Exploring Indonesian EFL Teacher’s Strategies in Teaching English to Young Learners

Abstract

This study aims to explore and analyse a teacher’s strategies that a teacher already implemented and used in teaching English Foreign language to young learners and why the strategies are implemented by teacher. The study utilized descriptive qualitative research where the writers wanted to describe the phenomena that occurred. The research participants areseven EFL teachers in North Sumatra, Indonesia, in collecting the data, the writer used instruments such as interview and documentation to get more detailed interpretations. Otherwise, collecting the data Analysing the data, the researchers genuinely analyze the all the information required through (A) Reduction, (B) Data display, and (C) Validating conclusions. In the research findings, the researchers encountered the teachers teaching strategies in teaching English to young learners are: (a) technology integration (b) story telling (c) communicative classroom environment. Next, the reasons for the strategies implemented by the teacher in the way they are because the teacher believed Creating teaching and learning with variation impactful and effective strategies will enhance students' outstanding self-enthusiasm atmosphere in learning English by happiness, un stressful, and cheerfulness to the students with Elaborating their learning into educational games and jokes.