Teaching English to Young Learners in Indonesia (Pros and Cons)

Tatu Zakiyatun Nufus

Abstract


Teaching English for young learners in Indonesia still invites the controversies among the educators and psycholinguists that concern on learners’ development in thinking and communication. Because teaching English for young learners in Indonesia seems to force them in knowing the rule and forms of the sentence. In addition, some of the teachers who teach English for young learners have not the appropriate educational background that can teach the younger as well as the objective wish. Actually, there is not any regulation or decisions that obligate the school to teach English to young learners. It only depends on the school itself. In this paper, the writer would like to describe the teaching English to young learners in Indonesia in the side of its implementation and also the pros and cons based on the second language acquisition experts. 


Keywords


language acquisition, young learners, pros and cons of teaching EYL, teaching EYL in Indonesia,

Full Text:

PDF

References


Cameron, L. (2001). Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Chodidjah, I. (2011). Lecture 4: Cognition & Language (Power Point slides). Unpublished Manuscipt, UIN Jakarta.

Ellis, R. (1994). The Study of Second Language Acquisition. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Hadisantosa, N., Huong, T. T. T., Johnstone, R., Keyuravong, S., & Lee, W. (2009). Learning through English: Policies Challenges and Prospect. Retrieved from https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/publication_1_-_learning_through_english.pdf

Larsen-Freeman, D., & Long, M. (1991). An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research. New York: Longman Press.

Leontʹev, A. (1981). Psychology and the Language Learning Process. London: Pergamon Press.

Nababan. (1993). Kurikulum Nasional. Jakarta: Balai Pustaka Gramedia.

Rossetti, L. M. (2001). Communication Intervention : Birth to Three. Canada: Singular Thomson Learning.

Yuvaraj, A. (2009). Age Factor and Its Implication for Teaching English to Young Learners. MIJALI Published Journal, 350–359.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.24853/elif.1.1.65-70

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Abstracting/Indexing

     
   
     

 

English Language in Focus (ELIF) is published by

  


This work is licensed under

   

 

Powered by Puskom-UMJ