FACTORS CONSIDERED IN DEVELOPING MATERIALS FOR TEACHING ENGLISH TO YOUNG LEARNERS

Teaching English to Young Learners (EYL) is different from teaching English to adult learners. This demands different sort of materials as well. Teacher’s competence also plays an important role in determining whether the teaching materials are good or teachable for the learn ers or not. Besides, YL characteristics, age, cultural contexts, schools, syllabuses, and leaner cognitive level of development also important in deciding the materials appropriate of the teaching of EYL. This paper aims to discuss further on how and what kind of teaching materials; mostly textbooks, are appropriate for learning English to Young learners. Keywords: teaching English to young learners, young learners, teaching material