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UNIT SIX
“CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

FOR YOUNG LANGUAGE LEARNERS (LISTENING & SPEAKING)

A. Description

This course discusses how to establish the welcoming learners and
encourage early childhood professionals to do some leading activity in

teaching Listening and Speaking.

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).

C. Learning Outcomes

The students are able to comprehend and create the learning
environment for young learners in listening and speaking skills accordance

with the characteristic of the students.

D. Detail of Material
Creating an environment for Young Language learners

A caring environment in which children feel secure and valued will

allow them to express their thoughts, feelings and understanding. The
classroom environment should promote language as tool for learning across

the curriculum. Teachers need to provide an environment which promotes
active listening and purposeful talking, well designed writing and

comprehensive reading. Creating safe and caring environments for children

from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds involves establishing
a tone of respect.

As teachers, we constantly strive to create a classroom environment
where children are exposed to high quality language in varying forms. After

all, language acquisition and its use are at the core of all the reading, writing,

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