I think it's time to stop and think about the current learning situation and the direction of English enlightenment after I was 3 years old.
So, I recently read the popular English enlightenment instruction book on the market again, sorted out some reading notes, combed and summarized some important points, and sought some inspiration.
The compiled books are:
The article is long and has some opinions. If it is inconvenient to consult, please collect it first and then study it slowly!
Author: Liao Caixing, Taiwan Province Province, China.
Publishing House: Yilin Publishing House
The research object in the book: one's own children
Brief introduction of the author
Liao Caixing, twin mother, has a master's degree in children's Chinese development at Chung Cheng University in Taiwan, and used to be an English teacher. English major background, no study abroad background.
I started working full-time after having children, and didn't start publishing books and giving lectures until the children were older. Her major is the development of children's linguistics and children's literature, and choosing suitable audio books for children.
What are the characteristics of the content?
This book mainly introduces my own enlightenment experience, and introduces in detail 100 audio books and 52-week playback record table.
What are the main enlightenment viewpoints?
Anne Flowers believes that "the problem of English enlightenment is not only the problem of English itself, but also the problem of comprehensive parenting concept." On the road of children's English enlightenment, the first environment needs to be created by the family, standing behind the children, providing resources according to their needs, igniting children's interest and cultivating their active learning ability. "
She adheres to the principle of "no need to recognize new words, learn phonetic symbols, learn grammar, translate Chinese and take quizzes" and adopts a simple action plan of "input English regularly and quantitatively".
1. Why should children be "enlightened in English"
Liao Caixing believes that children are born linguists. Mastering MM rule, that is, materials and methods, can get twice the result with half the effort when you are enlightened.
"Children learn from their ears at first", and whether children's language expression ability is fluent depends on whether they accept a lot of clear and meaningful language input in their growth stage.
Liao Caixing believes that English stimulation with "true knowledge, good stories and beautiful words" through the ears is the basis for cultivating children's solid ability.
In fact, Liao Caixing's twin daughter only listened to the first spoken English book when she was five years old.
2. Will parents' poor spoken English affect their children?
Liao Caixing said that although she graduated from the Foreign Languages Department, like many mothers, the main way of communication at home is Chinese.
Liao Caixing thinks that her daughter's English pronunciation is clear and standard, and her intonation is smooth and natural, which has nothing to do with her mother's spoken English, but thanks to audio books.
3. How to enlighten children in English?
Liao Caixing advocated using audio books as a stepping stone to English enlightenment, and advocated reading original English picture books and listening to the original without translation. There are 65,438+000 book lists, all of which have audio, and many of them have audio supported by JY.
Reading audio books should grasp three points:
Tables are attached to the book, and a special broadcast plan is made to ensure effective repetition and gradual continuous broadcast.
The list of 65,438+000 English audio books includes rhyming Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, Stories and Children's Songs of Dr. Seuss, ABC alphabet books with 26 letters as the theme, and scientific audio books suitable for children.
There are also questions about parents in the book. According to the actual play experience, listen to audio books with children and students, and find out the solution in a form close to parents' needs.
According to Liao Caixing's suggestion, parents only need three steps: prepare an audio book, press the play button and draw a small tick. Do this according to the table, and play it in sequence, three times a day, each time 10-30 minutes.
As long as a year of irrigation, children's English seeds can sprout, naturally fall in love with English and speak good English with clear pronunciation and mellow voice.
Author: Wang Peizan
Publishing House: Guangxi Science and Technology Publishing House
The research object in the book: one's own children
Brief introduction of the author
Wang, the mother of two children. MBA from St. John's University in New York, USA, resigned as a full-time mother after working in a bank for 9 years. Non-professional background, with study abroad background.
Main works: feeding children raised by story books and cultivating their English ears.
What are the characteristics of the content?
This book mainly introduces my experience of telling English stories to children+private English book list.
The book sorts out the English learning problems that parents want to know most, helps parents sort out their children's English learning ideas and methods, and gives the most intimate and practical answers.
What are the main enlightenment viewpoints?
Wang Peizan believes that even if you live in a non-English environment, as long as you insist on reading English story books to your children, you can let them understand English naturally, and accumulate a sense of language and reading foundation from it, and gradually form a stable strength in speaking, reading and writing.
1. Why do you want to give children "English enlightenment"
Wang Peizhen believes that if children want to learn a language, the sooner they get in touch with it, the better. No matter which race children are born, if they are in a certain language environment, they will naturally acquire this language.
2. "Will parents with poor oral English do English enlightenment affect their children's pronunciation?"
Wang Peizhen particularly emphasized that the daily conversation at home is only in Chinese, and the children have never been taught any English pronunciation. She treats storybooks as milk and feeds them to her children.
My eldest daughter has been reading English stories by herself since she was a baby. When the child was about 4 years old, she began to add the original tapes of English story books and turned them into "mother reading" and listening to them by herself.
3. How to enlighten children in English?
In the book, Wang Peizan introduced in detail the practical steps and precautions of "reading English story books to children", and provided a private English book list, recommending books at four stages: 0-2 years old, 3 years old, 4 years old and 5 years old. (But it's just the title, not the cover of the recommendation book. )
4. How to tell English stories to children:
A. One sentence in English, one sentence in Chinese, English is completely scripted, and Chinese translation should be naturally colloquial, not limited to sentence-by-sentence translation. I have finished reading one English one middle school three times, and then I only studied English.
B. unless the child asks questions, there is no need to add Chinese explanations. Children can try to read English directly without translation.
C. the number of translations can be increased or decreased according to the child's reaction. When you find your child listening with relish, try to quietly take out the translation and read only English. If the child doesn't say anything wrong, it's time to learn English thoroughly.
D. after advanced, the translation should be clear and interesting. After avoiding the difficulty of the story, if the translation work is not done well, children may lose interest because of understanding. Remember, "as long as you can successfully read every English story book the first time, it is not a problem to read it later."
E. when each book is mature, add the next one.
Wang Peizan agrees that audio storybooks are a magic weapon for children to learn languages, but she thinks that it is slightly different from Liao Caixing that children should be familiar with and like stories before listening to supporting audio.
Author: Anne flowers
Press: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
The research object in the book: one's own children
Brief introduction of the author
Anne flowers, whose real name is Zheng Xianmin, is a lawyer and holds a bachelor's degree from China University of Political Science and Law. Non-English major background, no study abroad background and overseas life experience.
After returning to China, she and her husband founded Anne English Club, dedicated to building a communication platform for children's English enlightenment.
What are the characteristics of the content?
Introducing children's English learning experience+natural spelling related content involves the most comprehensive+free English learning resources summary.
What are the main enlightenment viewpoints?
Anne flowers reveals the natural spelling method which is very popular in primary and secondary schools in western countries with easy-to-understand language and vivid examples, and expounds the system and level of English as a language from the perspective of ordinary parents, with her child Anne's personal experience of English enlightenment in China and Canada for eight years as a clue.
1. Why do you want to give children "English enlightenment"
Anne Flowers believes that "people's ability to distinguish sounds is indeed the strongest in infancy, and then it will weaken year by year, so it should play a multiplier role in children's English learning from birth."
Because children have a lot of correct English pronunciations stored in their brains, they are easier to accept and recognize when they hear them later. "
2. "Will parents with poor oral English do English enlightenment affect their children's pronunciation?"
Anne flowers thinks: "Mom's English is not good, but the baby can still do it."
She said: "Our generation comes from dumb English. Although they have taken several exams, as someone said, not many people can pronounce all 26 letters correctly, including myself. In fact, a mother with poor English can do it for her baby's English as long as she uses proper methods to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses. "
3. How to enlighten children in English?
She believes: "The problem of English enlightenment is not only a problem of English itself, but also a problem of comprehensive parenting concepts. On the road of children's English enlightenment, the first environment needs to be created by families, standing behind children, providing resources according to their needs, igniting children's interest and cultivating children's ability to learn actively. "
The general line of the Enlightenment in this book is:
Before the age of 2: Work hard on listening input to cultivate the overall sense of language and rhythm.
2-4 years old: Continue listening input, and at the same time strengthen the training corresponding to the situation, and establish the corresponding model through cartoons and original books, mainly picture books, supplemented by graded reading materials that children like.
In audio application: for babies, we should give them a lot of voice signals to strengthen their listening ability. We can play the audio of picture books together with children's songs as a warm-up for parents and children to read the original picture books.
Children over 4 years old: 4 years old is a sensitive period for children to read. Children over the age of 4 should increase the reading volume of independent reading while learning natural spelling.
If children over 4 years old just start learning English, they can do it in several steps at the same time. According to the original parent-child reading trilogy of picture books, it takes two or three months to increase listening input and cultivate English reading interest, and then start natural spelling learning and enter the stage of independent reading.
4. How to do parent-child reading?
Anne Flowers believes that adults can avoid and study because of poor pronunciation, and agrees that they can explain in their mother tongue.
5. How to use audio effectively
For the baby, it is necessary to give a lot of voice signals and strengthen the ability to listen and distinguish sounds. You can play the audio of the picture book together with the songs of children's songs as a preheating for parents and children to read the original picture book;
Natural spelling and natural pronunciation
The book explains phonics in detail, and provides a lot of free English learning resources, including phonics and video albums, animation and audio-visual comprehensive resource albums, online picture books and audio-visual books.
7. Say goodbye to Chinglish and start with dolls
The fifth chapter introduces in detail the matters needing attention in China's family English enlightenment, including creating a small family English environment, audio being a good helper for mothers, paying attention to parent-child reading corresponding to the situation, the trilogy of parent-child reading in the original picture book, China's children's English road map, and answering specific questions about English enlightenment.
Author: Wu Minlan
Press: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
The object of study in the book: many children in educational institutions
Brief introduction of the author
Wu Minlan, a mother of two children, is currently the CEO of a case education institution and holds a master's degree in bilingual education from Harvard University.
Professional background: I have studied in Thailand, Korea, Sweden and Taiwan Province Province of China, studied seven languages, and have the background of studying abroad.
What are the characteristics of the content?
This book mainly collects the teaching experience in the case education institution he founded, and takes many young children as the research object of this book. It introduces 123 English picture books in detail+an extended introduction to each picture book according to age.
What are the main enlightenment viewpoints?
1. Why do you want to give children "English enlightenment"
Rosemary Wells once said, "If you spend 20 minutes telling stories every day, children will fall in love with books, want to explore the world, start thinking and learn to have dreams."
Similarly, Wu Minlan believes that children can learn from experience. Before entering school, all children's learning experiences come from their families.
She said: "The focus of children's English reading is to make children have a good impression on English and love reading. Once the interest and motivation of English reading are established, children will spontaneously develop the habit of English reading in the future. "
2. Will parents who have poor oral English affect their children when they are doing English enlightenment?
Wu Minlan believes that there is no need to worry that parents' English level will affect their children's English reading ability.
On the road of children's English learning, if parents are not the only source of learning, but include school teachers, movies, books, internet and other different media, there is no need for parents to worry too much about grammar that may make mistakes, or give up halfway.
In the process of coming into contact with English in the future, children will still have various opportunities to be stimulated by English. Therefore, it doesn't matter if parents make mistakes for a while. English learning sources provided by other environments can make up for parents' "poor English".
3. How to give children English enlightenment
Wu Minlan supports reading original picture books, but don't give all your children's reading to audio books. English reading also needs "cultural connotation" to support children's English learning.
Children must understand "concrete" things and experiences in order to understand the concept and significance of "abstraction", and picture books are a good medium. If children want to speak English properly, it is very important to give them a lot of "nutrients" (picture book reading).
4. Parent-child reading suggestions for the original picture book:
5. Principles of recommending 123 original picture books
6. Recommended by age, with introduction materials for picture book expansion.
The recommended 123 picture books are classified according to age groups (0-6 years old), and almost every recommended picture book is accompanied by supporting materials, such as audio access links, author official website's information and so on.
Behind most picture books, there should be supporting parent-child interactive games, picture books to expand creativity and so on.
Www.lexile.com website can query the reading grading of picture books, but it is based on English-speaking countries, so please pay attention.
Author: Gai Zhaoquan
Press: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
Brief introduction of the author
Gai Zhaoquan, Master of English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, once worked in FLTRP 17, senior editor. He has edited, translated and commented on hundreds of English teaching books, and has no background of studying abroad.
20 13 has been in charge of compiling large-scale 3- 12-year-old English graded reading materials. He has many years of experience in compiling and publishing English teaching, and is familiar with English teaching methods, various teaching theories, textbooks and graded reading materials, the current situation of English teaching in primary and secondary schools and the English training market.
What are the characteristics of the content?
Put forward the "second language acquisition theory", so as to draw a road map suitable for China children's English learning, as well as their own children's enlightenment experience, grading standards, book lists and so on.
What are the main enlightenment viewpoints?
1. Why do you want to give children "English enlightenment"
Gai Zhaoquan regards English enlightenment as "a new opportunity for English learning: the coming of acquisition era".
Children are born with a strong ability to absorb language. No matter what language, as long as parents can provide a good language environment, let children contact and listen more, and let children establish the relationship between language and images, children can quickly acquire this language.
0-3 years old is the golden age for children's mother tongue development. English has been introduced since the age of 3, and children can develop both languages well if the methods are proper.
2. Will parents with poor spoken English affect their children's pronunciation during English enlightenment?
Gai Zhaoquan believes that "parents can't speak English well, and don't be discouraged. They can create a good listening environment by using cartoons, reading audio, reading pens, teaching software, learning websites and other multimedia methods.
Mothers with poor English can also cultivate English cattle children if they know the rules in English teaching, don't take detours and use external resources. "
3. How to give children English enlightenment
Gai Zhaoquan put forward the theory of second language acquisition, that is, learning a language imperceptibly through a lot of contact and use. People think that "acquisition" is the most suitable method for children to learn English.
The book summarizes a very clear road map of English learning-from 3 years old to 12 years old, which lasts 10 years and is divided into four stages.
Gai Zhaoquan believes that 3 or 4 years old is the ideal model for China children to learn a second language. English has been introduced since the age of 3, and children can develop both languages well if the methods are proper. So she thinks 3 years old is the ideal starting point for English enlightenment.
Road Map of Children's Second Language Acquisition in China
Enlightenment stage: 3-5 years old, first heard.
In the enlightenment stage, families with conditions send their children to foreign language kindergartens. Listen more if you have no conditions, and then "speak" after listening more.
The guidance of parents is very important in the enlightenment stage, and the enthusiasm of parents is the first motivation for children to learn English. Parents can let their children absorb language in a variety of three-dimensional environments in the following ways.
Speak everyday language and play games with children;
Show children original cartoons and Flash stories;
Listen to songs and sing;
Read graded books to children;
Listen to the tape and let the children read picture books.
When doing these things, children are only required to pay attention to understanding "meaning" and establish the connection between English pronunciation and specific objects, without paying attention to words.
Hearing reaches a certain level (children's silence period is generally 6 months to 1 year), and children can have some simple outputs.
Literacy stage: 6 years old, naturally learn to spell, parents are highly involved, leading children into the reading world.
All-round development stage: 7 to 9 years old, reading, spelling, grammar, writing.
Promotion stage: 10- 12 years old, subject English, academic English.
4. Support to a certain extent and report to the corresponding English cram school.
If your child has accumulated a listening vocabulary of 1000 at home, you can consider giving your child a "foreign teacher oral class" when he is 5 years old.
At the age of 6, the listening vocabulary reaches 3000, and you can enroll in the natural spelling class.
At the age of 7, I began to enroll my children in classes, systematically studied a set of textbooks, gradually learned English grammar knowledge, and cultivated reading and writing skills.
5. The original picture books are not supported as enlightenment books, and graded books are supported.
Gai Zhaoquan believes that picture books are native language books, which are written for children in Britain and the United States and read by adults to children. Because children in mother-tongue countries have had a lot of listening input in their lives, the compilation of picture books mainly focuses on good stories, beautiful pictures and beautiful words.
Picture books are not systematic, it is not difficult to distinguish them, and it is impossible to step by step.
In the primary stage of English learning, the most important content for children in China is listening input of commonly used words, phrases and sentences. The words used in picture books are unrestrained, and "uncommon words" often appear. It is difficult and inappropriate to use picture books for English enlightenment.
6. Learning a foreign language before puberty has certain benefits.
As for the learning suggestions of older children (8- 12 years old), listening links can be supplemented according to the road map to make reading intervention faster.
1. English translation enlightenment is imperative, the sooner the better, 0-3 years old is the golden age for children's mother tongue development.
2. Parents' poor English, poor oral English and little daily communication will not affect their children's English learning.
Insist on reading the original English picture books and read them at different levels;
Use cartoons, read audio, read pens, etc. As a listening supplement.
3. Children don't translate English picture books. Older children can translate into Chinese when they start reading English picture books, and then reduce them to all English as appropriate.
4. Enlightenment route:
5. The best time for enlightenment:
The best beginning of English enlightenment is birth.
The second is now!