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Teaching English to Young Learners: Students’ Interference on Pre-Reading Skill in Preparing School Readiness

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Sharina Munggaraning Westhisi
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Available Online 10 August 2020.
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10.2991/assehr.k.200808.044How to use a DOI?
Keywords
English to young learners, pre-reading, school readiness
Abstract

Industrial revolution 4.0 encourages people to develop their skills, for instance literacy skills. English literacy is needed since people should be able to participate globally which might be commenced in Early Childhood Education (ECE). The English instruction for non-native young learners needs numerous methods to deliver the materials in a proper way, purposely the pre-reading instruction for young learners in preparing for school readiness. Pre-reading skill would be emphasized on introduction of English letters sounds as a foundation in developing reading skill in the future. This article unpacks teaching practices in English pre-reading skill to young learners which involve children as role model for their peers. It uses qualitative descriptive study which involves two teachers and children aged four and five years old. It reveals that students’ interference in an English instruction of pre-reading skill is able to assist them to comprehend the concept of English letter sounds, to increase the student’s confidence in learning English, to improve their fluency in English, and to create contextual environment of learning.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Early Childhood Education and Parenting 2019 (ECEP 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
10 August 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.200808.044
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200808.044How to use a DOI?
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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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