In view of the silent period of children's English learning, parents should first relax and don't ask questions as soon as they get home. What did they learn in class today? Say a few words of English you have learned. More patience, more encouragement, try to create an English environment, walk through the silence period with your children and speak English boldly.
The second stage: English grammar interference period
/kloc-babies over 0/year old learn their mother tongue, and there will also be cases where the subject and object are reversed and "you and me" are not divided. For example, babies sometimes say, "peas are draught!" " At this time, the mother will naturally say to the child: "Doudou wants to drink water!" " "When the mother repeats the correct statement for a long time, the child will learn the correct statement. Grammatical interference period is a necessary stage for everyone to master a language, so is second language learning. Children who come out of the silent period are not used to the rules of the second language and often make mistakes in expression.
When children can speak some English phrases or short sentences on their own initiative, it doesn't matter even if they are not fluent and often make mistakes. Please remain calm. You know, even if China learns Chinese and Americans learn English, they will experience the situation that the subject, predicate and object are indistinguishable and the sentence expression is wrong, which can be improved through continuous scientific study in the later period.
The third stage: the promotion period of academic English
Children's oral English learning has reached a certain level, which does not mean that they have completed their English learning. Just like children in China learn to speak, they have to go to school to study Chinese, mathematics, science and other courses, which are the knowledge carriers of language. Many children in China learned to understand textbooks and teachers when they went to the United States. The reason is that they have no academic knowledge of English and do not understand the way of thinking and foreign culture. Learning academic language well is very important for children to work in English in the future, participate in workplace competition and become international talents.
What is the purpose of children learning English? Can we only have daily situational dialogues in English? Can you only tell stories in English? I believe that the goal of most parents is not limited to this. It is an important step to encourage children to carry out inquiry learning, learn subject knowledge in English and develop the habit of subject thinking.
The fourth stage: the rising period of learning curve
There are many small-scale seminars in American classrooms, which need everyone to participate in the discussion. Because they are not adapted to the English environment, many foreign students can understand other people's discussions and have good ideas, but they are not fluent in expression. After a period of "pain", it seems that I suddenly understood and finally realized a smooth discussion. This is the curve rising period of language learning. Through a large number of language input and accumulation, the accumulated results are achieved.
Education experts said: in the rising curve of language learning, parents should first learn to persist and help their children learn according to the set goals. In addition, help children develop good study habits while persisting. Children's language learning potential is unlimited, so parents should give their children more encouragement and create more English learning environment. For example, it is a good choice to play English CDs for children at home, or to take children to the giraffe English Library to read the original foreign language books.