This course deals to introduce students to
fundamental concept of teaching English to young learners. It elaborates some
numbers of important issues in the area of second language learning, especially
for children. It discusses myths and misconceptions on children’s
characteristics in learning together with its implications for classroom
teachers, the developmental characteristics ofchildren learning a language,
some appropriate methods and techniques of teaching young learners, especially
learning or activity centers that create opportunities for both first and
second language development. It also digs out some strategies that can be used
to evaluate student’s progress in the English classroom. In the teaching and
learning process, students have to be discipline, never give up, and do
something with their heart and soul the specified expressions appropriated to
the context (Nilai Kejuangan).
Students’ classroom activities include individual, pair, as well as group works
to develop students responsibility and collaboration. Evaluation on students’
achievement is based on classroom
activities, and competence tests.
- Teacher: Nurnaningsih Nurna