CHARACTERISTICs of

YOUNG LEARNERS
 GROUP 2
Bara Vera
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Nur Hikmah
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Rina Ernawati
A2-REGULER
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2015
IKIP SILIWANGI
BANDUNG
2018
 Big
concept
Characteristic of young
learners
characteristic of young learners based on age

generally characteristic of young learners

special characteristics of young learners in learning the language

Characteristic of young learners based on expert

 YOUNG
LEARNERS
based on
AGE?

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CHARACTERISTIC OF YOUNG LEARNERS
BASED ON AGE

5-7 Years Old

8-10 Years Old

5-7 Years Old
They can:
talk about what they are doing
talk about what they have done or heard
plan activities
argue for something and tell you why they think what they think 
use logical reasoning
use their vivid imagination
use a wide range of intonation patterns in their mother tongue
understand direct human interaction
They know that the world is governed by rules
They understand situations more quickly than they understand the language used
They use skills long before they aware of it
Their own understanding some through hands and eyes and ears
Their physical world is dominant at all times
Young children love to play! and learn best when they are enjoying themselves
Young learners have very short attention and concentration span

Based on Scott and Ytreberg (1990)

They ask questions all
the time
They rely on the spoken
word as well as the
physical world to convey
meaning
They are able to work
with others and learn
from others
Based on Scott and Ytreberg (1990)
WHAT generally characteristic of
young learners ?
GENERALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF
YOUNG LEARNERS
They have short attention span

They are very active and imaginative

They differ in their experience of language.

They respond well to praising.

They enjoy learning through playing.

GENERALLY CHARACTERISTIC OF
YOUNG LEARNERS
They enjoy imitating and skilfull in listening accurately and mimicking what
they have heard.

They have limited knowledge about the world.

They have limited writing and reading skills even in their first language.

Generally they are more concerned about themselves then others.

 Special Characteristics Of Young Learners In Learning The Language

Children need physical Children learn well through

movements and real something that
Children respond the language
activities to stimulate is close to
their thinking well through concrete things
(visual things) rather than their culture
Children will be abstract things.
enthusiastic if they
Children like to Children love
are taught using
to play
fun activities
work together.

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 CHARACTERISTIC OF
YOUNG LEARNERS BASED
ON EXPERT
 Children have a ready
imagination, children words are
Children already have full of imagination and fantasy, Children frequently
great skill in using and it is more than simply matter learn indirectly rather
limited language  of enjoyment. than directly.
creativity.

Children are already very good in Children take good

interpreting meaning without pleasure in finding and
necessarily understanding the creating fun in what they
individual word. do.

Halliwel (1992: 3-5)

 The characteristic of young learners
mentioned by
Clark (1990: 6-8)

1. Children are developing conceptually: they develop their way of thinking from the concrete to the
abstract thing.
2. Children have no real linguistics, different from the adult learners that already have certain purpose in
learning language, for instances, to have a better job, children rarely have such needs in learning a
foreign language. They learn subject what school provide for them.
3. Children are still developing; they are developing common skill such as turn talking and the use of
body language.
4. Young children very egocentric, they tend to resolve around themselves.       
5. Children get bored easily. Children have no choice to attend school. The lack of the choice means
that class activities need to be fun interesting and exciting as possible by setting up the interesting
activities. 
 Reference
Nurcahyasari. 2015. Characteristics of Young Learners. In
https://www.scribd.com/document/257484954/Characteristics-of-Young-Learners

Brenddon, B. 2012. Characteristic of Young Learners. in

http://brendabrendon.blogspot.com/2012/12/characteristic-of-young-learners.html

Haterulez. 2012. Characteristic of Young Learner. In http://beddebah-

haterulez.blogspot.com/2012/06/characteristic-of-young-learner.html
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