Comedy for ELT - Teaching Young Learners

[To download a free worksheet ( KEY Script) just click here: ] Isn’t it fun being in kindergarten? You play games, sing nursery rhymes (such as ‘Baa baa black sheep’) and you learn useful stuff – the alphabet, for instance. That is, IF the teacher knows the alphabet in the first place… :-) A hilarious sketch from the series ‘The Sketch Show UK’. Level: B2 – C1 Topic: Education / Children / Learning / School [NB: I do not own the copyright to this video clip. I have uploaded it here for educational purposes]. SCRIPT T: ‘AB, AB, ABC, AB, A B, ABC. AB, AB, ABC, now I know my ABC’. * Oh, hello Headmaster… H: What are you doing? T: Oh, I’m teaching them the alphabet… H: (he pulls her aside) It goes like this: ‘ABCDEFG, HIJKLMNOP; QRS, TUV, WX, Y and Z; now I know my ABC, come along and sing with me’. T: I’ll never remember that…* H: It’s your job to remember! (he motions at her to rejoin her class) T: How does it go again? * H: ABCDEFG… T: …that’ll do… * H: It won’t do! ABCDEFG… T: …ABCDEFG… H: …HIJKLMNOP… T: …that’s the bit I struggle with… * It’s too much! What about this? (she turns to the class) ‘ABCDEFG, now let’s learn to count to 3. 1 2 3, 1 2 3…’ * H: We’re not doing counting, are we? T: No. H: What are we doing? T: Alphabet… H: Now repeat: ABCDEFG… T: …ABCDEFG… H: …HIJKLMNOP… T: …HIJK…MNEP… * H: What? T: …HIJK…Emily P… H: You’re saying ‘Emily’, aren’t you? * T: Yes, I am. H: Well, it’s wrong. T: It’s too fast! H: It’s got to be fast to rhyme! T: Oh, it’s got to rhyme! H: Yes! T: Oh, ok… What about (she turns to her class) ABSTJLTE, KIOPX and Z… * H: It’s got to rhyme and be in the right order! T: You’re just picking on me now… * H: Now we’ll go again: ABCD – eyes to me! * ABCDEFG… T: …ABCDEFG… H: …HIJKLMNOP… T: …… * H: …LMNOP! T: I want to go home! H: …LMNOP! T: …LMNOP! * H: …QRS, TUV… T: …QRS, TUV… H: …WX (the bell rings, she turns to go – he pulls her back) That bell’s for me, not for you! * …WX, Y and Z! T: …WX, Y and Z. H: Now I know my ABC… T: …HIJK… (together)…come along and sing with me! (the Headmaster walks away) Well kids, before we go, let’s do nursery rhymes: ‘Baa baa baa baa, ba ba ba ba baa… * Baa baa baa baa baa baa baa…’ ** (the kids join in)