A woman teacher giving a training session to colleagues

Teaching young learners to think

About the session

This talk explores the teaching of thinking to children and outlines some of the thinking programmes available. You’ll find out about a number of activities for primary EFL learners, designed to teach thinking through English while at the same time developing language skills, drawing from Herbert Puchta and Marion Williams’ book Teaching Young Learners to Think.

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Firstly, warmly welcome for the wonderful program and speech. As a teacher i have some person experience from my student like as when they think about some unknown object the become more confused and when the get possible answer they ask me is that ok? then i become confused that he is ok or not because everything is changing. so, how can i give them exact answer....?

Hi Raju,
We're happy to hear that this talk has been useful for you. Can you give an example of the experience you're describing with your students? It might be easier for us to answer. Thank you.
Kim
TeachingEnglish team

Hi Kim,
Thanks for response. It generally happens when i teach them ethical values/moral values and tell them think about some real object relating with this clue. Then confusion starts.........

Hi Raju,
Thanks for explaining. We think we understand your question better now.
When discussing ethical or moral values, there often isn't just one correct answer. Instead of focusing on whether an answer is "right", you can encourage learners to explain why they chose it. If a learner's answer is thoughtful and they can explain their reasoning, you can acknowledge their thinking, even if another learner has a different perspective.
We hope this helps.

Kim
TeachingEnglish team