期刊名称：International Online Journal of Education and Teaching
电子版ISSN：2148-225X
出版年度：2019
卷号：6
期号：4
页码：723-731
语种：English
出版社：Informascope
摘要：Dealing with different students'characteristics cannot be avoided by the teacher in everyday teaching.It is well-known that teaching English to young learners is different from teaching an adult.Therefore,teachers are required to understand the characteristics of the students in order to know the students'needs so that learning goals can be achieved effectively.Research under the case study design had been done at a private school in Surakarta which used interview and observation to collect the data from 2 English teachers in that school.This research aims at investigating the teachers'beliefs on understanding characteristics of students and exploring how those beliefs are reflected in the teachinglearning practices.The result shows the two participants believe that understanding the characteristics of students is important for teachers because it can help them to develop their teaching-learning strategy and achieve learning objectives effectively.This research also reveals the way the participants reflect their beliefs in teaching-learning practices.
关键词：beliefs;students'characteristics;young learners;teaching English
