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Teaching English to Young Learners
A broad, practical view of classroom teaching through speaking, listening, reading, writing, assessment, motivation and home–school communication.
What’s in the Archive?
A quick overview of the seminar materials and YouTube videos currently available. This list will grow as new seminar packages are added.
Seminars
Why I Am Sharing This Archive
One of the ideas that has motivated me in preparing this archive is the belief that useful knowledge should be shared and passed on to future generations.
“When a person dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: continuing charity, beneficial knowledge, and a righteous child who prays for him.”
Reported by Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).One of my main reasons for creating this archive is the hope that the teaching ideas, materials and classroom practices I have developed over many years may continue to be useful to teachers and learners.
Seminars and Teaching Materials
The first five seminar packages are presented below. Each package may include a presentation, procedure, speaker’s notes, participant activities and teacher’s classroom materials.
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Vocabulary Teaching to Young Learners
A practical collection of classroom techniques for introducing, practising, recycling and using vocabulary in varied contexts.
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Improving Speaking Through Interesting Pictures
Authentic and unusual photographs used as starting points for observation, description, interpretation, prediction and personal response.
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Storytelling to Young Learners
Story-based activities built around listening, speaking, reading, writing, movement and classroom interaction.
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KEEP IN MIND
A long-term listening, memory and oral reproduction project developed through classroom practice and documented learner work.
PDF links are prepared in a consistent folder structure. When the final PDF files are placed in the matching seminar folders, these buttons will work directly.
YouTube Videos
Short promotional videos introduce the seminar packages and guide visitors to the full materials in the archive.
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Teaching English to Young Learners
Video 2
Vocabulary Teaching to Young Learners
Video 3
Improving Speaking Through Interesting Pictures
Video 4
Storytelling to Young Learners
Video 5
KEEP IN MIND
Visitor Feedback
Your comments can help this archive grow. If you have used any of the materials, I would be pleased to hear what you found useful and what could be improved.
You may wish to comment on:
• Which seminar or material you found most useful
• How you used or adapted an activity
• Suggestions for improving the archive
About Halis Bereket
Halis Bereket is a retired English language teacher and teacher educator with around forty years of teaching experience. He has delivered approximately 150 seminars for English language teachers, with a strong focus on practical classroom applications and young learners.
He has also taught Listening and Speaking and computer-based English teaching at university level. This archive brings together selected materials and classroom practices developed throughout his professional life.
Contact
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