The Young Language Learner.

Before to star, we have to know clearly who are young learners. Think of a child about 8 or 9 years old; now think what they like to do? And think about their behavior.  

 In this age their knowledge is still limited and most of them read and write in their native language. This means it is easier to teach them to read and write. Talking about expectations about school, they come from a different culture so, they have different expectations.

But what happened about teaching English to young learners? Some children may only hear and speak English during English class and the amount children are able to learn depends on the amount of English they hear, use and see. Their learning also depends of the teacher and the material didactic that they use should be interesting for them. You can include games, songs, dynamics and activities.

Young learners think logically, they can follow instructions, they have greater memory capacity so, they are allow to develop activities such as writing and listening to put into practice the four macro skills. The motivation is an important factor that can affect the process of teaching and for make that they feel motivated you have to know which activities they like to do and try to exploit their abilities.  

Some students learn because of their curiosity, they see something interesting and they want to do it so, you as a teacher have to try to make the class interesting for them making games and activities for introducing a new topic or to remember something really important. You have to be careful in the way in which you are going to teach because in this age they are going to remember you because of the way in which you teach.