Children are a special age group in the process of human growth, and people of this age group feel strange and fresh about the things around them. First, let's introduce the development of human brain. When a person is born, his brain weighs 370 grams, which doubles in six months. Two years later, his brain weighed three times as much as when he was born. There are about 1000 billion nerve cells in the brain. Although it is basically in place at birth, nerve cells are like seedlings. From birth to 2 years old, the nerve cell "small tree" developed rapidly and became a "big tree" with flourishing leaves. The connection between nerve cells is realized through synapses. There are fewer synapses at birth, which increase by more than 7 times at 6 months and reach the peak at 2 years old. Each nerve cell has an average of 65,438+05,000 synapses, which is 65,438+0.5 times that of adults, and keeps this level until 65,438+00 ~ 65,438+065,438+0 years old. In the future, according to the principle of "use in and waste out", it will be trimmed step by step. After birth, all the development of brain structure and function is partly due to genetic factors and partly due to environmental stimulation. Children all over the world can learn to speak as long as they live in a normal environment. No matter what language they learn, the steps are the same. Say one word first, then two words, and then say the whole sentence.

The process of language development is determined by the genes in the human brain. Babies learn language much faster than adults, because the brain is at the peak of synaptic growth during this period, which provides the best opportunity for language transmission and selection, and the nervous system is highly plastic. An indispensable condition for infants' language development is that they must be exposed to the coherent combination of sounds, meanings and grammar of a certain language, so that the language network in the brain can be correctly and permanently wired. The experience of language stimulation should be gained in the early and short critical period, and the earlier the better. The key period of language learning is before the age of 6-7, until the end of adolescence. If you don't have access to language during the critical period, your child's language ability will be completely destroyed and irreversible.

For example, in India, there is a child named Kamara who grew up in a wolf's den. When I was 7-8 years old, I only howled and crawled. After studying Chinese characters through science education for several years, 17 died unable to speak. So far, the experience of finding about 30 wild children in the world illustrates this truth. Therefore, it is very important to create a scientific language environment for infant language development. For children's English education, we should consider the actual situation of children, which varies from person to person. For those children with strong language perception and reaction ability, they can get in touch with foreign languages as soon as possible and constantly create an environment and atmosphere for their English learning.

Second, the purpose of children's English learning:

We all know that the purpose of learning a language is to communicate with people better, that is to say, language is not a subject, but a tool. Language is far more practical than knowledge, that is, using it in its environment is more important and effective than learning its truth.

When we evaluate English for children of different ages, we are surprised to find that most children have had the experience of learning English, but even the simplest conversation can't be carried out. So where did the children learn English? The answer is: in the textbook. If children are asked to take out the books they have learned and read them aloud, their level will be relatively better, but why don't they say anything when they lose their books? Because children's learning is only the simplest conditioned reflex, not the ability to understand and use.

Children should not learn English like some adults, and should not study for exams. Instead, they should use situations to stimulate their interest in learning and create a learning environment. "Interest is an individual's psychological tendency to try to learn something from an activity." When people have a strong and stable interest in something, they will show great enthusiasm. The purpose of distinguishing children from adults in learning English is to focus on cultivating children's "practical ability" in listening and speaking, not just studying for exams. Children and adults learn English in different ways. Language learning is life-oriented, not only how many words to learn and how many sentence patterns to recite, but also the ability to use the language, especially for children's English learning. It is particularly important to cultivate good language learning habits, which is the focus of children's English learning. At the same time, children must consider their own actual situation and ability in the process of learning English.

If you blindly take the grade examination and study for further study, it will not only increase your children's learning burden, but also make them lose the fun of learning and have an aversion to English. Parents hope that their children can cultivate their interest in learning English and good language learning habits, practice oral English more, master some basic daily communication terms, and deepen their perception of English and their understanding of western cultural background and language expression habits. Therefore, the purpose of children's English learning is to cultivate interests and habits.

Third, the guide of children's English-teachers:

We all say that teachers are engineers of the human soul, and China's Teacher Law clearly stipulates: "Teachers are professionals who perform their educational and teaching duties and undertake the mission of teaching and educating people, cultivating builders and successors of the socialist cause and improving the quality of the people."

Then as a children's English teacher, we should not only teach children the skills of communicating with others in English, but also be good at discovering children's characteristics and talents and cultivating them. First of all, solid and excellent professional knowledge and skills are the foundation, and correct English pronunciation, excellent English quality and broad knowledge are indispensable. Only in this way can we input the most correct and extensive English knowledge, common sense of life, popular science knowledge and fairy tales to children. Secondly, to have a good class, you must learn to be an excellent actor. Treat each class as a performance, drama, ballads, paper-cutting, coloring, rich body language and body teaching, and make yourself a cartoon character in a fairy tale. Furthermore, we must have strong teaching and research ability, be able to keenly discover the difficulties and teaching priorities of children in learning, and constantly innovate and break through. Finally, we should always keep a childlike innocence, pursue revisiting our golden childhood and bravely become an excellent "king of children".