Young Learners Flashcards
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Which Howard Gardner intelligence is BEST addressed when young learners create crafts or drawings to represent vocabulary?
Answer: Spatial-visual
Spatial-visual intelligence involves thinking in images and pictures; drawing or creating art to show meaning directly engages this intelligence.
CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning. For young learners, which is a typical CLIL activity?
Answer: Learning about animals in English through a science project
CLIL integrates subject-matter content (e.g., science) with language learning, so young learners acquire English while exploring curriculum topics.
A teacher plans a 'show and tell' activity where each child brings a favorite toy and speaks about it. This MAINLY develops:
Answer: Spoken fluency and personal vocabulary in a low-stakes setting
Show and tell provides an authentic, personally meaningful speaking context that encourages young learners to communicate freely and build oral confidence.
Which characteristic of young learners makes repetition and recycling of language especially important in lesson planning?
Answer: Young learners' short-term memory requires multiple exposures before words move to long-term memory
Young learners need repeated, varied encounters with new language across different contexts for it to be retained in long-term memory.
A teacher uses a story map graphic organizer (beginning, middle, end) after reading a picture book. This activity PRIMARILY supports:
Answer: Reading comprehension and narrative structure understanding
Story maps help young learners identify and organize narrative elements, deepening comprehension and building awareness of text structure.
Which statement about error correction with young learners reflects best practice?
Answer: Fluency errors during communicative activities are best addressed through recasting rather than explicit interruption
Interrupting young learners to correct errors during communication damages confidence; recasting maintains flow and exposes learners to correct form naturally.
When adapting materials for young learners with different first languages in the same class, which approach is MOST inclusive?
Answer: Incorporating visuals, gestures, and realia so meaning is accessible regardless of L1
Visuals, gestures, and real objects (realia) make meaning universally accessible, supporting all young learners regardless of their home language.