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or helping someone to do something, giving instruction, guiding in studying something.
From the whole definition above, it can be concluded that the teaching and learning support each other. In teaching, the teachers can increase the
progress of the learners by giving instruction and guiding to do something. Meanwhile, learning is the process of getting knowledge or skill through study.
The learners can develop their skills, and understanding values through the instructions that is given by the teacher in studying.
B. Teaching English Vocabulary to Young Learners
Teaching English to children is different from teaching it to adult. Adult learns English grammar and apply it into complex sentences. Vocabulary is very
important to be learned if we want to learn a foreign language. As Linda Taylor 1990 said, “Vocabulary is central to language teaching and learning.” Learning
vocabulary is necessary in every stage of language teaching and learning, moreover in early stages. By learning vocabulary, the learners can show the
improvement of their new language clearly. Michael McCarthy 1990 states that “no matter how well the students learn grammar, no matter how successfully the
sound L2 second language are mastered, without word to express a wider range of meaning, communication in L2 second language cannot happen in any
meaningful way.” In the same way
, Scott Thornbury 2002 says “If you spend most of your time studying grammar, your English will not improve very much. You will see
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most improvement if you learn more words and expressions. You can say very little with grammar, but you can say almost any
thing with words.” From the statement above, we can conclude that vocabulary is very important in learning
new language. If the learners do not master vocabulary at all, they will also not master the new language smoothly.
Teaching vocabulary to young learners is different from teaching vocabulary to adult. Teacher is suggested to use objects in presenting meaning, as
stated by Scott and Yterberg 1990 “since the physical world is the main means of conveying meaning to young children, a wide variety of teaching aids is
necessary in the foreign language classroom.” It means in teaching vocabulary to young learners, a teacher should show the real object or picture to make the
learners easily understand and can encourage their curiosity.
C. Techniques of Teaching Vocabulary
