Using Nursery Rhymes and Songs to Teach English to Young Children

Abstract

Knowing some basic principles of language learning, characteristic of children and classroom techniques, especially nursery rhymes and songs, which are suitable for teaching English for children, is very crucial for the English teachers. In addition to this, the teachers are required to know well about the prominent learning principles such as cognitive inter-actionist, social inter-actionist principles, and characteristics of children. By having such knowledge, teachers can improve their teaching materials as well as teaching technique which are suitable with the children’s development and capacity