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UNIT TWO
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

(SOME FACTS ABOUT ADULTS AND YOUNG LEARNERS)

A. Description of Course

This unit is designed to show the distinction between characteristic and
any design teaching activities. There are three kinds of learners in EFL classroom:

young learners, adolescent, and adult. Activities in a Young Learner classroom
should be short and many activities. Adolescent can use many different ways of

studying and practicing language. it is possible for adult to spend more time on

learning tasks so it is possible to engage more deeply with the learning materials.

B. Relevance of Course
The relevance of course is the students will engage their home and society

environment into the activities in this book (as mention details in exercises). In the

exercises, most of activities given is case study. So, the students is allowed to think
critically in group discussion.

C. Learning Outcomes

The students are able to comprehend and explain the distinction learning
system in three group of English Learners and the impact of those distinction to the

learning strategies.

D. Detail Of Material

Fact about Young Learners
Teaching young learners has been happening in Indonesia for many years. The

concept of young learners has been changed from the age, the course book that

has written. In the past young learners refer to students between five and twelve
years of age. Today, the young learners started from the pre-school (three

years) to elementary school (12 years). Different age is crucial thing to
determine the teaching method, emphasize the language competence and

address the cognitive skills. Hammer (2007) classified three learner groups

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