English Enlightenment Not to Be Missed —— China Children's English Roadmap is a precious English Enlightenment Roadmap obtained by a mother while accompanying her child Anne in Canada, which reflects the current situation of children's English enlightenment in China. The author finds that: first, the law of children's interest and cognitive development; The second is the law, system and acquisition order of English as a language, which Anne attached great importance to on the road of English enlightenment in North America. Combining the English enlightenment in North America with the learning style in China is the English enlightenment method provided by this book. In this way, children can have fun, improve their comprehensive English ability and accumulate endurance.

Next, I read this book after several experiences:

(A) the author said several misunderstandings in English output:

1. When learning English, let the children know the letters and recite the words.

Let the children read aloud after listening to English.

3. Let children recite English like ancient poems.

4. Ask the children to talk with their parents in English.

Children can't start reading until they are proficient in English conversation.

I think I can speak English fluently by finding a special foreign coach to speak English.

After summarizing the above misunderstandings of English output, the author tells us that the problem of output is ultimately the problem of input. It is always said that learning English in China is different from learning English abroad because there is no language environment. But what is language environment, in the final analysis, is situational correspondence. At present, the real English phonetic environment in China is not good enough. Paying attention to accumulating children's situation at home, listening to the original nursery rhymes, watching the original cartoons and listening to the audio of the original stories are all effective ways to accumulate English phonetic signals and train their sense of language and rhythm. Children can only understand what others are saying if they have auditory discrimination and auditory memory. Retelling is the first step of output.

There is always a mother asking, how can we know if the child is listening? How can we know if he has learned? If you ask me, it doesn't matter. As long as the child is ready, it will definitely surprise you! If there must be a standard of evaluation, it is enough to silently count how much you listen to, watch and read to your children every day.

For this passage, I have a deep understanding: learning English is like this, isn't it the same for us to learn Chinese studies? Parents in the group often ask: Will children understand such a difficult thing? Parents can't wait for their children to recite the contents of learning Chinese studies immediately. Should we also calculate how much we have listened to and read to our children?

Listening, speaking, reading and writing, in the current English environment in China, the lag of spoken English (in this case, being able to express yourself like your mother tongue) is a reality that has to be accepted. However, backwardness does not mean giving up. From the beginning of listening-listening to children's songs, watching cartoons and listening to story audio, let children accumulate a large number of correct voice signals, which will be internalized into children's auditory discrimination and auditory memory, and then form children's listening comprehension ability. Teacher Lai suggested using 137 to accumulate law. Ask only about cultivation, not about harvest. Laozi's principle of "inaction" is the same here, and it is universally applicable.

(2) Reading interest and reading habits have become the goals of education.

The cultivation of reading interest and reading habits has become the goal of education. First of all, the first purpose of letting children read is to let children know books, like books and fall in love with reading. Therefore, when operating, don't worry that children can't understand and remember from an early age; The books that children come into contact with should be very attractive and attractive; Reading with children, let children feel that reading is a very warm and happy process through body language. Secondly, focused study habits or work habits are more important than learning content. This is why Teacher Lai has been advising the whole family to study classics without leaving society and family. When the whole family reads the Bible together, children will naturally be attracted. It is impossible for the whole family to read the Bible, and the children don't want to read it. Reading is a very happy process.

To learn English, children should learn to read. If children want to read, the first problem to be solved is fluency, and then the improvement of reading comprehension level. In other words, fluency is the foundation. Through fluent reading, you can not only spell words, but also reflect the emotional feelings of the whole sentence when you see words. What is hidden behind the literal meaning has been felt in the training of fluent reading.

To be fluent, English is easier to achieve than Chinese, which has its inherent rationality. If you master only 200 words in Chinese, there are almost no books to read. English is a phonetic language. If you study spelling, 80% of English words can be read theoretically, whether you know it or not. Moreover, compared with the number of Chinese characters, English vocabulary is more than one order of magnitude higher! For children or foreigners learning English, with such a large vocabulary, reading can only continue by using Phonics, a method that "the word itself is pinyin". Otherwise, it will always stagnate and look up the dictionary (this is one of the typical mistakes of China people), and it will get stuck!

It is this difference that makes English possible to "read first, whether you understand it or not". Moreover, American studies believe that understanding is impossible without fluent and fast reading, because if a child gets stuck in spelling, it will lead to too little vocabulary entering the brain per unit time. If he gets stuck in a word, he will forget the word he just read. He read this sentence and forgot the last sentence. How to understand it? From here, we can see that what people say about reading comprehension is completely different from what China said! He is not what we in China think of reading comprehension as knowing words, figuring out sentences and translating the meaning of the whole sentence, but a higher level understanding of the whole reading content. We pay attention to these problems in reading comprehension, and the sense of language and vocabulary cultivated by people through a lot of reading have long been solved.

As a result, many parents will say: Will children understand such a difficult Book of Changes? Will the child understand? Teacher Lai suggested that children learn the Book of Changes in primary schools, starting with the difficult ones. We find the Book of Changes difficult now because we didn't learn it when we were young. If our children don't learn the Book of Changes now, they will find it as difficult as us when they grow up. If children start from the Book of Changes in primary school and start from the difficult ones, there will be no difficulty in reading other books in the future. Read well first, and if you read too much, you will naturally recite it. When you grow up, you will understand, and then use it. Laozi's "inaction" thought has been well reflected here.

Children like it because they have heard more and become familiar with it, not because they like it. I've listened to it since I was a child, and I will naturally like it. There is nothing difficult about children. For children, the difference between difficulty and difficulty is only because of age. Some sentences are long, others are short. Sometimes children can't follow the audio of long sentences, but it doesn't matter. Children will naturally be familiar with the Book of Changes after listening to it, and they will especially like it.

Reading is reading classics. Children have to learn six classics and four books from primary school. I read too much. Can't I write my composition yet? Reading famous books for half an hour every day is better than going to a crash course in composition. On the surface, it takes time to learn Chinese studies, but in fact, it is "sharpening the knife and cutting wood by mistake." After studying Chinese studies for several years, when writing a composition, I naturally have something to write in my stomach. This is not something you can learn in a crash composition class outside. In the crash composition class outside, the teacher put up a shelf and the children put the content inside. Children can't write well without the teacher's shelf.

(3) Should we learn grammar?

Should I learn grammar? I think what Teacher Anne said is very reasonable. English is not our mother tongue, so we must understand some of its rules through grammar. However, this process should not be prior, especially grammar rules should not be used to learn to speak. Grammar serves for writing, and writing cannot rely entirely on grammar. The more books you read, the more expressions you know. The Chinese teacher in China also said that it is a truth that children can't get up to writing in senior three because they don't study much when they are young.

Should I say that my grammar is poor? No, it's a sense of language. The prejudice against grammar deprives us of the opportunity to experience English language sense. Taking English grammar as *, ignoring grammar and forgetting to absorb the original English listening and reading materials is the harm that grammar brings us!

(4) Whether the child can get on the right track is related to the mother's ideas, methods and persistence.

"Many mothers are not good at English, but their children's English can advance by leaps and bounds. The real difference between a child and a mother is a correct track. Whether children can get on the right track is related to their mother's ideas, methods and persistence. The rest is the power of one finger. " (Excerpted from Anne flowers's words)

Reflection on English Enlightenment Not to be Missed (2)

It's been a long time since I finished the English Enlightenment I can't miss, but I haven't had time to write my own thoughts on it. I'm not all out of time, but I'm afraid I can't write well. I'm sorry, Annie's mother worked so hard to find the English road map for children in China. English learning and education have been criticized in China. Since Li Yang launched the crazy campaign of learning English for all, 10 years, people have invested a lot of time and energy, but most of them still have little effect. On the contrary, training institutions like New Oriental have blossomed everywhere and become bigger and bigger.

Why is learning English so painful? 10 years ago, I finally figured this out and summed it up in two sentences, one is "people have desires" and the other is "people suffer when they have desires". You said that since everyone thinks CET-4 and CET-6 *, wouldn't it be nice if everyone didn't take the exam? It's hard to get high marks. Is it difficult to get low marks in the exam? However, there is no way, everyone has the desire to surpass others, and finally can only revolve around this exam stick. Then why are you complaining about the exam?

Now that they are free from vulgarity and get down to business, let's take a look at Annie's mother's prescription! Before, I suggested that Annie's mother hold a program on the Internet to introduce the original children's books. As a result, both of us found that we couldn't find a suitable method, because English learning in China (including primary schools) was still in the exam-oriented analysis mode, either word discrimination or Chinese-English translation. There is no doubt that applying adult learning methods to children is something we want to avoid. It's so painful for adults to learn English. Let's wait until the children grow up to experience it!

This book may be the first official publication in China that I have come into contact with to comprehensively and systematically uncover the mystery of natural spelling. I think every parent who cares about their children's English enlightenment is worth reading and learning from. Maybe when our children grow up, English teaching reform will start with spelling!

Secondly, classified books in North America have been discussed in some English forums and QQ groups. There are also foreign trade books on Taobao, and recently there are original children's books on Amazon. These materials were unimaginable and impossible to get a few years ago. If it's too expensive, you can borrow it from Anne English Library. The acquisition of these books can make children's English learning more interesting. Then, it is a summary of free English learning resources. These are all foreign websites compiled by Anne's family, and they can be used for free.

Finally, I want to say that Anne's mother really spent a lot of energy in this book, and made a very careful observation, thinking and summary of children's English learning. However, I'm really not sure how many parents can use this book well. Can this method of English enlightenment be adhered to? Parenting needs patience, and reading needs accumulation. Depending on your child's grades, are you eager to send your child to a training class for quick success, or do sandwich English like a three-character classic?

Reflection on English Enlightenment Not to be Missed (3)

Anne Flower, the author of "An English Enlightenment Not to be Missed", reveals the very popular natural spelling method in primary and secondary schools in western countries with easy-to-understand language and vivid examples from the perspective of ordinary parents, and expounds the system and level of English as a language, which makes people overwhelmed after reading it.

As an intellectual parent, the author explained it with unique rational thinking and plain language, which not only explained the obscure theory in a simple way, but also analyzed many problems puzzled by domestic parents and detailed guidance at the corresponding operational level. For example, how to create a family English environment? How to read picture books? What are the grading standards and methods for foreign language reading materials? How to judge whether the difficulty of reading materials is suitable for your children? All the questions that have puzzled parents for a long time can be found in the book. By reading this book, it will bring readers a brand-new concept, completely abandon the old road of memorizing words and grammar dumb English, and let children embark on the process of enjoying English enlightenment and finally fall in love with English!