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CHAPTER II
LITERATURE REVIEW
A. Teaching
teacher and the students where the teacher delivers a knowledge or skill to the
giving knowledge or skill, from teacher to students. The teacher is also demanded
not only to help the students in doing the tasks but also to guide them in finding
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sense.
(Harmer, 1998:1-2)
teacher and students. It is better for teacher to have some aspects which can make
between them can the students enable to understand easily what the teacher
explains.
knowledge or skill to the students then they give their feedback. It is all about
B. Learning
Learning cannot be separated from teaching, they are related to each other,
accept knowledge which is not only given by the teacher, but also from their
(Brown, 2001:7).
From the statement above, it can be concluded that learning has not only
C. Young Learners
According to Sarah Phillips, young learners mean the children from the
first year of formal schooling (five or six years old to eleven or twelve years old
of age). (Phillips, 1993:5). It means that young learners are elementary school or
Teaching English to Children that young learner love to play and learn best when
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they are enjoying themselves. But they also take themselves seriously and like to
think what they are doing in real work. (Scott and Ytreberg, 2000:1-2).
based on their age. Each group of age has its own ability. It will be useful for the
teacher to know the ability of his students so that he can determine the best way of
teaching.