The Importance and Chosen Techniques of Teaching Very Young Learners to Write in English

• Authors: BABIARZ MIROSŁAW , ZAPAŁA-KRAJ MARTA
• Conference: Edukacja-technika-Informatyka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the following paper is to introduce the aspect of teaching writing to very young pupils. The paper briefly presents the characteristics of young learners, together with their needs and requirements – mostly referring to the teachers of English. The paper was based on author’s own experiences as the former teacher of very young and young students and so, it points out some useful techniques as well as personal observations rooted in the theory of methodology, which were successful in teaching English to that particular age group.

Keywords

EN

Very young learners; teaching, writing; techniques; atmosphere; mind-maps; tracing

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski
• Journal: Edukacja-Technika-Informatyka
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 48-55

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

BABIARZ MIROSŁAW

• Doktor habilitowany profesor nadzwyczajny UJK, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Wydział Pedagogiczny i Artystyczny, Instytut Edukacji Szkolnej, Zakład Wspomagania Rozwoju i Edukacji Dziecka, Poland

author

ZAPAŁA-KRAJ MARTA

• Magister, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach, Wydział Pedagogiczny i Artystyczny, Instytut Edukacji Szkolnej, Zakład Wspomagania Rozwoju i Edukacji Dziecka, Poland

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