Qualified English Teacher For Young Learners: Do They
Exist?
Lulu Laela Amalia
Finita Dewi
The fact that young learners and
adult learners are different in nature in their process of learning and
acquiring L2 has always been discussed. However, the numbers of qualified
English teachers of young learners are still insufficient. This phenomenon has
created a great need of qualified English teachers to teach young learners.
This will lead to another demand, which is a great need of teacher trainings.
The question like "what do we need to know to teach young learners?"
will be raised. This paper will discuss some points which are worth considering
in dealing with the above question. Factors like what to prepare, what
methodologies to be used and what activities to be introduced are important in
facilitating teachers of young learners. Those factors are going to be
explained briefly. It is expected that after knowing what to do in teaching
young learners, teachers can overcome some problems that they usually face in
the classrooms.
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Amalia, L.
L., & Dewi, F. (2004, February). Qualified English
teacher for young learners: Do they exist? Paper presented at the
national conference on Teaching English to Young Learners: Why and How,
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