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experience under developed systems of logical thinking. Children’s
knowledge contains. Base on Halliwel (1992: 3-5)

1. Children are already very good in interpreting meaning without

necessarily understanding the individual world. It mean when they study

second language they just guessing. By guessing they understand what
their teacher said.

2. Children already have great’s skill in using limited language creativity.
They will never thing when they want say some think, and they will

have their way to use language even they have limited vocabulary but

they never have limited language creativity.
3. Children frequently learn indirectly rather than directly.

4. Children take a good pleasure in finding and creating fun in what they
do. It seems they more lake playing than studying. They will make what

they do is more interesting depend what they want.
5. Children have a ready imagination, children words are full of

imagination and fantasy, and it is more than simply matter of enjoyment.

Young learners have many imagination

From all the characteristic of young learners we can dive it into three
sides. First is characteristic from physical side. It means we learn about the

young learner’s physic, their habit and their nature. Second is from social.

It means how that children do their social to other, to their environment and
how they will respond the material that given by the teacher. For the last is

psychology side. In this part we know how the psychology of children when
they do all their activity.

I. This Is The Characteristic From Psychology Side.

1. They have short concentration span.

It mean children more easily unable to concentrate. When they will

found a new thing that they fill more interesting they will amazedly change
their concentration from one thing to another ting.

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