The next one is charades. So this is perfect if you're talking about like say verbs, especially like playing soccer, eating pizza, doing homework, things like that. So getting students to act it out and then the other students in the class have to guess what they're doing. All right, my next tip is to review. So it takes about 20 or 30, 50, 100 times for people to actually know a word in a second language so they have to be exposed to it that many times before it becomes just automatic in their brain such that they're never going to forget. You can really help your students out with this process by reviewing frequently in class. I love to start each new class with a review of what I taught in the previous class. I love to have monthly review sessions. I review before the midterm exam, and before the final exam. One thing you can try doing, depending on where you're teaching is a vocabulary test so I mean I sometimes love it and sometimes don't love it, depending on the situation. However, nothing actually gets people to remember words as much as a test will. I find if you give students a vocabulary list of say 20 or 30 words and say there is going to be a test in the next class, you have to memorize these words and how to spell them. Then they come to class and I find that most students actually will have remembered those words. All right, if you like these tips for how to teach children new words in a second language, please check out my book 39 ESL Vocabulary Activities for Kids. You can find it easily on Amazon. If you like this video, please hit like, subscribe, and tell me in the comments below your