Teaching English To Young Learners is Both a Difficult and Enjoyable Experience

Teaching English to young learners is both a difficult and enjoyable experience. It is difficult for you as a teacher, because you always have to find new and interesting methods and approaches in order to stir the learners’ interest; but in the same time it is enjoyable because you are given the chance of becoming child again, of seeing the world through a child’s eyes, when working with children.
As far as young learners are concerned they, mostly, find these lessons enjoyable, as they are active parts in the process. They use the language in order to communicate ideas, to play games, and later on to tell stories. Learning a foreign language does not mean only to be able to speak, but also to speak it correctly. This implies studying grammar and being capable to apply it.

Therefore it must always exist a connection between studying grammar and vocabulary and using it in correct, creative conversation.

Knowing a foreign language is essential in the activity and life of any modern person. This is why it is advisable to start learning it at a very young age.

It is well-known that children, young learners, learn more rapidly than older ones and adults. All the information received at this age becomes an useful thing for the rest of their lives. The first years of study are, perhaps, the most important since now it is developed the child’s attitude towards the new language. This thing involves a lot of factors which interfere in order to achieve its purpose – making the child love or at least enjoy studying English.

Coming back to the factors involved in the learning process I must name some of the most important, to take into account:

· pupils’ age and intellectual capacity
· motivation
· teacher’s capacity of making oneself understood

So learning should be realized through pleasant activities, meant to stimulate children, without feeling the irksome task of a common class.