According to McCarthy, “As few as eight to twelve new items may be
appropriate ( eight for elementary, twelve for advance) per sixty minutes lesson for
truly productive learning to take place”(McCharty, 1990:117). It means that in
teaching vocabulary to young learners we must give them new vocabulary less than
ten, so that it becomes easier for young learners in learning vocabulary. “Teaching
vocabulary to young learners will be better if the words are given related to children
world” (Suyanto, 2007:47). It implies that the teacher should give the vocabularies in
simple words or words usually used by young learners to talk to and to be heard.
According to Suyanto (2007:48) there are four steps to teach vocabulary: