Effective Ways in Teaching English as Foreign Languageto Young Learners with Various Learning Styles

  • Fahriany Fahriany UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
  • Fahri Haswani Faculty of Language and Arts State University of Medan, Indonesia
Keywords: effective way, EFL, young learners

Abstract

In response to learning revolution, teaching is not only transferring knowledge to students but also it should be conducted by acommodating students’ learning styles.By viewing to these two factors, the teaching learning process will be more successful. This study presents the strategies to improve students’ speaking skill related to age and learning styles. The teaching strategies were developed by analysing the students’ needs, students’ wants, and students’ lack.

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Published
2018-04-15
How to Cite
Fahriany, F., & Haswani, F. (2018). Effective Ways in Teaching English as Foreign Languageto Young Learners with Various Learning Styles. Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature, 3(2), 55 - 63. Retrieved from http://ejournal.kopertais4.or.id/mataraman/index.php/efi/article/view/3352
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