Última revisión realizada:04/05/2022
Subject Name |
Teaching English in Early Childhood Education |
Study |
Grado en Maestro de Educación Infantil (Grupo bilingüe) |
ECTS Credits |
6 |
Type of subject | Optional |
This subject will provide preschool teachers with the necessary tools and strategies for teaching English through stories, tales, picturebooks, drama, songs, fingerplays and games, as they acquire some important skills needed to adapt the literary resources to their student’s capacities, personalities and needs. In our courses, students will learn strategies to engage children in active explorations aligned with the Math and Science objectives. Students will recognize the integration of science and math content as vehicles for literacy and critical thinking.
Students will explore how children acquire language in social context and the impact of biological, psycholinguistic, and sociocultural factors on language development in the developing of children. Students examine the relationships between language skills and emergent literacy.
Students explore early literacy development and the impact of increasing linguistic and cultural diversity on early childhood language arts/literacy education. Through dynamic and original exercises, the students will make up stories to foster their creativity and teachers will find resources focused on listening, speaking and reading.
Basic competences
General competences
Specific competences
Unit 1. What is storytelling?
The origin of storytellingUnit 2. Getting started to teach through storytelling?
Literature for children nowadaysUnit 3. Debates of the stories and analysis
Autonomous readingUnit 4. Students make their stories
Pre-storytelling and post-storytellingUnit 5. Implementing Reading and Writing
How to narrate successfullyUnit 6. Students make their stories
Types of storiesUnit 7. Activities Around Stories
Large group literacy activitiesUnit 8. Benefits of storytelling
Introduce vocabulary and grammar through storytellingUnit 9. The impact of literacy
For a linguistic developmentUnit 10. Learning through games
Turn a story into a gameThe different tasks and activities programmed during the semester have been developed with the goal of adapting the learning process to the different capabilities, necessities and interests of the students.
The activities included in the subject are:
In the weekly program you can find the specific tasks you need to complete in this subject.
These activities are combined with the following aspects:
Basic bibliography
The necessary texts for the study of this subject had been elaborated by UNIR and are available in a digital format for consultation, download and print in the virtual classroom.
Aparicio, Y. y Pérez, M. (2020). Storytelling. La lectura de álbumes ilustrados en la enseñanza de la lengua inglesa. Madrid: Pirámide.
Bruner, J. (2002). Making stories. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Dorling Kindersley Book. (1991). My First look at Nature. New York: Random House.
Dowdy, J. y Cushner, K. (2019). Reading between the Lines: Activities for Developing Social Awareness Literacy. Rowman & Littlefield.
Ellis, G. and J. Brewster. (2002). Tell it again! The New Storytelling Handbook for Primary Teachers. Harmondsworth: Pearson Penguin.
Gibbons, G. (1984). The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree. New York: Scholastic.
Dunn, J. (1980). The Little Rabit. New York: Random House.
Keats, E. J. (1962). The Snowy Day. New York: Scholastic.
Maass, R. (1993). When Winter Comes. New York, Lothorp: Lee & Shepard.
Propp, V. (1998). Morfología del cuento. España: Akal.
Stephen, C. y Edwards, S. (2018). Young Children Playing and Learning in a Digital Age: A Cultural and Critical Perspective. Routledge.
Wright, A. (2008). Storytelling with Children. New York: OUP.
The evaluation system is based on the following numerical chart:
0 - 4, 9 |
Suspenso |
(SS) |
5,0 - 6,9 |
Aprobado |
(AP) |
7,0 - 8,9 |
Notable |
(NT) |
9,0 - 10 |
Sobresaliente |
(SB) |
The grade is made up of two components:
Final exam (60%). At the end of the semester, you need to assist a compulsory final exam either in presence- based or online modality. You need to pass the final exam so the grade obtained from the assignments (continuous assessment) is summed up to the final grade of the subject.
Continuous assessment (40%): this type of assessment will be measured through the different assignments you need to complete during the course:
Remember that you can check the points (value) of each assignment in the weekly program.
Take into account that the sum of the grades of the assignments included in the continuous assessment is 6 points. You can do as many as you want to until a maximum grade of 4 points (which is the maximum grade you will be obtaining in the continuous assessment)In the weekly program, you can find the grade of each assignment. .
Assessment method |
Min. Score |
Max. Score |
Participation in forums, classes, etc. | 0% |
10% |
Task, practice cases and activities | 10% |
40% |
Self-evaluation test | 0% |
10% |
Final exam | 60% |
60% |
Mercedes Pérez Agustín
Formación: Prof. Gema Jiménez is a BA in Education with a spezialization in Teaching English as a Second Language.Doctora en literatura norteamericana especializada en la tradición oral de los nativos canadienses por la UCM Máster en Traducción e Interpretación por la UCM Filología inglesa y francesa en la UCM Curso de formación de TOEFL en Ottawa (Canadá)
Experiencia: Coordinadora Académica del itinerario bilingüe de los grados de infantil y primaria. Profesora de inglés desde el nivel A1 hasta el C2, didáctica de la lengua inglesa, didáctica avanzada, gramática de la lengua inglesa, Practicum I, dirección de TFM y TFG (infantil y primaria), inglés aplicado al turismo e inglés para psicólogos. Impartidora de talleres para docentes de formación en metodología bilingüe Impartidora de talleres de ¿cómo aprender inglés a través de cuentos? Creadora de la escuela de inglés en colaboración con Cambridge en un centro concertado Examinadora de Cambridge (KET, PET, FCE, CAE)
Líneas de investigación: Es IP del grupo Picturebooks de UNIR donde estudian los beneficios de impartir inglés a partir de los álbumes ilustrados en la etapa de infantil.
Es colaboradora externa del grupo de investigación REWEST de la UPV.
Publicaciones
-El origen del mundo y otras historias de los indios de Canadá. Editorial Verbum.
-Conversación que mantuve con Evan Pritchard en relación con los cuentos del pueblo micmac y sus construmbres. Nexus. AEDEAN (Asociación Española de Estudios Norteramericanos).
-El acercamiento del canon literario europeo a la literatura de los nativos americanos: Lee Maracle y Leslie Marmon Silko. Editorial Comares.
Studying online means you can organize your study as you wish, as long as you meet the due dates of the different assignments (activities, tasks and tests). In order to help you, we propose the following steps:
Remember that in Lo que necesitas saber antes de empezar (All you need to know before starting) you can check how the different tools of the virtual classroom work: email, forum, online classes, sending the tasks, etc.
Please, take into account the following tips…
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