A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE TEACHING TECHNIQUES USED BY ENGLISH TEACHERS TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERS IN C.L.T
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- In teaching young children, teachers need to apply appropriate techniques in order that the children can absorb the topic as much as their brain capacity can do. Thus, the writer was interested to study on how teachers in an English course apply the techniques based on the topics. This study is done to find out the techniques which are used by the teachers and how techniques are adjusted to the kind of topics. This study has been conducted in CLT (an English course) who have children classes. There were 13 teachers who became the respondents and filled out the questionnaire constructed based on the observation. The result shows that there were 13 techniques applied by teachers to teach young learners. Five techniques are major and eight are additional techniques. The major techniques are pictures, drill out, repetition, role play, and theory exposition. On the other hand, pattern or formula, electronic media, game, real object, survey, card, song, and rhyme were additional techniques. In adjusting the techniques, teachers refer to the kinds of topics. They use the techniques based on the kinds of topics. When they teach vocabulary, they use more pictures. However, they also mix it with repetition ad drill out. When the topic is grammar, they use theory exposition and drill more. Role play is used more frequently when teaching functions.