This material was uploaded to fulfill ESP task. Lecturer: Marisa Fran Lina, M.Pd.

1. Special Skill of Language
Teachers of Young Learners
Arranged by:
1. Zulia Fitroh 23030-15-0090
2. Nor Muhammad Husein 23030-15-0091
3. Nisak Jamilatus Sakila 23030-15-0103

2. 1. Mention the differences between
Language Acquisition and Language
Learning! According to you.
2. Compare the characteristics
between young learner and adult
learner!
3. According to you, what are some
special skills that teacher should
have to teach YL?

3. Teaching English to Young
Learners is guiding and facilitating
Young Learners in aging 9-15 years old,
for their activities in learning, knowing,
understanding, and comprehending
ideas, attitudes values, skills, and
information of English using tricks and
strategies which will be used in
changing and redefining their thought
forward their daily surrounding situation
as a foreign languages learners.

4. According to Cameron, teachers of
young learners need:
 an awareness of how children think and
learn,
 skills and knowledge in spoken English to
conduct whole lessons orally,
 an ability to identify children’s interests and
use them for language teaching,
 to be equipped to teach initial literacy in
English.

5. Teachers’ characteristics to
teach YL:
 Love the children,
 Liked to be humble and friendly,
 Creative,
 Good at telling stories,
 Be patient with children,
 Appreciate children’s effort,
 Using simple language.

6. There are some strategies to
teach young learner:
Learning should be fun and natural for
children.
The language should be first presented
through sounds, not written symbols.
Children are more sensitive to anything that
touches the senses; they react easily to
physical objects.

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Meaning should be made perceptible
through concrete objects or by presentation
of experience.
The idea that teaching should start from
what the students already know.
(Larsen- Freeman, 2000; Mackey, 1957 and Richards and Rogers, 2001)

8. The Obstacles
According to Shelley Vernon, here are
some problems that many teachers have
when teaching English to children:
 Children have short attention spans.
 Children forget things quickly.
 Very small children may not speak their
own language correctly yet.

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 Children can be shy and hesitant to
participate in activities.
 Children learn through repetition which can
be boring.

10. Case Study
As a teacher, what will
you teach if you teach in
disability class?

12. THANK YOU   

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