Teaching English to young children

Young children learn...

• Just from the topic they are being taught

• From everything around them

• Only from the teacher

• Individual words

Young children gain understanding from

• explanations

• what they see

• what they hear

• all of the previous

This would be difficult for young children to learn

• The pronouns he, she, it are followed by "is"

• Repeat: "banana"

• red, orange, blue, pink

• dogs and cats are pets

An activity which is not very engaging will hold young children's attention for no longer than

• twenty minutes

• ten minutes

• an hour

• as long as the activity lasts

This will likely help young children learn

• long explanations by the teacher

• interaction, games and routines

• quiet activities

• being a strict teacher

A language teacher of young children will be more successful if

• she's prepared with varied activities and is flexible to change activities when students lose interest

• she's strict and sticks to her lesson plan

• She lets students do what they want