TEACHING LISTENING SKILLS TO YOUNG LEARNERS THROUGH THE SONGS AND STORYTELLING IN EFL CLASSES

Abstract

Abstract: Teaching English to young learners ( TEYL) is widely expanded and
became one of the crucial thing in teaching sytem of all countries. TEYL is crucial and
challenging for teachers because this is the new way of teaching young learners are
totally different from adults. Listening is one of the parts of english and for young
learners it is more logical method to teach listening firstly, as they will be justlearning
to write or read. So, teaching litening to children seems more complex than writing or
reading as children’s short span of concentration and anxiety. In this article we try to
conduct with some methods namely, songs and storytelling to teach listening skills to
young learners in EFL classes as the songs and storytelling are the lovely activities
children enjoy listening.