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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
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Concannon-Gibney, Tara – Reading Teacher, 2021
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…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English Language Learners, Teaching Methods, Nursery Rhymes