Teaching skills for teachers - Knowing your language learners

Teachers must be aware of children’s developmental stages as well as the methods, materials and equipment used in Primary Education.

The following factors are important:

• Children’s stages of development and learning
  
  
• Their attention spans and need for appropriate learning experiences
  
  
• Teacher’s toleration of mistakes and awareness of motivation
  
  
• Appropriate teaching methods
  
  
• Authentic and meaningful language
  
  
• Children’s abilities