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“Teacher, Teacher, can’t Catch Me!”: Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar using Nursery Rhymes to Children for Whom English is an Additional Language
Author(s) -
Concan-Gibney Tara
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.2013
Subject(s) - vocabulary , grammar , gesture , psychology , vocabulary development , linguistics , teaching method , language development , language acquisition , mathematics education , developmental psychology , philosophy
Children who are learning English as an additional language (EAL) need opportunities to learn English in playful, engaging ways. Nursery rhymes offer an effective forum to explore a wide range of vocabulary and grammar knowledge in a manner that is comprehensible to EAL pupils by using gestures, visuals, and props to support oral language development. This article explores how a pre‐kindergarten teacher used nursery rhymes to teach vocabulary and grammar in her diverse early years’ classroom.