FRANCIS JOHN R.

ALCALA February 4, 2020

BEED 2A
Teaching English in Elementary Grade

HOW CHILDREN LEARN

Social
Learn by Doing Scafollding
Interaction
(Jean Piaget) (Bruner)
(Vygotsky)

If the task in not

interesting to
Hold your
Learn by Learn to walk children, you
Learn through learners up as
Active learners interacting with and talk with are going to
interaction with they build their
and Thinkers their guidance from have a difficult
others understanding
environment their parents time making
of language
them interested
in it

Figure 1. Concept Mapping

(How Children Learn)
 Main Idea Details

Young learners are Kinesthetic Learners.

Characteristics of
they like to move and wiggle their bodies.
Young Learners

Your activities and approaches should be

"Developmentally appropriate"
(Teaching is based on how children develop
and learn)

Young learners are Imaginative Learners.

keep the pace of your class quick and
exciting.

Figure 2. Main Idea and Details Chart

(Characteristic of Young Learners)
 How Children Learn a Foreign Language

Teaching grammar
should be learning-
Approach to teaching Repetition and recycling centered and meaning-
grammar should be language in different focused
"learning-centered" contexts
(avoid gramatical
explanations)

Figure 3. Flow Diagram

(How Children Learn a Foreign Language)