Implementing Hypnoteaching in Teaching Speaking for Young Learner

In teaching language, the main challenges that EFL teachers of young learners face are to deal with the “students’ cognitive development, motivation, attention span, multi-level groups, and assessment” (Nunan, 2011, p. 6). The teachers are required to carefully consider the students’ cognitive stages when preparing learning materials and tasks. In Bimbel Alpha Learning Center Banda Aceh, there were difficulty to achieve the goals of speaking activities. It was found that they were hard to communicate using memorized words, short phrases, and basic expressions. They also tended to have low involvement and attention span for the learning activities. Regarding the issue, the writer felt need to investigate the implementation of hypnoteaching in teaching speaking for young learner. The aim of this study is to find out whether using hypnoteaching will improve young learners’ achievements in speaking English or not. The quantitative research was implemented to gain the data, by using one instrument; pre-experimental design, with one group pre-test and post-test design. The sample was 15 students who are twelve years old. The overall result demonstrated that the hynoteaching were highly improved students’ score in speaking. The overall results of experimental class demostrated that students’ post-test score (83) is higher than pre-test (61), it indicates a significant improvement (22 points) of students’ ability in speaking.