Challenges that teachers face when teaching young learners

When designing learning experiences for young learners, you need to take into account their psychological and social characteristics.

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Teachers can keep the attention of young learners by varying activities

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Teachers can captivate young learners by lecturing about grammatical structures.

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One of the challenges that teachers face is that there is no diversity in the classroom.

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What are some of the challenges that teachers face when teaching young learners? More than one option is possible

• Motivation

• Multi-level groups

• Cognitive development

• Attention

• Height of the students

What is a strategy you can use to keep young learners motivated?

• Make learning goals explicit.

• Not learning their names.

• Select contents to which learners cannot relate.

• Make monotone lectures without group activities.

What are some strategies to deal with limited attention spans? More than one option is possible.

• Make them write their names 10 times in their notebooks.

• Vary activities.

• Cater to different learning styles.

• Not being aware of the physical and mental difficulties of individual learners.

(More than one option is possible) One of the challenges is diversity within a classroom. That implies:

• Consider students' materials they bring from home

• Consider different learning styles and personalities.

• Consider students' first language.

• Consider students' health

What is the best way to determine what learners can and cannot do?

In your opinion and considering your practicum experience

What do you think is the main challenge that teachers face when teaching young learners?