Myths and Facts About Teaching English For Young Learner
Myths and Facts About Teaching English For Young Learner
Myths and Facts About Teaching English For Young Learner
• Teaching languages to children needs all the skills of the good primary
teacher in managing children and keeping them on task, plus knowledge of
the language, of language teaching, and of language learning.
5. Children only need to learn simple
language and simple topics
• Children can always do more than we think they can;they have
huge learning potential, and the foreign language classroom does
them a disservice if we do not exploit that potential
• a specific child does not develop in all areas at the same rate, In order
to provide young learners with appropriate learning experiences and to
tailor language instruction,the teachers should be familiar with and
aware of their young learners.
3. It is easier to motivate children
• Studies show that children starting learning a second language before puberty are
more likely tohave a native-like accent.
• This depends on some factors: First, the children should be exposed toenough and
relevant language input in the natural second language environment from
nativespeakersat early ages.
• Second, the exposition should be before puberty (until 10-12 years of age),before the
plasticity of the brain is lost.
• Third, “children often seem less embarrassed than adultsat taking a new language
which may also help them receive a more nativelike accent.