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TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO YOUNG LEARNERS - Coggle Diagram
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO YOUNG LEARNERS
Younger Learners’ Advantages
Great mimics, often unconscious learners
Prepared to enjoy teacher’s activities
High motivation: Enjoyable, stimulating classes
Teaching Guidelines
Simple activities: easy to understand
Achievable tasks: satisfying and stimulating
Mostly oral activities: listening takes up most class time
Written activities: use sparingly
Outcome
Enjoyable → Memorable: Language ‘sticks’
Sense of achievement: Motivation for further learning
Positive attitude toward English
Supports overall development beyond English
Effective Activities
Games and songs with actions
Total Physical Response (TPR) activities
Colouring, cutting, sticking
Simple, repetitive stories and speaking tasks
Focus on communication, not grammar
Older Children
Let them discover grammar rules themselves
Help develop an “internal grammar”
Key Influences
Children’s maturity > physical age
Influenced by:
Culture and environment (city or rural)
Sex & peers’ expectations
Parents’ expectations
Circumstances, attitudes, interests
Learning a Foreign Language
Depends on developmental stage
Tasks must match abilities
Older beginners (11–12) dislike childish tasks