TEACHING

VERY
YOUNG
LEARNERS

ELT for Young Learners

Aprilia Riyana Putri, M.Pd

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Teaching very young learner is challenging for the Home

teacher to teach, the teacher must engage and make fun
situation in the classroom, so the young learners will
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comfort to study.

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TIPS TO TEACH YOUNG LEARNERS
“Speak English, please” not “Don’t speak
Set a few rules
Bahasa”

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Incentive Use a ‘Star chart’, for example: “If you get 5
Scheme points, I will give you star sticker.
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Try to use non-verbal method, for example:
Keep Their
clapping your hands, hitting a triangle, etc
Attention Tips
until all the children do the same.

Never hit a child and don’t give the children

Head off Vidio
treats (e.g. Stickers, candy, etc) if they
Naughtiness
behave negatively.

The little teacher helps out in a number of Quiz

Assign a Little
situations, such as handing out the lunch,
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pencils, and worksheets.

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 THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHING
METHOD IN INDONESIA AND FINLAND
Compared with other systems, they rarely take exams or do homework
until they are well into their teens.
This is the first aspect which really different compared to Indonesia Home
education system. In Indonesia, students from Elementary school have a
lot of homework to do.
The children are not measured at all for the first six years of their Description
education.

In Indonesia, since the children attended school in the beginner level, all Tips
the things about them has been measured, including their achievement.
Students has been measured whether they smart or not.
There is only one mandatory standardized test in Finland, taken when Vidio
children are 16.
It is really different with Indonesia, right? National Exam, that is claimed
as Standardized test, is taken in all phase of school, from Elementary Quiz
until Senior High School.

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Do you know some English
materials for teaching young
learners? What are they? Tell me
more or less 5 theme of
materials! Home

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There are so many kinds of

How do you control your class
media, such as realia, digital
when your class are messy
media, pictures, interactive Tips
and some of your students
media and so on. Based on your
are screaming, crying and
opinion, what is suitable media
annoying? Tell me based on
for teaching young learners?
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Gives 5 examples of best media
based on your experience!
for teaching young learners!

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We are as young leaners teachers should

find the best teaching methodology for
young learners? Explain and gives 3
example of teaching methodology for
young learners!
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