Young Learners of English

Robert DickeyKeimyung University

Critical / Sensitive Period

2-10 “very young learners”

Schooling – Social Warehousing

Schooling – Social Warehousing

• Public Schools (Nat’l Curriculum)• Public Schools after-school programs• Private Language Schools• International/Foreign Schools

(English-medium)• Private Tutors• Independent Study Programs• Unstructured Language Study

Language Learning / Acquisition

• “Immersion”– Language Showers– Immersion Schooling– Immersion Travel

• Plurilingualism

Krashen’s i+1 andVygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development

rjdickey@content-english.org