TKT, Young Learners' Needs
TKT, Young Learners' Needs
TKT, Young Learners' Needs
1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
Childrens
characteristics
are
influenced by their developmental
needs. Young learners have 3
principle needs that should be met to
stimulate learning:
Physical needs
Social/Emotional needs
Cognitive/Intellectual
needs
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
What are
childrens
physical
needs?
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
Learners eagerly explore language to understand it through physical
activities.
The choice of activities for presenting and practicing
language to young EFL learners should provide them with bodilykinesthetic activities:
Total Physical Response (TPR)
Playing
games
Singing action songs
Responding by movement
Making
things
(handicrafts)
Doing project works
Participating
in
hands
activities
Doing Experiments
on
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
What are
childrens
social/emotion
al needs?
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
The following activities for young language
learners engage them with the target language
through social interaction:
Exposure to graded and authentic
language (audio, video, visitor).
Role plays
Question and answer
sessions
Collaboration activities
Project and group work
Participate in daily routine where the
learner has to interact with others.
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
Interaction
should
emotional, well being:
also
promote
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
What are
childrens
cognitivel
needs?
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
develop
cognitive
Making comparisons
Categorizing
Focusing attention
Memorizing
Exploring space, time
numbers
Making associations
Analyzing cause
effect
Solving problems
Creative thinking
and
and
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DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
YLLs Needs
1.C CHILD
2.1
DEVELOPMENT
Key Terms
& Concepts
1.C CHILD
The key terms and concepts you should know for this lesson are:
capacity for play and fun
capacity for indirect learning
tendency to respond to meaning and the situation rather than to
language
need to feel relaxed/safe
learning from social interaction (with peers and teacher)
using chunks
using limited language at their disposal creatively
some children may already be able or be beginning to
understand abstracts, generalize and systematize
characteristics which vary between children:
learning styles, previous learning experience, L1
background,
motivation, personality, attention spans (depending on
activity and topic)