Young learners are characterized by short attention spans, being loud, unable to sit still, easily distracted, talkative, playful, curious and energetic. Effective teaching approaches for young learners include making learning enjoyable, meaningful, motivating and supported through social interaction and plenty of practice. Teachers should use techniques like visuals, realia, movement, music, stories, puppets and masks to engage young learners.

1. TEACHING YOUNG LEARNER

2. WHO ARE YOUNG LEARNERS

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF
YOUNG LEARNERS

4. LOW ATTENTION SPAN

5. LOUD

6. CANNOT SIT STILL

7. DISTRACTED

8. TALKATIVE

9. PLAYFUL

10. CURIOUS

11. ENERGETIC

13. IMPLICATION TO TEACH YOUNG
LEARNERS

14. THEY UNDERSTAND AUTHENTIC
LANGUAGE
• The language that they hear, they are used to
• Differentiation of spoken form and written
form
• Language centres around self (I-Me-Mine)
• Makes them secure and give them a sense of
belonging

15. BALANCED

16. RISK TAKER

17. CARING

18. KNOWLEDGEABLE

19. REFLECTIVE

20. OPEN MINDED

21. CURIOUS

22. COMMUNICATIVE

23. THINKER

24. PRINCIPLED

25. HOW CHILDREN LEARN
Children are active learners and thinkers
(Piaget -1970)
Children learn through social interaction
(Vyogtsky – 1962)
Children learn through scaffolding by adults
(Bruner – 1983)

26. EFFECTIVE SCAFFOLDING
Parents who scaffolded effectively
• created interest in the task;
• broke the task down into smaller steps;
• modeled the task, including different ways to do
the task;
• Kept child “on task "by reminding him/her of
the purpose of the goal ;
• pointed out the important parts of the task;
• Controlled the child's frustration during the
task;

27. TEACHING APPROACHES
We help children learn language
when what we ask them to do is...

28. ENJOYABLE

29. MEANINGFUL

30. MOTIVATING

31. SUPPORTED

32. SOCIAL

34. FULL OF PRACTICE

35. PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SONG

36. HOW TO MAKE A FOLDABLE

42. STORY TELLING

43. Music

44. MOVIES

45. Any Form of Play

46. Use lot of visuals,
realia and movement

47. BRIGHT COLOR VISUALS

49. PUPPETS

50. MASKS

51. SONGS WITH MOVEMENT

52. BODY AS VISUAL

54. Avoid Stereotype Evaluations

56. Techniques for Reading Skills

58. Techniques for Writing Skills

63. Words of Encouragement
That's good
You're right
Good Work
Great
Excellent
Good Remembering
Keep on trying
Keep up the good work
That kind of work makes me happy