How to deal with children in terms of language teaching?

Hahaha! yEs, I agree with you and teach.ing kids online is very much challenging. Well, I've been teaching Koreans online for two years and most of them are elementary and middle school students (though sometimes, I also have students who are 6-9 years old). Yes, it's very hard to teach them online because they are so hypher most of the time.. so all I do is to enjoy and be perky in the class (as my manager advised us to do so.. that its okay as long as the students enjoy the class) Well,yeah, I'm also with you when you said that its not teaching English anymore.. but I guess, that's the way they learn (though it really made me question it at first..) How could merely repeating words or sentences help someone to learn? huh? But really, that's the pattern of education in their country.. In fact, one of my students last time told me like this.. "Teacher, here, when we first learn English, we always answer the question "How are you?" with "I'm fine, thank you. How about you?" or "I'm fine, thank you. And you?" ALWAYS like that, teacher." not surprising, anyway.. because my students usually answer me like that.. What I mean here is that's their way, their pattern of education and we can't change that.. (given the fact that we only handle them few minutes in a day, or few days in a week). They still learn anyway (though in a slower pace than others) through just listening, repeating your words and expressing themselves freely (if they can do so) To conclude this, hoho! Ihave a student who has been my student for a year and a month (take note, it's an everyday 20minute class, freetalking class) She usually answered me I don't know before or "Other student, ask" if i was trying to get her idea about something.. (she's 12years old then) but now, she freely expresses herself though misconstructed sentences.. but I can say that she shows a lot of improvements.. we didn't have any grammar or English lesson, we just talked! hihih! So just enjoy it and have fun! Teach them little by little.. ask them questions, let them answer.. if they give one word answer or just fragments, let them repeat in a sentence, (of course, using the magibj 'tara haseyo' which means 'repeat after me' incase you don't know..:)) It's also better if you know some basic korean phrases to get their attention like 'hajeema' which means 'don't do that. They will also feel comfortable if they know you can speak even a little. Also their parents will leave you teaching their child alone.. :) I don't know if I was able to answer your question but I hope this comment helps.:)

Hahaha! yEs, I agree with you and teach.ing kids online is very much challenging. Well, I've been teaching Koreans online for two years and most of them are elementary and middle school students (though sometimes, I also have students who are 6-9 years old). Yes, it's very hard to teach them online because they are so hypher most of the time.. so all I do is to enjoy and be perky in the class (as my manager advised us to do so.. that its okay as long as the students enjoy the class) Well,yeah, I'm also with you when you said that its not teaching English anymore.. but I guess, that's the way they learn (though it really made me question it at first..) How could merely repeating words or sentences help someone to learn? huh? But really, that's the pattern of education in their country.. In fact, one of my students last time told me like this.. "Teacher, here, when we first learn English, we always answer the question "How are you?" with "I'm fine, thank you. How about you?" or "I'm fine, thank you. And you?" ALWAYS like that, teacher." not surprising, anyway.. because my students usually answer me like that.. What I mean here is that's their way, their pattern of education and we can't change that.. (given the fact that we only handle them few minutes in a day, or few days in a week). They still learn anyway (though in a slower pace than others) through just listening, repeating your words and expressing themselves freely (if they can do so) To conclude this, hoho! Ihave a student who has been my student for a year and a month (take note, it's an everyday 20minute class, freetalking class) She usually answered me I don't know before or "Other student, ask" if i was trying to get her idea about something.. (she's 12years old then) but now, she freely expresses herself though misconstructed sentences.. but I can say that she shows a lot of improvements.. we didn't have any grammar or English lesson, we just talked! hihih! So just enjoy it and have fun! Teach them little by little.. ask them questions, let them answer.. if they give one word answer or just fragments, let them repeat in a sentence, (of course, using the magibj 'tara haseyo' which means 'repeat after me' incase you don't know..:)) It's also better if you know some basic korean phrases to get their attention like 'hajeema' which means 'don't do that. They will also feel comfortable if they know you can speak even a little. Also their parents will leave you teaching their child alone.. :) I don't know if I was able to answer your question but I hope this comment helps.:)

Wow! It would really be challenging to be teaching kids. I think teaching kids shouldn't be done online. I think they don't have the discipline to do it. It's difficult for us (adults) to discipline ourselves from not wandering about when online, how much more for kids? I think language foundation should be done physically. Then when there are already 'basics' that's the time that online studying should be done. But since you're in that line and you can't do anything about it. Perhaps you could do varieties like through a song. Like the ones they do on television. My nephew and niece actually learned english through songs of television. I guess you need to be highly creative for that. Have a great mylot experience ahead!

I don't know, I'm very skeptical when it comes to teaching little kids.Teaching music,cooking is much easier, but teaching language...Personally, I'm not successful in this field.I believe teaching online requires motivation.These kids can't concentrate,it's more like a game for them.I don't know,I would stick with adult teaching if I was in your place.

yes, it is very difficult to teach kids,as they are noisy and less of attention. if there's the choice for me to teach kids or teenagers, I would like to teach teenagers. Teach kids is casting pearls before swine.