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Songs and Games for the Early English Language Classroom

Leslie Miller
Pusan University of Foreign Studies

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ABSTRACT
This workshop will engage participants in singing songs and playing games that the presenter has successfully used in training courses for elementary and middle school teachers. He has compiled the most popular and successful elements from his inservice classes for this interactive workshop session. The songs are common children’s songs from the United States, part of the background culture of most American kids. The games are adaptable for use at various levels, children through adult. Participants will play and sing and share ideas for how to use the games and songs with elementary, middle and high school students, and adults.

PRESENTER BIOGRAPHY
Leslie Miller has been teaching at Pusan University of Foreign Studies for the past four years and has also been a teacher trainer for the Pusan Board of Education, leading inservice classes for elementary and middle school teachers. Before that, he taught ESL at an American community college where his guitar became a familiar part of the classroom routine. He has a Master of Arts in TESL and is a past vice-president of the Pusan KOTESOL Chapter. His article, Music in the Classroom: Using Folk Songs and Holidays for Interesting Variety, was published in KOTESOL’s “The English Connection” last January.

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