Name : Lisa Febiyana

NIM : 1820205065
Class : PBI 18052

Creating Learning Environment for Young Language Learners

(Reading & Writing)

1. Reading
Reading is an important skill not only for learning, but also in daily life. Young
learners need a film foundation in auditory and oracy skills before they can become
proficient readers and writers of any language. Young learners of English need explicit
instruction on the link between the symbols (letters) in English and the sounds they make.
Once a young learner has mastered blending sounds together, they can be taught the skills
of putting together and separating sounds will help them with both decoding and spelling.
After that, the young learners need to be taught how to ‘encode’ the symbols and visuals
in order to find out the message being shared. And then, they have in the ‘nuts and bolts’
or arrangement of their symbols. It is important to remember that activating background
knowledge when needed may be key to a comprehensible reading activity. Extensive
reading is where the learners read many kinds of easy material in the new language, then
choose their own material and read it independently from their teacher.
2. Writing
Writing is a complex skill to develop and master, focusing on both the end product
and the steps to arrive there. The learners need to hear before they can say it, need to say
a word before they can read it, need to read before they can write it. Writing can be an
engaging, interesting and inspiring activity to young learners. Good writing skills are
based on good reading skills. The two main approaches have emerged out of writing are:
writing as a process and writing as a product. In writing as a process involves the process
how to start writing something and their steps. In writing as a product, the end goal is an
authentic task. Which success is gauged by the accuracy of the content and accuracy of
the text.