English for children: how to interest a child in learning a language. Teaching a child English How easy it is to learn English with children

Greetings to all parents concerned about the upbringing and education of their children!

So, we, adults, could not tear our children away from the game ... They were so passionate about these truly educational toys that I came up with the idea to find the same ones so that my daughter would be happy with them, and I would have free time.

By the way, these toys can be safely used at the initial stage of your baby's acquaintance with the English language. How? Read my article and find out!

Today, more and more parents want their children to know a foreign language. It's even better if they learn it as early as possible. As a mother, I perfectly understand this desire and support it with my arms and legs! And as a teacher, more and more often I hear doubts, worries and hundreds of questions from familiar mothers about what to do, how to do it, when to start, how to get interested, and many, many others.

So today I decided to do an absolutely practical lesson. I want to answer every question I've ever been asked in the simplest possible way and give you a dozen great tips for you and your baby to choose your path of learning.

Everything is clear, understandable and on the shelves!

Shall we start?

• The earlier the better! Scientists say that children remember information much faster than adults aged 2 to 9 years. From here you can easily answer the question of when to start teaching English to a child! The answer is simple - as soon as possible! From as early as possible, teach your child to speak English (). There are hundreds of ways to do this. Look for those that will work with your baby and the result will not keep you waiting! And how to teach children English - read on!
• Divide the roles! Do you know how in Western countries children are made bilingual (that is, those who speak 2 languages ​​at once)? Parents share roles. If someone in the family can speak a foreign language, great, do it. Let the child get used to 2 languages ​​​​at once from childhood (). If no one in your family knows a foreign language, then this is another question. Well, then we will use other methods.
• Include English in your daily life! In the event that you yourself do not speak English fluently, you can still learn a few phrases to help your baby at the initial stage. For example, you can start saying " good morning' instead of 'Good morning', ' good night" instead of "Good night", give him a toy and call it in English. Try to do this as often as possible. You will not have time to look back, as your child will begin to say to a passing car, “ a car».
• Play with them. Girls' favorite game is "daughters-mothers", so imagine that the dolls came from another country and speak only English. Or a bunny jumped in to visit you (a helicopter flew in, a car from cartoons like "Robocar" arrived), which needs to be told what toys you have.

• Interest! What I repeat from time to time: children should be interested! Get them interested in interesting stories. Your baby probably does not even understand why he needs it at all, why someone can speak a different language, why he needs to do this. Explain it in an interesting way. Come up with a fairy tale about how countries and languages ​​were created. For example:

There were several wizard brothers. The brothers went in different directions, found land for themselves and began to settle there. They built houses for children, created various children's parks, invented new games that others did not have. Yes, they worked so hard that they forgot that they spoke the same language. And each brother appeared in the country with his own language. But millions of children from different countries wanted to come to the country of their uncles. And therefore, to make it easier for them there, they learned the language of this country ...

Come up with such different fairy tales that will explain to the baby why he needs to learn something. Make it interesting for him and then you don't have to torment him and put pressure on him to study.

If you are a caring parent and interested in the development of your child, then you may like one of my finds, which is not related to English, but can be a cool tool in class with your fidgets. This name book ! It is printed individually for your child, and the idea in it is simply amazing, in my opinion! And what do you think?

The most common mistakes!

We all make mistakes. And in teaching our children too. Try to eliminate the possibility of these errors.

1. Unwillingness to understand your baby.
   If you see that your child does not really want to do something, does it through whims and tears - change tactics. Listen to your kids. Let me remind you that the most important thing is to generate interest! If learning for him is tears and screams - you are unlikely to be on the right track!
2. Lessons from time to time.
   This is where persistence is needed. You can not work out once a week for 10 minutes and postpone everything “for later”. So nothing will work. But here's my advice to you: allocate 40 minutes 2 times a week, but still somehow connect the rest of the time with English. The main thing is not to be lazy and take small steps every day!
3. You press!
   Children are very receptive at any age, so do not put pressure on them. Don't expect them to abruptly repeat everything after you. Don't expect instant results. Learning is a long and not the easiest process. But it is in our power to make this process enjoyable for our beloved kids.
4. Don't criticize!
   Fixing bugs is fine. But you need to do it in such a way as not to kill the child's desire to learn. Point out mistakes, but don't focus on them. Praise your children. Rejoice in their accomplishments with them. Be their friend who helps them, not a strict teacher with a pointer at the ready!

Dear ones, I tried to close as many questions as possible today, but I am sure that you still have (or will have) more! So don't wait for the answer to come by itself. I will be glad to help you. Leave your questions in the comments, share your experience of how you teach your children! And I, in turn, will be very glad to help you if you get lost along the way.

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The logic of the English question

If you have explained to your child what “is”, “am” and “are” are, you will easily explain how to ask a general question in English. It suffices to show by an elementary example how words are interchanged. The logic of the explanation might be something like this:

Say in Russian that the cat is white.
- The cat is white.
-Now ask.
- Is the cat white?
How do I know if you're talking or asking?
- (The child tries to explain that with the help of intonation).
- Now write that the cat is white.
- (Writes: "The cat is white.")
Now ask me in writing.
- (Writes: “Is the cat white?” If he forgets to put a question mark, you need to ask what is missing.)
- And how can I understand where you just said, and where you asked?
- (Here it is easier for the child: points to a dot and a question mark).
- Is there any other way to understand? What if you forgot to put a period or a question mark ... I can somehow determine what you wanted: tell me that the cat is white, or ask me if the cat is white.
(It is usually obvious to the child that there are no other differences in the sentence.)
- And in English it is very easy to understand, even if you do not put periods and question marks. Because the sentences are completely different, and if they are not made different, then no one will ever understand whether you are asking or just talking.
- (How to do it?)

It is easy to explain this to an adult: you need to say, for example, that the linking verb changes with the subject places. However, the child is rarely ready to easily perceive information through abstract categories and terms (although this happens). Usually you need to look for a "workaround".

Write in English that the cat is white.
- (Writes: "A cat is black.")
- Is that a question?
- Not.
- Let's learn to ask a question.

Before telling the child exactly how the English question is asked, you need to prepare him to perceive the information clearly and structurally, so that he can easily generalize the information and easily remember the rule. To do this, I usually circle the subject and the linking verb in a common frame and enclose them in separate cells.

Then I draw the same frame, only not filled with words, and after the frame I put a dot and draw the child's attention to it.

To make it clear to the child what happened, I show with arrows that the cells have changed places:

What happened? Read.

With the help of such a simple explanation, it is possible to avoid the need for terms and concepts when explaining, but at the same time help the child understand the rule at the level of abstraction. Then, based on what concepts your child owns, you can describe the formation of the question: “Verb and noun switched places. Verb became the first. The verb has become at the beginning of a sentence.

If it seems to you that the child is not yet ready to perceive this information with the help of such tablets, you can make the explanation even more clear. Write the sentence “A cat is black” on a separate sheet of paper, then cut it out in front of the child. Don't forget that the result should be four fragments: “A cat” - “is” - “black” - “ . (dot)". Write a question mark on the back of a dotted card. Fold the resulting leaves into a sentence, and then swap “a cat” and “is”, and turn the card with a dot over. After that, you can again add up the affirmative sentence and again show how the question “forms”.

In the future, you need to make sure that when performing exercises related to the English general question, the child has a simple sign in front of his eyes:

It will help the child to visually represent the differences between a question and a “not a question” and construct questions, clearly understanding their structure.

Exercises

After the explanation, you can move on to the exercises.

From an affirmative sentence to make a question, from a question an affirmative sentence.

If you suspect that it may be difficult for a child, exercises to make an affirmative sentence out of a question, and a question out of an affirmative sentence, at first can be done by cutting the sheet into fragments and “folding” the sentences: it will be easier for the baby to understand " mechanism of the question.

After you make sure that this mechanism is clear to the child, write a sentence and ask the child to write a question under it, or write a question and ask them to write an affirmative sentence (in order not to overload the child with the term “affirmative sentence”, I often resort to the phrases “regular sentence”, “just a suggestion”… “not a question”, etc.).

Finally, say a sentence and ask the child to say a question.

Ask the child to determine if he read (heard) the question or the usual sentence. As an independent task that the child can do in your absence, you can invite him to place dots and question marks at the end of the sentences you have written.

If you have already told your child about the forms “am”, “is”, are”, exercises on word order in an English question can be combined with exercises on the ability to use these three forms. For example, an exercise can be very “giving” when you pronounce a question in Russian, and the child pronounces the first word from an English sentence:
- Is this dog striped?
-Is...
- Are we on the second floor now?
Are…

The child’s vocabulary is still too small to translate sentences completely, but he is absolutely ready for numerous grammar tasks, while the absence of restrictions on the subject of “translated” sentences creates the illusion of diversity.

This exercise can also be done in writing, in the form of a kind of dictation: the child writes down his answers, and then you check.

Do not forget that the English translation of Russian sentences should not contain a semantic verb. Do not allow the child to mistakenly “translate” questions like “Is Tolik running?” or “Does the dog squint?”

The next step could be an exercise in translating the first two words of the question you are asking. In this case, the subject should be either a word very familiar to the baby, or a pronoun that does not cause him any particular difficulties:
- (pointing to something) Are they pink?
Are they...
- Is the piglet green?
- Is a pig…

This exercise is also good because it removes the fear of speaking in English and translating sentences from Russian into English. The child is not faced with the task of translating the whole question, and that is why, pronouncing the first two words, he is often surprised to find that he has almost completely translated the question. If he knows all the words, he often tries to translate the rest of the question after a pause:
- Is a pig … … … green?

In this case, you can alternate between "very simple" questions that the child can translate completely, with complex ones, the complete translation of which is clearly beyond his powers. At the same time, it is important that the child’s attention does not “slip” from the grammatical task. If the child “translates” the first two words of the sentence with errors, do not rush things and say such questions, the full translation of which is not available to the child, only then will he return to the task of correctly translating the first two words.

With the successful completion of the previous exercise, you can proceed to the fact that the child learns to choose between the word order in the affirmative sentence and in the question. You pronounce “normal” sentences or questions, and the child pronounces the same first two words, but now he must understand in time in what order to pronounce them:
- Are they chocolate?
Are they...
- They are very tasty.
- They are…

As with the previous exercise, the child may want to translate the entire sentence. In this case, of course, you need to give him such an opportunity, however, I remind you, it is important not to miss the main goal of the exercise: to learn to make a choice between the order of the first two words.

Only after it becomes obvious that the child is able to translate the first two words in a sentence, one can proceed to the purposeful translation of specially composed sentences and questions containing those words whose translation is familiar to the child. This can be done both orally and in writing.

Write short dialogues for your child that contain both questions and affirmative sentences. Some of them can be read aloud to the child (for example, play out a dialogue between toys), others can be given to the baby to read.

Try talking to your child by asking him basic questions and teaching him basic answers.

In conclusion, it should be clarified that the study of general issues should begin only from now. Even if the child, as it seems to you, quickly learned the structure of the question, take your time, do not complicate the task using the forms of the future and past tense. Even if at first glance he quickly copes with this task, later, as experience shows, he will begin to get confused, different structures will mix up for him. And, on the contrary, if he has worked out the form of the present tense to automatism, then later it will help to quickly and reliably master other tenses.

And the last, but by no means unimportant remark. Toddlers, as a rule, quite quickly grasp the proposed grammatical structures, and therefore there may be an illusion that the child has already mastered everything and in the next lessons this topic can only be touched upon in passing, as it is known to the child. But practice shows that in reality everything is a little more complicated. The next day, it may turn out that the child is not able to cope with tasks that he solved very easily yesterday. Don't be surprised or annoyed. Enough again, but faster to complete all the exercises with him. The child will remember and recognize them. After a while, the answers will become self-evident to him. Then you can proceed to the explanation of the next grammatical material (auxiliary verb “do”).

How to effectively teach English with a child?

Today, many parents strive to provide their children with conditions for early learning of foreign languages. More exotic languages, such as Chinese, have been added to traditional English. It is now being studied by many, Chinese language courses in Yekaterinburg will help not only learn it from scratch, but also improve the quality of language proficiency if you already have some kind of knowledge base.

As for children, not all parents manage to start learning from an early age. At what age can children be taught English? How can you help your child learn a language faster?

How to help your child learn English without knowing it

Often in everyday life you can hear the phrase: "He speaks foreign language perfectly." The "Common European Framework of Reference for Foreign Languages" does not use such a concept. There are six levels of language proficiency: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 (in ascending order).

Most of the materials for learning English for children aged 6-11 are at the A1-A2 level. If an adult studied a foreign language at school, college, university, then the vocabulary and grammar of a children's textbook will be clear to him. Moreover, the parent will be able to explain the material to the child.

The vocabulary and grammar of levels B2, C1 will not soon have to be addressed. At the time of passing the final exams, it would be nice for the child to have level B2. There is enough time to improve your English with a native speaker via Skype, for example. After all, you need to go one step ahead of your child.

Other problems may be more difficult to deal with.

Correct pronunciation

The child copies the pronunciation of the teacher and parents. A good teacher should not have problems with pronunciation. If you help your child at home, then you will have to work on this aspect.

Listen to audio materials, watch videos, copy the speech of the speakers. You need to try to eliminate errors in your speech until the child has adopted them. Remember transcription. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the words that you will learn with your child.

Learn a few expressions of greeting, goodbye, approval and try to use them in your speech. Only to the place!

listening

For many graduates of the nineties, this is a huge problem. It can be explained by the imperfection of tape recorders, the lack of high-quality educational materials. Nowadays, when there are so many English-language films, cartoons, training videos, lectures, only the lazy one cannot cope with listening. Catch up in between. In addition, you can “infect” a child with your interest.

Watch English cartoons with your child, play computer educational games, discuss what you see and hear.

Tutorials

What to pay attention to?

1. Even the most accessible and interesting adult textbooks for children are not suitable. The rules are the same, but the situations for discussion do not correspond to age. Therefore, we buy teaching aids designed for children. Marks - Primary, A1, A2, B1, Starter or Elementary.
2. When choosing, British English should be preferred. Most likely, the Russian examiner will subsequently regard the peculiarities of American English as a mistake. Buy signal - British English.
3. It is not recommended to use textbooks by Russian authors. There are no errors in British textbooks, there are practically no typographical errors, the language is presented in its modern state. These tutorials are built on the basis of effective methods, have been piloted, and are produced in series (after finishing a textbook of one level, you can move on to the next; they are interconnected, there will be no confusion).
4. The textbook is the foundation. But it is not worth focusing only on it. Outside the printed pages, there is a lively and vibrant language. Watch videos with your child, make up short stories in elementary English. Find instructions for some crafts and work on it with your child.

Useful video courses:

• Muzzy in Gondoland and Muzzy comes back (cartoon characters fight, fall in love, intrigue and defeat villains; each series is an interactive exercise for memorizing new words, speech stamps, pronunciation).
• Wizadora (a video course to consolidate the material covered; the main character is a sorceress who often makes mistakes in her “tricks”).
• Oxford English Video (four educational discs with fairy tales, songs and applications with assignments).

English with a child needs to be learned with the help of games, picture cards, poems, songs. Reading a textbook and solving grammar problems is not enough. Teaching should be fun. Only then will there be a result.

Your child has started learning English - at school, with a tutor, in courses. You feel that he needs to be helped, but you don’t know how - you yourself have never learned English. It's time to start doing it together! We will tell you how to effectively learn words, where you can listen to English speech and what books to read.

Parents often turn to me with the question: how to help their child learn English? This is especially worrisome for parents who have not studied the language themselves.

So, the first rule is to stop being afraid of an unfamiliar language, since this fear is transmitted to children. The second rule is to believe in yourself and turn even short joint lessons into an exciting game. The main thing is that classes bring pleasure. I am sure that any parent, even those who do not speak a foreign language, can help their child learn the language, giving it no more than half an hour on a working day and about an hour on a weekend.

Let's look at the language learning scheme in blocks, which is used in preparation for international English language exams, as well as in preparation for the Unified State Examination. Knowledge in the exams is tested in 4 skills: speaking, listening (listening), reading and writing.

Ability to speak English

I believe that the most important thing in the ability to speak is vocabulary. Even without knowing the grammatical rules, but having a large vocabulary, you can convey your idea to the interlocutor. Therefore, first of all it is necessary learn words. To study words, I recommend making special cards. The list of words can be taken from a school textbook or, for example, on the website of the Cambridge University Examination Board, in the section corresponding to the current level. The very first level, for which children aged 8-11 can already take an exam, is called Young Learner Starters.

If you do not have much time, then you can make cards by writing a word in Russian on one side, and in English on the other. But if you allocate at least an hour a week and approach the issue creatively, you can turn the process of making cards into an element of learning and an interesting activity. How to do it?

For each word from the list, together with the student, find a picture on the Internet. Then you print out the finished sheet, and while you cut it into cards, ask the child to write an English word on the back of each picture. While you are preparing this manual together, he already memorizes a large number of words.

This training is best done on one of the weekends. For a week you will need 20-30 words, that is, it will take no more than an hour to make cards. You will need to deal with them 2-3 times a week.

There are a few things to keep in mind when learning words with flashcards. First, you do not need to "cram" the words. You lay out the cards with pictures (or Russian text) up. If the student remembers the word and calls it correctly, you turn the card upside down in English. If he doesn’t call, then turn it over too, but put it in another pile. Then you do the same in the other direction (translating from English into Russian) until all the words in both directions are pronounced correctly.

The next time you learn words (in a few days), you add 10 more to the old cards, thereby repeating previously learned words and mastering new ones. Gradually, well-learned words can be put aside and returned to them in 2-3 months.

Another option is make loto. Create several playing fields with pictures (say, 8 pictures per field) and cards with words in English. You can play this lotto together. Thus, in one game you can learn up to 16 words.

If you do not know English and are not sure that the child pronounces the words correctly, then at the time of checking, you can sit down at the computer, open an online translator and listen to how the desired word sounds.

If you teach 2 times a week for 10 words, then in a month you can master 80-100 words. Of course, these words will not immediately enter the active vocabulary, but the required minimum - 350-400 words - is quite achievable. Namely, this number of words is required for the basic vocabulary necessary for everyday communication. (For your information, it is estimated that, on average, native speakers use between 3,000 and 5,000 words.)

This exercise will require no more than 20 minutes a day(with verification in the online translator - up to 30 minutes).

Letter in English

Once a week I recommend conducting a vocabulary dictation on the words that you have learned. If you are not sure about your pronunciation, you can dictate a word in Russian and ask your child to write it in English, and then repeat the written words and check the pronunciation with a computer translator. You can also diversify the activities: invite the child to dictate words to you.

It usually takes no more than 10 minutes (20 minutes with verification).

English listening comprehension

To learn to perceive English speech, you need to listen to it. On the Internet you can find a huge number of cartoons in English. It is better to start with simple English songs (nursery rhymes songs) - for example, "Old Macdonald had a farm", "Mary had a little lamb", "London bridge is falling down" and others. You can find lyrics through a search engine, and then When viewing stories with these songs on Youtube, invite the child to sing along to the heroes, while holding the lyrics in front of him.

At the very beginning of training, it is better to master one verse at a time. Then gradually remove the text and ask the child to repeat without a piece of paper. If it doesn't work right away, you can also find the so-called ABC songs on Youtube. In these stories, the child sees and hears how individual words are pronounced, gets used to English speech. And besides, this will prepare him for reading, as it will allow him to remember what the letters are called and what sounds they convey.

This activity can be assigned 2 times a week for 30 minutes.

Reading in English

Unfortunately, many modern children have problems reading not only in English, but also in Russian. First of all, the content of the book should be interesting to the child.

It must be adapted literature. Now in bookstores there are a huge number of children's books in English for different levels of proficiency. For beginners to learn a language, this is the Easystarts level. If the child has already mastered the initial stage, you can move on to books at the Beginner level. Usually at the end of the books there are tables showing the degree of complexity of the texts.

One way that children enjoy is reading and role-playing. You can even buy a collection of simple plays. For parents who do not speak English, the following can be suggested: have the child help translate the parental role, so that the parent can then play it.

This can be done at least 45 minutes once a week.

Thus, the daily learning process will turn into an exciting and useful joint pastime. English ceases to be something unfamiliar and incomprehensible, but becomes the language of games. In addition, parents who have never studied English before will also be able to master the initial level. It is only important that the classes are systematic.

Of course, learning English requires much more effort, but if you help your child overcome the initial stage, fall in love with English classes, this will be the key to successful learning in the future. So invent, invent and good luck to you.

Discussion

The title is "English with a child in 30 minutes a day." From the text "This exercise will take no more than 20 minutes a day" only on the first point. And there are four of them. Ha.
From the text "If you learn 2 times a week for 10 words, then you can master 80-100 words in a month." Are we talking about a child starting to learn English, or about an aspiring genius with a super memory? I have only experience with two intelligent children with English classes 4 hours a week at school and half an hour at home every day. A hundred words were known by the end of the second grade, i.e. after 20 months. I did not read further, I regretted the time.

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Teaching children to read in English should begin in two stages.

First: we learn the english alphabet, and it’s possible not in alphabetical order, but starting with the letters used in words that the child has already learned and learned to pronounce well. For example, the words:

• table, dog, cat, apple, water, tiger, lion, car, house, etc.

It is very important to start learning with understandable and familiar words: knowing the pronunciation and seeing the word itself, the brain learns to draw analogies, and the child's brain works intuitively and twice as fast as an adult.

How to teach the English alphabet

Learning the alphabet is easier to conduct on a card, which additionally provides a transcription of the sound of each letter.

How to remember the alphabet:

1. We learn a few letters a day and use them in words
2. We notice that the phonetic sound of a letter in the alphabet and a word can be completely different.
3. We fix the learned letters with fun lessons:
   little ones can learn with this fun piggy family.

I think the lesson below will give them pleasure:

Older children can have fun with whole songs composed for each letter of the alphabet. Such dynamic and entertaining learning gives a striking effect in memorizing the alphabet and reading the first words.

Children learning the rules of English phonetics

The second stage begins at the very beginning of learning to read and runs parallel to it all the way. Children will learn the following rules:

• the same letters and letter combinations in words can be pronounced differently
• some letters are written but not read
• one letter can be read with two sounds, as well as vice versa: in a letter combination there can be 2-3 letters read by one sound

All this is called phonetics, and in order to learn it, you need to know the rules of transcription and know:

• What's happened long vowels sounds:
  those are the ones that are pronounced

• What's happened short vowels sounds:
  are pronounced briefly, sometimes their sound corresponds to the Russian sound, and sometimes to a special, so-called neutral, intermediate between two adjacent (-o and -a, -a and -e) sounds

• What are diphthongs and triphthongs:
  these are sounds consisting of two or three elements

• What are voiced and voiceless consonants?
  English voiced sounds are more energetic than Russian ones and are not deafened at the end

Reinforcing techniques for teaching reading

To explain the phonetic rules, it is desirable to have cards with the transcription of sounds in these categories.
Demonstrating the card, we memorize the rules for pronunciation of each sound, in accordance with Russian sounds. If there is no Russian analogue, then the pronunciation of the sound is written in detail, indicating the location of the language or finding a similar sound.

For example, such a rule for pronouncing the sound [θ]:

• When pronouncing the sound [θ], you need to position your tongue, as if you are going to pronounce the sound “s”, only place its tip between the teeth.

Or the following rule for pronouncing the sound [ə]:

• The sound [ə] is pronounced as the middle between -o and -a, or unstressed -o and -a in the words "water" and "room".

In the process of teaching phonetics, we fix the rules of reading on examples of words.

Such not very interesting lessons can be diversified with visual videos:

I can’t help but recall the wonderful technology of color reading, which greatly simplifies the intuitive memorization of the rules of phonetics in practice for children.

See also a very informative and useful lesson on English reading lessons: