Exploring English Language Teaching Strategy for Very Young Learners (A Study at Kiddos English School)

Teaching English language for very young learners has developed rapidly. Therefore, this qualitative research is aimed to explore English language teaching strategies applied for very young learners and the constraints in applying them. The research was carried out at Kiddos English School (KES), a kindergarten school located in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The research participants were chosen by using non-probability sampling method. Moreover, semi-structured interview was lead towards four English teachers and participant observation was conducted against two classes of KES in order to obtain the information. The result of this study indicated that KES’ teachers used at least seven strategies to teach English for their students, namely: engaging learners in daily oral language activity, establishing a nurturing environment, playing games, storytelling, audio-visual, singing, and teaching face to face. Furthermore, the teachers faced four constraints in applying those strategies, which are: students’ misbehavior, inconsistency of students’ attendance, lack of parental involvement, and insufficient number of teacher.