LEARNING OUTCOMES

• The students will be able to explain the characteristics

of young language learner
 THE BENEFITS TO TEACH CHILDREN
LANGUAGE
• Teaching young learners gives impacts to further
studies.
• Children’s brains work better to learn language than
humans at other ages.
• Intellectually and emotionally ready
• Less anxious
• Enthusiastic
• Curious
 CHILDREN LEARNING ENGLISH AS FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
• Few opportunities to learn English incidentally outside
classroom
• Media as the main source to deal with English
1.TV
2.Magazine
3.The internet
4.Electronic devices
• For some children, family especially parents encourage
them to speak English.
 YOUNG LANGUAGE LEARNER
• Five to seven years old
• Eight to ten years old

• Do you think they are same?

• If not, what are the differences?
 CHARACTERISTICS OF FIVE TO SEVEN
YEARS OLD-CHILDREN
• Love to play
• Learn best if they like the activities
• Understand the language skills but they are not aware
• Have short attention and concentration span
• Have difficulty to understand between fact and fiction
• Have strong imagination
• Work alone
 CHARACTERISTICS OF EIGHT TO TEN
YEARS OLD-CHILDREN
• Have basic concepts
• Can understand between fact and fiction
• Can make decision to learn
• Able to work with others
 WHAT SHOULD THE TEACHERS DO?
• Use many objects or pictures
• Demonstrate what you do
• Exposure the language by singing or telling stories
• Use variety of activity, pace, organization, and voice.
• Apply the routine (repeat the situations or activities)
• Make regular note to assess student’s progress
 TEACHER’S ROLE
• Zone of proximal development (ZPD) by Vygotsky
Students’ potential level

Students’ current level

• Scaffolding  Teachers’ role as the ones that have more knowledge
and skills is to help the students achieve the potential level
 VIDEO OBSERVATION

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4epNbczjFJ4
• What did the teachers do to facilitate the
students?
• What do you think of the learning activities?
 VIDEO OBSERVATION

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsOpxnRb10M
• What are children’s characteristics in the video?
• Are the learning activities in line with children’s
characteristics? Explain.
• Any ideas for better learning activities?
 REFERENCES
• Kay, Penny Mc and Jenni Guse. 2007. Five-minute activities
for young learner. UK: Cambridge handbook for language.
• Rich, Sarah. 2014. International perspectives on teaching
English to young learners. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Scott, Wendy and Lisbeth Ytreberg. 2010. Teaching English to
children. USA: Longman.