Executive summary about teaching English to children by Deborah Delin
If you would like your child to master English as a second language (ESL), don't wait until he starts learning English at school. From birth, play songs in English to your ESL baby. Just hearing the English words is great "ear massage" and the English pronunciation and intonation will become embedded in your child's cognitive awareness. Purchase musical DVD's in English. Children as young as 18 months will enjoy watching the colourful scenes while they effortlessly pick up English vocabulary.
Search for educational television programmes and DVD's in English. Choose those which particularly appeal to your child's taste. Balance your child's viewing between English and native language programmes.
Arrange for this person to speak only English with your child. Arm your "language helper" with a supply of English picture books for reading to your child. There are many free ESL and EFL activities (English as a foreign language) for teaching English to children, especially beginners.
Choose resources that offer interactive English exercises with voiceovers by native speakers. Start teaching your child to read English as early as possible, especially if your native language is not based on the Latin alphabet. There are many websites which offer free English reading programmes. Research confirms overwhelmingly that the phonics method is the most effective for learning to read English. Your early efforts to introduce him to English as a second language child will benefit your child for the rest of his life!
Other tips: Mastering the Art of Teaching English to Children
English lessons for children can be found online, with readily available lesson plans for teachers to follow. You can find English songs for children to sing and chant in class which make classes lively and exciting for students. There are even many types of English dictionaries online which range from American to British English.
The simple ways of mastering the art of teaching English to children is listed below:
Speak more in English and only English. Pronounce each word clearly.
Identify the way each child learns, be sensitive to their style. There are different types of learners, if a particular kid learns fast through 'audio'. You can even get interesting English songs for kids from CDs, from the music or book stores. For instance, if your kids like Barney, then get your kids to participate in a Barney sing along.
You can also let your kid mix with kids whom are their age whom are native speakers of the English language. Please keep on checking that your kid is comfortable being around those kids.
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