Актуальные научные исследования в современном мире iscience. In. Ua

«MODERN SCIENTIFIC CHALLENGES AND TRENDS»
 
SCIENCECENTRUM.PL 
ISSUE 3 
ISBN 978-83-949403-3-1 
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Vaisova Gulchekhra Akhmedovna 
Head of the Department of the English language 
Academic Lyceum of Urganch branch of TUIT 
(Urganch, Uzbekistan) 
 
CONSIDERATIONS FOR TEACHING AND ASSESSING YOUNG LEARNERS 
 
World globalization has sparked a growing interest in the teaching of English 
as a Foreign Language (EFL) to young learners all over the world. In the last few 
years there has been an explosion of English classes for young learners both in 
state systems- as part of the school curriculum- and in private language schools all 
over the world. This surge of interest in the area has led to the publication of 
methodology books and theoretical research as well as teaching programs. Many of 
these programs emphasize the importance of using authentic, experiential, 
motivating and cognitively appropriate language activities. 
According to Wright (2002), using storybooks are the most appropriate 
content for young learner language teaching programs in that stories are motivating 
to young learners and are appropriate to their cognitive level. Stories serve as an 
authentic contextual framework through which children are introduced to vocabulary 
and language structures and through stories, children develop literacy skills, which 
help them later in reading and writing. 
Since assessment is an integral part of teaching, this paper will focus on 
both dimensions of teaching and assessing young learners. It will emphasize that 
the initial foreign language learning experience as well as assessment experience 
have a strong impact on children‘s future learning – therefore assessment as well 
as learning should be enjoyable, confidence building and successful experiences 
for the learner. 
The paper also suggests that since programs for teaching a foreign 
language to young learners are relatively new, it is important to design an 
evaluation plan to accompany program implementation and evaluate effectiveness. 
The surge of interest in the teaching of English to young learners has led to 
growing research in the area from day to day. The debate of "how young is young?" 
is still on.