Teaching EFL to Very Young Learners, Part 2

Posted on December 27, 2008 by admin

While we were in the middle of exploring Cookie and Friends, I gradually introduced two more CD-ROMs, also by OUP. They are Tilly’s Word Fun 1 & Tilly’s Word Fun 2.

Product Description

Tilly’s Word Fun 1 – Topics

Animals
Face
Family
Food
School
Toys

Tilly’s Word Fun 2 – Topics

At home
Body
Clothes
Farm
Food
Holiday

The activities used are

1. Listen

2. Listen and Click

3. Read and Match

4. Colours and Numbers

5. Spelling

6. The Race Game

7. Interactive Glossary with Audio Pronunciations

TBC

About admin

I am an English (EFL/ESL) teacher specializing in blended & web-based teaching English for Business, Academic & General Purposes to adults. I am particularly eager to teach conversation and accent reduction classes to speakers of Russian & Estonian, because I can speak the respective languages well, and know all about the problems that speakers of these two languages encounter, and what can be done to address those problems successfully.
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4 Responses to Teaching EFL to Very Young Learners, Part 2

  1. Julia says:
    January 9, 2009 at 5:38 am

    And where did you buy these CD-ROMs? I mean, online or offline? I’d like to buy them too, but since I won’t ever be able to find them in Vladivostok, I’ll have to order them in an online store. I found these items in “Sprinter” (Moscow), but each disc costs 1500 roubles, plus delivery charges. The prices in Cambridge Book Center are much more attractive, but there’s another problem here: there’s a risk that they won’t be delivered. I ordered a DVD in August, and I got nothing. Of course, Amazon.co.uk kindly sent me another disc. That’s why Amazon.com doesn’t deliver anything to Russia, because they have to replace or reimburse orders too often.
    BTW, once somebody on the efl.ru forum suggested a wonderful idea of using cards with scenes from fairy tales. And you asked where to find pictures. If it’s still relevant: http://www.raskraska.com There’re lots of pictures from cartoons and fairy-tales: Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Snowhite, etc.

  2. admin says:
    January 9, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    I bought the CD-ROMs in my local bookstore or rather I had them order the discs for me, which didn’t cost that much at the time, they were about 50% cheaper than in Moscow. But it was a couple of years ago.

  3. Julia says:
    January 28, 2009 at 3:39 am

    Anastasia, thank you so much for “advertising” these wonderful CD-ROMs! Yesterday I received CD-ROM 1 from Cambridge International Book Centre.
    My daughter is delighted, and so am I. Yesterday we were playing, clicking, listening, etc. all the evening.
    Unfortunately, they don’t have CD-ROM 2 in stock. :(

  4. admin says:
    January 28, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    I am glad you both liked Tilly! I think it is possible to order the second part directly from the CUP website – have you asked there?

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