It is not a strange thing to find a real foreign teacher to learn English one-on-one, but it has become a basic requirement for many parents to learn English for their children. Most parents generally believe that finding a real foreign teacher to teach their children English can not only provide a good English language environment for their children from an early age, but also pay close and accurate attention to their learning situation, so that their learning effect will rise linearly. But is this really the case? In fact, parents should give priority to the specific situation of their children when choosing English training institutions.

(1) How is the teacher's level? Is it fixed?

The influence of the first teacher on children is often lifelong. When parents visit foreign teachers, it is best to hire foreign teachers from English-speaking countries such as Europe and America, and it depends on whether the foreign teachers have international teaching certification. In this way, students can learn English in a standard way. Secondly, children can learn more authentic English expressions and cultural knowledge while learning English. Thirdly, the teacher's experience shows that he has the ability to make a study plan according to the characteristics of students.

In addition, some children have weak ability to adapt to the new environment. If parents choose a learning institution that needs to book foreign teachers' courses in advance, changing foreign teachers frequently may reduce their children's interest in learning. For such children, parents can choose English learning institutions with fixed foreign teachers like training institutions.

(2) Do children like this model?

Nowadays, online English institutions are full of flowers, and there is no one-to-one model for parents to choose from. Moreover, not every child likes and suits the one-on-one teaching mode. Some children who don't like to study alone and prefer to have classes with friends may not get satisfactory learning results even if they are sent to one-on-one classes, because they can't arouse their interest in learning English.

But parents should not be busy choosing one-to-many teaching institutions for their children at this time, because some institutions will have four or more students in a class, so it is difficult for foreign teachers to grasp their children's interest in online learning, and it is even more difficult for foreign teachers to pay attention to the movements of four children at the same time, and it is impossible for children to obtain good learning results in such classes.

Here, I would like to recommend the one-to-two teaching mode to parents. For example, the training institutions that advocate this model can solve the problems in children's English learning well. The organization will match the children with a learning partner of the same age level, and the two will study together, which can not only reduce the children's learning pressure, but also improve their learning enthusiasm.

(3) Can the teaching materials selected by institutions correctly guide children's learning?

Textbooks also have a great influence on children's learning. Some textbooks just list English knowledge points in a dry way, which can't arouse children's interest in learning; Some textbooks are specially written for English learning of western children and are not suitable for children in China.

Parents had better choose interesting and authoritative textbooks when choosing textbooks, such as Everybody Up series and Longman series textbooks used by training institutions, which not only conform to children's learning characteristics and are close to life, but also are interspersed with many other fields of knowledge, such as mathematics and art, which can fully expand their knowledge.

Finally, parents are advised to take their children to audition when choosing English institutions. For example, the training institutions mentioned above provide free audition courses for parents and children: /offline.htm? =HWR, parents can let their children experience it and see the effect before making a decision.