Facebooking puppetry videos to stimulate young learners speaking

Abstract

"People need the language to communicate ideas, necessities and feelings. In order to do this, people use languages spoken in the areas where they live in. English has been spread through the world, being one of the most important languages spoken around the world. According to Petruta “the english language has been the common language of the world for decades. It is now impossible to find a country where English learning has not become a norm”. The secretaria de educación pública (SEP) in Mexico has established in the programa nacional de inglés, (ProNI) english as part of the educational plan in public elementary schools. Due to english has taken such an important role in education as a foreign language and it has been included since kindergarten until high school. Hence, ProNI seek promote Eeglish from early age stages, young learners are rapid learners because they do not just focus on what is being taught, but also learn all sorts of other things at the same time, taking information from whatever is going on around them. Harmer (1998) affirms a crucial characteristic of young children is their ability to become competent speakers of a new language with remarkable facility, provided they get enough exposure to it".