TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG

LEARNERS

BENSELINA
FARIDA
KELLEN
DICKY
FATAHILAH

DEFINITION
TEYL is a technique of teaching that
are commonly used by native
teacher to teach the young learners
a material of english studying.

who are young learner?

Defining the group
YLs
VYLs
young learners
very young learner
7-12 years
under 7

The characteristics of the young learners:

loud
hyper
Cant sit still
Too talk active
Easily distracted
Fun
Social
Curious
Energetic
Spontaneous

The characteristics of the young learners:

They have short attention span.

They are very active.
They respond well to praising.
They differ in their experience of language.
They are less shy than older learners.
They are imaginative.
They enjoy learning through playing.
They are less shy than older learners.
They enjoy imitating and skill full in listening accurately and
mimicking what they have heard.
They respond well to rewards from the teacher.
They are imaginative but may have some difficulties
distinguishing between imagination and real

Language Learning Environment

L1 Environment

Language highly contextualized

In the real world the language used is authentic
Learner highly motivated

L2 Environment

Language more decontextualized

In the classroom the language used tends to be artificial
Learners may not be highly motivated

Considerations for Teaching Young

Learners
Children are active learners and
thinkers.
(Piaget, 1970)
Children learn through social
interaction.
(Vygotsky, 1962)
Children learn effectively through
scaffolding by adults.
(Bruner, 1983)

The learning behaviour of young

learners

Hyperactive children are children who tend to move continuously. They like
running around, jumping up and down, climbing and screaming. These children usually perform
activities according to their own will and therefore are difficult to control.

Distractible children get bored quickly. They often notice everything that is going on around them
which disturbs their attention and they are not able to focus on the activities that take place in
the classroom.

Children with a poor self concept tend to be quiet, passive, or hypersensitive children who are
often rejected by other children in the class.

Impulsive children have the tendency to interrupt conversations or speaking out of turn.

Children with destructive behaviour like to destroy things and may display anger and aggression

(Brendon, 2012)

The learning behaviour of young learners

Phillips assumes that the younger the children are,
the more holistic learners they will be. Younger
learners respond to language according to what it
does or what they can do with it, rather than treating
it as an intellectual game or abstract system. Anyway
there are both advantages and disadvantages: on the
one hand they respond to the meaning underlying
the language used and do not worry about individual
words or sentences; on the other, they do not make
the analytical links that older learners do. Younger
learners have the advantage of being great mimics,
are often unselfconscious, and are usually prepared
to enjoy the activities the teacher has prepared for
them

The strategies to teach TEYL

The activities should be simple enough for children to
understand what is expected of them.
The tasks should be amusing and within childrens
abilities, so that the learners can easily reach their
goals.
The task should be stimulating and motivating for
learners to feel satisfied with their work.
Written activities should be used only in a small
amount. In the sixth or seventh year of age the children
are not yet so good at writing in their native language.
Mostly the speaking activities should prevail indeed,
with very young children listening activities will take up
a large proportion of class time.
The activities should be simple enough for the children
so that they understand what to do and what is
expected of them

Teaching approaches for young

learners
We help children learn language when
what we ask them to do is...
-Enjoyable - Full of practice Meaningful
-Purposeful - Social Supported

the classroom procedure of TEYL

The layout of the classroom
Physical setting of the class has a significant influence on the learning process itself.
Grouping the children
It depends on activity itself, which grouping of children would be the best in
order to achieve the effective learning the language.
- Individual work
Individual work provides for learner enough time to think up the task.
- Pair work
Pair work is very suitable
for speaking activities such as
role-plays, dialogs, interviews or
information gaps.
- Group work
Group work
Group work means, that children
usually work in groups of three or
more children.

TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS