First, choose the right time.
Many parents said, "We didn't have English classes until the third grade, and now our children are only in the first grade of primary school. Is it a little early to send them to English training? " Experts from Mei Sen International Children's English suggest that children should study in children's English schools from the age of 3. Childhood is the "golden" period of learning English. According to the research of brain science, learning English contributes to the development of intelligence. The nerve fiber connections in the human brain are most developed at the age of 3-6, which means that children's learning ability is strongest at the age of 3-6, so the critical period for learning a language is at the age of 3-6. According to the general law of learning a foreign language, children begin to accept the signal of learning after listening, speaking, reading and writing. In fact, there is no need to deliberately teach children anything. Your child has started to learn now.
Second, the environment should be suitable.
As we all know, the best way to learn a foreign language is to put students in an environment where they can use it completely. However, due to the influence of mother tongue, our students lack the real language environment when learning foreign languages, so it is difficult for parents to create an English environment for their children. Therefore, Mei Sen international children's English experts remind parents that in their children's English learning, the most important thing is to keep their children's interest, and don't blame their children for their temporary stagnation in English learning, which will stifle their interest and enthusiasm in learning. If children want to have a good English learning environment, it is a wise choice to send them to a training school.
Third, both software and hardware must pass.
The software of children's English training institutions is teachers and the hardware is teaching hardware facilities. When parents choose children's English training institutions, they must check whether the teachers in the training institutions are all Chinese teachers, all foreign teachers or a combination of Chinese and foreign languages. Experts from Mei Sen International Children's English suggest that when choosing children's English training institutions, it is best to combine Chinese and foreign languages. In class, a Chinese teacher and a foreign teacher can help the Chinese teacher to know more about China's baby's habits, and the foreign teacher can introduce more advanced teaching methods and pure American pronunciation to make the baby's acceptance best. The hardware of training institutions is mainly whether there are some theme teachers and some interactive facilities, such as teaching interactive whiteboard, which is most attractive to babies of this age. At present, some children's English training institutions have introduced teacher training systems and multimedia teaching methods.
Fourth, choose teaching materials correctly.
At present, more than 50% of children's English training institutions use self-made teaching materials, which is "insufficient investment in research and development, not widely used, and inadequate quality control". And some mainstream training institutions choose foreign mature original textbooks, among which the original foreign children's English textbooks that parents are familiar with are Longman, Cambridge and Oxford.
When choosing teaching materials, we must first see the differences. It is best to choose the original textbooks published by internationally renowned publishing houses. Most of these publishing houses have experience in operating in China, and the textbooks currently being compiled have also appropriately added the "China component". However, "making foreign things serve China" does not mean "moving in and using them". Textbooks, like movie scripts, can't be shown directly on the screen. In order to show them wonderfully, teachers, teaching concepts, software and hardware are indispensable, so that they can be transformed into courses that children really like.