Abstract
Character education is one of the aspects of the Indonesian educational system, which is essential for the students before they face real-world society. The strengthening of Character education has been designed in the 2013 Curriculum as one of the Indonesian government's efforts to create good quality human resources. This effort can be implemented in every subject, including English as the students’ foreign language. Children as young learners is an excellent start to be empowered not only through the knowledge of the language itself but also through inserting character values in the process of language learning. This study aims at sharing some theoretical concepts of implementing character education for young learners in the EFL class. By then, the teachers are expected to help young learners in building their positive characters.
Highlights
The essence of education emphasizes the effort to humanize humans to become human
TEYL is regarded as Teaching English for Young Learners
It means that English is being taught for young learners who learn English as a foreign language
Summary
The essence of education emphasizes the effort to humanize humans to become human. It means that character building in education plays a significant role to create a student with a good attitude. “National education serves to develop the ability and character development and civilization of the nation's dignity in the context of educating the nation aimed at developing students' potentials to become a man of faith and fear of God Almighty, noble, capable, creative, independent, and become citizens democratic and accountable” (Depdiknas, 2003). This mandate emphasizes the importance of national character values in the Indonesian educational system. Government policies through the Ministry of Education and Culture of Republic Indonesia about character education set the 2013 Curriculum to become a reference for the implementation of character education in the Indonesian educational system (Indriani, 2017)
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