How to teach children English? Pay attention to these 4 points, 0 basic children can also love learning English!

When parents give their children English Enlightenment education, they often worry about their children:

My children can't speak Chinese well. They're about to start English. Will they be half hanging at both ends? My child doesn't feel at all about English. He can't be interested in learning it. How to give children English Enlightenment education?

Decimal point mother will share her experience in enlightening decimal point English with you

How should our parents enlighten their children in English?

1) Pay attention to English Enlightenment in the way of [acquisition]

When children aged 0-3 learn English, they mainly depend on how their parents teach them. Before giving children English Enlightenment, we should first make clear the difference between [acquisition] and [learning].

Why? Because children aged 0-6 acquire language ability through acquisition, while children over 7 acquire language ability through learning. Therefore, children at different stages learn English in different ways.

Some parents may wonder: what's the difference between [acquisition] and [learning]?

Language acquisition generally refers to children's natural and gradual mastery of the first language (usually the mother tongue) and second language acquisition (SLA) through verbal communication activities in a natural language environment. It usually refers to any other language learning after the acquisition of the mother tongue.

Here I'll give you another popular example to facilitate your understanding.

[learning] Yes, the child's mother formally said to the child, "look, this is a water cup. Follow me to read the water cup. The container used to hold water and other liquids can be called a water cup."

[acquisition] Yes, the mother will not deliberately explain to the child that "this is a water cup", but integrate the word "water cup" into life. When she goes out, she will hang the water cup on the child and say to the child, "come on, carry the baby's water cup." When the child drinks water, say to the child, "come on, drink water from the baby's favorite cup." Occasionally he would point to his own cup and say to the child, "baby, can you help mom bring that water cup?" Over time, children will know that it is a water cup, and then they will slowly imitate it, and finally use it. This is language acquisition, not language learning.

In short, [acquisition] is to integrate the language into life, create more mother tongue environment for children, and slowly master the language through these rich verbal communication activities.

2) Pay attention to the correct posture of [grinding ears]“

After knowing the difference between [acquisition] and [learning], our parents should pay attention to creating a listening atmosphere for their children when doing English Enlightenment, so that their children can imitate and use it later.

Speaking of "creating a listening atmosphere", I 二線財務公司believe many parents will think of listening to the English song "grinding their ears". However, what I want to emphasize here is that if children don't understand the content of English nursery rhymes and just listen to the melody and sound, they can't achieve the expected effect of parents.

As I said earlier, when parents create a listening atmosphere for their children, the most important thing is to help their children connect "voice" with "semantics". However, this connection can not be "English translation", because English translation is not conducive to cultivating children's English thinking. Instead, it will develop the bad habit of "thinking about Chinese interpretation when you see a word".

Therefore, when listening to the English Nursery Rhyme "grinding ears", parents should guide their children to move. For example, when they hear "head, shoulders, knees and toes", they can take their children to jump with the melody, singing and dancing, so as to connect the sound and meaning.

3) Precautions for reading picture books and animations

In addition to listening to English children's songs, watching animation and reading picture books are also a good way to help children perceive and guess the meaning behind the sound, so as to achieve the effect of language acquisition.

However, when choosing picture books and animations, it is recommended that you choose some picture books that are easy to understand, short or repetitive, bright colors and match children's cognition.

Then when we accompany children to watch animation and read picture books, we also need to spend more time to guide children to perceive and guess the meaning behind the sound. These seemingly insignificant details will also greatly enhance the effect of enlightenment.

4) It is important for parents to accompany and guide students

What we call ear grinding is actually just to make basic input reserves for children's future language output. I believe careful parents have noticed that when learning their mother tongue, children aged 0-3 years old do not imitate with adults by watching animation, which is efficient. Especially when they use their mother tongue when talking to their parents, children can learn and imitate quickly.

The effect of real people on language learning is much greater than that of audio and video. Because children follow their parents, they can see the real mouth shape, expression and body language of adults. This scene combined with language use is easier for children to understand, imitate and speak.

Therefore, when listening to children's songs and reading picture books for children, it is suggested that parents try to sing and read together, together with expressions and actions. If possible, it can also be applied to life.

A treasure mother I know from dianma did a good job in this regard. She also shared with me the detailed process of reading picture books with her children. Here I also share the original sharing content with you for reference.