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Description
This workshop will demonstrate how gesturing can be used to teach key grammatical concepts like tense and person. It will focus on concepts that cause confusion and angst among young learners: the "be" verb, third-person, articles, and auxiliary verbs. It will show how using metaphorical gestures to represent grammatical concepts not only helps young learners distinguish, differentiate, and gradually understand grammar, but how gesturing can create a supportive, pressure-free system of correction for young learners.
Summary
This workshop will demonstrate how gesturing can be used to teach key grammatical concepts like tense and person. It will focus on concepts that cause confusion and angst among young learners: the "be" verb, third-person, articles, and auxiliary verbs. It will show how using metaphorical gestures to represent grammatical concepts not only helps young learners distinguish, differentiate, and gradually understand grammar, but how gesturing can create a supportive, pressure-free system of correction for young learners.
| Teaching Context | Teaching children |
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