Part 1: English Language Teaching to Young Learners / Literature

Part 1: English Language Teaching to Young Learners / Literature

There are many ways while teaching process, as part, we will concern the literature.

Teaching English language is more efficient at early ages. The reason is that children do not have anxiety, hesitation, inhibition and L1effect to learn. So, teaching to children is easier than teaching to adults.

In the child development, 0-6 ages are the critical period for cognitive development and 6-11 ages are the important critical period for language learning. So pay attention what you do/say, even if you say “he is baby just now”, his brain saves everything during the critical period for cognitive development. On the other hand, language learning should not be done at the critical period between 6-11 ages. Instead, it should be begun from birth.

On the other hand, Literature is a general concept and it is difficult to precisely define but I will concern the language teaching with the help of literature. The reason is that literature represents the culture and tradition of a language. In addition, by using suitable materials with poems, learning can be funny and implicit. So how can we achieve this with literature? 

Firstly, teaching till 3 years, reading stories, alphabetic sound games, speaking with him in English are the best choices. Then continue with repetition of the easy words listen & do activities and memorizing the short & funny poem with the help of pictures.

Secondly, teaching between 6-11 years, complex alphabetic sound games, cardboard games, watching & listening poem, flashcards, songs can be used.