BRIDGES for Teachers of Young

Learners
What makes a 51Talk KIDS teacher?
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dedication partner

effective
teaching
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background
 Good lighting
 Proper distance
from the camera

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 Be direct and sound sincere.

Convey faith in children’s abilities and intentions.

Observe and focus on student’s actions.

Keep it brief.

Keep it simple.

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You want your student to read the passage. What will you say and how will you say it?
Your student is not listening to you. His attention is elsewhere. You want him to focus on
the task at hand. What will you say and how will you say it?
Your student seems very tired. She is not paying attention because she’s sleepy. What will
you say and how will you say it?
Your student is very shy. She only gives monosyllabic answers. What will you say to
motivate her and how will you say it?

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 G - Give simple explanation and
instruction
I - keep the lesson Interesting
F - Facial expressions, gestures,
body language
T - Time management
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 Build connection with your student.
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 An engaged young learner is…

C U R I O U S A T T E N T I V E I N T E R E S T E D

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 How do you get your student
engaged?
 Inject songs and games that are related to the topic
 Know your student
 Maintain eye contact
 Focus on the student
 Set up a safe and joyful learning environment

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This is Tom. He’s a
playful 6 year-old.
You notice that he’s
not very interested
in studying the
lesson. How do you
engage him?

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Listen to the student carefully and give responses properly.
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Dos and Don’ts when handling young learners

Always wear a big smile.

Dress professionally. X Do not yawn.
Have an energetic voice. X Do not eat.
Mute your cellphones or other
X Do not talk to anyone else
devices that are not used for
when you are in a lesson.
the lessons
X Do not turn the camera off.
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 B RI D G E S
1st Grade 1st Grade 1st Grade 1st Grade 1st Grade 1st Grade

2nd Grade 2nd Grade 2nd Grade 2nd Grade 2nd Grade 2nd Grade

3rd Grade 3rd Grade 3rd Grade 3rd Grade 3rd Grade 3rd Grade

4th Grade 4th Grade 4th Grade 4th Grade 4th Grade 4th Grade

5th Grade 5th Grade 5th Grade 5th Grade 5th Grade 5th Grade
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BRANDING – 1st Grade
QUESTION:

Which one is not your role

here in 51talk?
employee, brand ambassador,
entrepreneur?
BRANDING – 2nd Grade
QUESTION:

What are the traits of a

51Talk teacher?
BRANDING – 3rd Grade
QUESTION:

How can you deliver effective

lessons?
BRANDING – 4th Grade
QUESTION:

What is 51Talk’s mission for

Philippine Teachers?
BRANDING – 5th Grade
QUESTION:

Teacher May wants to show her

dedication to being a 51Talk teacher.
What should she do to be able to do
this?
REGISTER & INTONATION – 1st Grade
QUESTION:

_____ you say, ____ you say it is the gist of register

and tone.

A. When and where

B. How and when
C. Why and how
D. What and how
REGISTER & INTONATION – 2nd Grade
QUESTION:

Which one is not a definition of Register?

a. Vocabulary choices
b. Word images
c. Volume
d. Intonation
REGISTER & INTONATION – 3rd Grade

QUESTION:
Which statement shows FOCUS IN ACTION?
a. Today, let me see if you can answer the exercise in ten minutes.
What help do you need from me to do that?”
b. Today, you will have to answer the exercise. Do it in 10 minutes.
c. Today, the exercise is fill in the blanks. Please answer.
d. Today, you will have to write the missing letters in the blank to
complete the word. Think about what you’ll need to do before
you start.
REGISTER & INTONATION – 4 th Grade

QUESTION:

What does KISS stand for?

REGISTER & INTONATION – 5 th Grade

QUESTION:

Teacher Taylor is asking his Level 1 kid student to

describe the picture. Which instruction should he say?
a. Describe the picture.
b. What do you see in the picture?
c. What details can you see in the picture?
d. Tell me who are the characters that you see in the
picture?
DELIVERY – 1st Grade
QUESTION:

What does GIFT stand for?

DELIVERY – 2nd Grade
QUESTION:

How can you make a lesson

interesting?
DELIVERY – 3rd Grade
QUESTION:

What is TPR?
DELIVERY – 4th Grade
QUESTION:
Teacher Mary wants to teach the color RED to her
Level 2 kid student. What can she do?
a. Show a toy red apple
b. Teach the spelling of the word
c. Write the word on whiteboard
d. Draw an apple on the whiteboard
DELIVERY – 5th Grade
QUESTION:

When showing finger puppets

during the lesson, what should the
teacher do to make it look bigger
on screen?
GET ENGAGED – 1st Grade
QUESTION:

Which trait would show that your student is NOT

engaged?
a. Curious
b. Attentive
c. Distracted
d. Interested
GET ENGAGED – 2nd Grade
QUESTION:

Getting to know the interest of your

student during the lesson helps you
build __________?
GET ENGAGED – 3rd Grade
QUESTION:

It refers to the interaction of the

student and the teacher during the
lesson.
GET ENGAGED – 4th Grade
QUESTION:

What two things can you include in

your lesson to get your student
engaged?
GET ENGAGED – 5th Grade
QUESTION:

Your new kid student is afraid to talk with you in

English. What would you do?
a. Crack a joke
b. Ask personal questions
c. Smile and be friendly
d. Teach the lesson
EFFECTIVE LISTENING– 1st Grade
QUESTION:

Listen with empathy and give them your

undivided attention. Is this True or False?
EFFECTIVE LISTENING– 2nd Grade
QUESTION:

__________is to actively understand what

the student says, and show interest in
what he/she says. It also includes
providing feedback and asking pertinent
questions.
EFFECTIVE LISTENING– 3rd Grade
QUESTION:

Teacher Rom is busy looking at the

screen while Frank is talking in class.
What should Teacher Rom do to
ensure Frank that she is listening?
EFFECTIVE LISTENING– 4th Grade
QUESTION:

Your student told you that he is under the weather.

What will be your best response?
a. I see. Let’s start the lesson now.
b. Oh my. Do you want to just take a rest?
c. I can see that. Just rest and let’s talk tomorrow.
d. I understand. After our lesson, I hope that you
will see a doctor and take a rest.
EFFECTIVE LISTENING– 5th Grade
QUESTION:

Your student, Cindy wants to tell you that she

learned a new English song. What will you do?
a. Tell her to talk about it later.
b. Ask her to sing it for you.
c. Tell her to talk about the lesson instead.
d. Ask her to be quiet.
SERVICE MENTALITY – 1st Grade
QUESTION:

__________ is about having the mind-

set to provide quality service to
customers.
SERVICE MENTALITY – 2nd Grade
QUESTION:

How do you show being a

responsible 51Talk teacher?
SERVICE MENTALITY – 3rd Grade
QUESTION:

Which is NOT an element of Service Mentality?

a. Responsibility
b. Resiliency
c. Balance
d. Effective Communication Skills
SERVICE MENTALITY – 4th Grade
QUESTION:

Your kid student is crying when you started the class.

What will you do?
a. Proceed with the lesson.
b. Show a puppet and use it to calm the student.
c. Ask why he is crying.
d. Tell the mother to just rebook the lesson.
SERVICE MENTALITY – 5th Grade
QUESTION:

Which situation shows balance?

a. The teacher is playing hide and seek with the student.
The student likes it.
b. The teacher plays a spelling game related to the lesson
about colors.
c. The teacher allows the student to doodle on AC because
student wants to.
d. The teacher has a 5-minute warm-up to encourage free
talk.
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