AUK Hosts Workshop for English Teachers in Kuwait

Teaching English through Songs

The American University of Kuwait yesterday hosted Johnette Downing, an eight-time National Children's Award winning singer-songwriter who incorporates music into teaching the English language to children.

The free workshop on "Building Language Skills through Music" was hosted by AUK's Center for Continuing Education, and offered for free to English educators based in Kuwait. 
Downing showed teachers how to incorporate props such as musical instruments, games and toys to effectively teach a language, a method built on the fact that children learn better and faster when music is incorporated and when learning is made fun and interactive.
 
The workshop was made possible by a cooperation between AUK's Center for Continuing Education and the American Embassy of Kuwait. 

Downing heads to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain next, to share her techniques with educators there.