Now, parents are paying more and more attention to the cultivation of their children’s English ability:
children start bilingual kindergarten at the age of 3;
enrolls their children in English interest classes at a high price;
invites private foreign teachers for their children...
parents did this Many, nothing more than wanting children not to miss the best stage of language learning, and to live in a bilingual learning environment since childhood.
American educator Dewey said: "Z11z life is education. " In fact, home is the first classroom in a child's life. If parents can create a bilingual environment for their children at home, it will be of great benefit to the cultivation of their children's English ability.
integrates English enlightenment into life situations. On the one hand, it can provide children with vivid and specific learning materials to facilitate them to use English flexibly in life; on the other hand, it can promote children to explore life actively and stimulate their interest in English learning.
Most people believe that the first prerequisite for creating a bilingual environment is that parents must have strong English skills. In fact, this concept is wrong. However, when parents "integrate" English enlightenment into life, they need to follow the following two principles:
1, ensure the "quantity" of language input
We all know that children's English enlightenment cannot be separated from a large amount of input, so in the process of English enlightenment In, ensuring a large amount of English input is the premise and the basis.
In the BBC documentary "Baby: Fantastic World", there is a study that proves that vocabulary is crucial to language development. The richer the vocabulary a child hears, the larger the vocabulary.
However, the so-called "large amount" does not refer to short-term quick, monotonous and repetitive large amounts of input, but a large accumulation of small amounts and long streams. We often say that watching animation, reading picture books, and listening to nursery rhymes are all good ways to enter English for enlightenment.
2. Improving the "quality" of the input language
guarantees enough English input for children, which is an indispensable magic weapon for English enlightenment. However, if you only pursue quantity and input indiscriminately, it is not only ineffective for English learning, but also not beneficial to the child's physical and mental development.
On the premise of ensuring the quantity, improving the quality of English input is the correct posture for English enlightenment! Just as we mentioned above about watching videos, reading picture books, and listening to children’s songs, if there is no parental involvement, it will only be a one-way and invalid input. Conversely, high-quality integration is a two-way interactive input.
According to research, for children, the learning effect of talking with parents is 6 times that of children listening to audio. Therefore, to create a high-quality language environment for children, interaction and communication are king.
Today, Xiao Yi summarized 5 ways that parents can easily create a bilingual environment for their children.
Correctly grind the ears
listens to English nursery rhymes to children, just like listening to Chinese nursery rhymes. This is a relatively labor-saving way, commonly known as "ears grinding". At this stage, the goal is to guide the children's interest and cultivate the sense of language. It is not necessary to comprehend or speak every word.
kids like songs with rhythm and rhythm, we just need to listen to them. By insisting on a lot of listening and constant input, while cultivating the sense of language, it is also improving the child's ability to distinguish pronunciation, providing a strong foundation for subsequent English learning.
Of course, for parents with good foreign language proficiency, they don’t need to stay at the stage of "earning their ears", but try to directly interact with their children in foreign languages. Only in the interaction can children fully feel the "learning". The necessity of language.
Co-reading English picture books
picture books are mainly pictures based and stories are the carrier, which can promote children's understanding of the world in many aspects. Reading English picture books with children is one of the best tools for bilingual enlightenment.
If possible, set up an English book corner at home that is easy for children to reach, and put all English picture books in it. Reading with your child in English for half an hour every day, long-term persistence, will have a profound impact on the child's future bilingual ability.
When the child fully understands a certain story in the picture book, the parents can perform scene deduction together with the child, and perform the story that happened to achieve the effect of training oral English.
The ubiquitous vocabulary
language learning first needs to gradually understand the meaning of the language through a large number of repeated input. At this stage, “reading” and “writing” are not emphasized, or even “speaking” is not emphasized. The main purpose is to allow children to establish English pronunciation and meaning in the process of “listening”.The direct connection between righteousness.
Parents can put English labels on the items that children often touch, such as toys, tableware, etc., and all the things that the baby needs to use, or make word cards by themselves, and put them in every corner of the home to become a part of their children's daily life.
At this time, pay more attention to the child’s preferences. If the child likes to eat, put up more cards in the kitchen, refrigerator, etc., so that the child can get it at any time; when playing games with the child, teach the child to identify the relevant game situation Word cards, which are more helpful for memory.
Of course, the company of parents is the most important thing. Take some time every day and use vocabulary cards to review new things you know today with your children. This will help consolidate your children’s language learning. It can be said that immersive enlightenment is the most effective form of language learning.
mini games cleverly enlighten
using the game method to teach. It has always been an educational method advocated by the western education circles. They believe that in the process of games, children can learn knowledge naturally while reaping happiness. In fact, to stimulate children's interest in learning English, a few simple English games are enough.
family password game
1. Arrange obstacles in the living room, chairs, cartons, teddy bears, etc., which can be adjusted appropriately, but you need to pay attention to safety.
2, children and parents come to the starting point of the game.
3. Mom and dad can give their children some simple instructions: turn around, pick up the teddy bear, come back.
The password can be gradually increased according to the actual situation of the child, from one or two sentences to three or four sentences, plus Various complex actions, etc. In the process of playing the game, the child must remember these action vocabulary and the names of the objects at home, and the goal of the game will be achieved.
Simple children's rhyme duet
Choose a children's song familiar to children, such as Santa Claus Is Coming to Town ("Santa Claus is Coming to Town"). Parents sing "You better watch out" first, and then sing "You better not..." and make crying gestures to guide their children to sing "You better not cry".
During this process, the oral English ability of parents and children will improve. Playing games can not only mobilize children's enthusiasm and interest in English, but also cultivate an intimate relationship between parents and children.
Make good use of network resources
When it comes to creating a bilingual environment for their children, many parents may murmur in their hearts that their English is not good. How can they be taught in English?
One word: learn. Who said that only children can learn English? If you feel that your English is not good enough, learning with your children is the best opportunity for self-improvement. Moreover, if you feel that you are not fluent in reading picture books with your children, there are many English enlightenment resources on the Internet that you can use.
In addition, parents should try their best to create a sense of ritual for their children to learn English. Because learning is a long process. In this process, it is inevitable that you will feel dull and dull. At this time, you need a little "ritual sense" as a stimulant.
Parents can set aside a fixed time every day to sing English songs with their babies, watch picture book stories or play some small games together. Let children develop a good habit of learning English since childhood, and truly make English a part of their lives.
is much better than a few hours on a whim, learning 15-20 minutes a day. Many times, sticks to it, less is more.
