Use ESL games to meet your young students’ language learning objectives while keeping them actively engaged online!

Young learners (ages 7-10) make up one of the most common age groups online English teachers work with. However, the rate of maturity and development varies widely with this demographic, making selecting appropriate games and activities a challenge. In this course, you’ll learn a series of digital and realia-based games suited to this age group, as well as how these activities serve a double purpose by keeping learners engaged while developing the target language skills.    

Learning Objectives
 

When you graduate, you’ll be able to:

• Discuss the pedagogy and research that support the use of online games and activities with young learners (ages 7-10)

• List the organizational steps and planning stages for online games and activities

• Compare and contrast online game and activities appropriate for private versus group lessons with young learners

• Find, create, and present effective digital games and activities for young learners in the online classroom

• Find, create, and present effective realia-based games and activities for young learners in the online classroom

• Discuss strategies for using games and activities to motivate young learners during online language lessons

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Requirements to take this course:

 

• 18 years of age.

• An intermediate or higher level of English proficiency (B1 level, according to the CEFR, the Common European Framework Reference for Language).

• Teaching experience or a general TEFL/TESOL certificate (recommended).