Teaching English to Preschool Learners
Krzysztof Polok
Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej, Wydział Społeczno-Humanistyczny, Katedra AnglistykiAbstract
The paper discusses the status quo and the would-be possibilities of kindergarten FL teaching. While analyzing the current forms and tendencies in teaching English to YL (Young Learners), it is postulated the only reliable form of teaching a FL to such groups of learners is to maximize their cognitive potential, so as to help them discover the language in an acquisitive way. Following the current research, it is suggested that the challenge-like conditions that are naturally formed to YL in the case of learning their mother tongue (MT) are to be extended so as to help them learn a FL as well. The final part of the paper provides a discussion over the current research results that refer to the paper topic.Keywords:
cognition, FL learning/teaching, language acquisition, YL, the immersion method, kindergarten education, kognicjaReferences
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