Teaching English to Young Learners: Some Points to be Considered
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teaching English, young learners, some pointsAbstract
Teaching English as a foreign language to young learners needs special approach since young learners have special characteristics. It is stated that the improvement of abilities to learn foreign language is started from the early age. If teachers don’t use appropriate teaching methods to teach English to young learners, the achievement of learning process may not work well. That is way, in order to be successful in teaching English for young learners, it is quite necessary for teachers to comprehend young learners’ characteristics. It is important because it will influence how a teacher creates a lesson appropriate with young learners’ characteristics. This paper tries to elaborate some points to be considered by teachers of young learners in teaching English as a foreign language.
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