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Teaching Young Learners in Learning English Vocabulary Through Big Book
In English as a foreign language (EFL), learning vocabulary plays a vital role in all language aspects (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Reading becomes very important for young learners because they could get a number of new vocabularies. The teacher needs to have a certain strategy to make the reading experience more enjoyable for young learners. The characteristics of Big Book, which has big-sized colorful pictures and big font enhance young learners’ reading experience. This narrative inquiry research aims to examine the use and the challenges in the Big Book to engage young learners in learning English vocabulary. In collecting the data, the researcher uses observation and semi-structured interview. The participants are five young learners aged between 6 to 9 years old. The result shows that the big-sized colorful picture and the big size of Big Book itself engaged student behaviorally, emotionally, also cognitive. The challenges shown in the learning process are the silent student and the difficulties of pronouncing the word.
Keywords: Big Book, Young Learners, Vocabulary
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