\”Mom, we are Chinese, why do we need to learn English?\” \”Because English is the world\’s universal language!\” \”I\’m not going abroad, do I have to learn English?\” \”Are you looking for trouble? If you don\’t want to learn English, just Let’s be honest, why are you beating around the bush?” The conversation above is between her neighbor Linlin and her child Xiaoyao. Her son Xiaoyao is just 4 years old and has been learning English for more than a year. Linlin has taught him since he was 2 years old. I sharpened my ears, listened to English songs, watched English cartoons, and started attending English early education classes at the age of 3. The child had such a question, which made Linlin stunned for a while: Why is this child so disgusted with English? Could it be that my \”chicken baby\” is the wrong chicken? When Linlin came to me with confusion, I expressed the same feeling. Because I started to teach my child English when he was about four years old. This kid would sometimes say things like this when he was embarrassed. Sometimes I don’t know how to answer questions. Linlin and I had a discussion and sorted out three benefits of learning English. If you plan to teach your child English, but you can\’t convince yourself and your child, then take a look together. Benefit 1: English is undoubtedly the language of scientific research. English is a universal language in the world, and most scientific, artistic, cultural and other achievements are recorded in English. Especially regarding scientific research, statistics show that 95% of papers (global) are written in English. What should we do if our child becomes a top student in the future and engages in scientific research, but cannot read English papers? Besides, top-notch professors and doctors in the industry are all very good at English, but our baby is the only one who can’t communicate with them. Isn’t it quite helpless? Benefit 2: Fight against exam-oriented education Although some people have been holding high the banner of \”English becoming a minor subject\”, English still has a place in the current exam-oriented education. If you want to excel in exam-oriented education, English learning is essential. If your child is excellent in all subjects, but English is the only one holding him back, is it a shame? If I had known earlier, I would have laid the foundation in advance! Benefit 3: A new dimension of thinking English learning is not just as simple as memorizing words on the surface. If you become familiar with and master a language, you will find that you have a different dimension of thinking. The laws of language include not only national habits, but also cultural background and ways of thinking. What we learn is not only the language itself, but also a different way of thinking about the world. You might say, there are so many benefits to learning English, so hurry up and start listening and memorizing it! Think about the pain we had to memorize words and solve problems when we were young. Do you hope that your children will do the same? Children, don’t take those detours we have taken again. So, here are three misunderstandings that I hope you can easily avoid when teaching your children to learn English. Misunderstanding 1: The earlier you learn, the better. Each child’s growth and development is different, and one size does not apply. It is believed that children can learn English at a certain age. Some children learn Pinyin and English at the same time, which can easily lead to confusion. Therefore, we should wait until the child has a certain ability to distinguish before learning. Misunderstanding 2: Studying intermittently. Some parents think that if they have time in the past two days, they will teach their children English, and then put it down again after a few days when they are busy. With such intermittent learning, children may only be interested in the novelty for a while and soon lose interest. If hitIf you want your children to learn English, make a serious plan and stick to it. Misunderstanding 3: Eager for success When you first start learning English, parents especially want to see the results. Even at the door of the English tutoring class, you often see anxious parents from Teacher Wen: \”Why doesn\’t my child speak a word of English when he comes home?\” In fact, , the child has just started to learn English and is just in the familiarization stage. He may not be able to speak clearly yet and may not want to speak it very much. If parents keep asking questions, their children\’s interest in learning will be reduced, and they will become less and less willing to speak in the future. Learning English is a very long process. It is recommended to start the child from the language sensitive period, which is about 3-6 years old. This way, it will be much easier to learn English after going to school. When it comes to children learning English, there is another key point that parents should pay attention to, and that is correct pronunciation. It\’s the same as when we learn our mother tongue. If the parent\’s dialect is very strong, the child will most likely speak with a \”thick local accent.\” So, learning English is the same. At the beginning, you should choose enlightenment books or videos with standard pronunciation. There is no need to hire foreign teachers (some foreign teachers have local accents). My children use a set of English enlightenment picture books with pure American pronunciation. You can listen to them just by scanning them, which is pretty good. My English foundation is not very good, and the father of the baby is also average, so we chose a set of picture books \”Baby Language Enlightenment Pearson Toddler English Tutorial K1~K4, 144 volumes of picture books PDF + audio + computer EXE program\”, and gave them to me every day Children can hear pure English at any time if they sharpen their ears. There are many mothers around me who have chosen this set of picture books. There are 144 volumes in the set, and they can be read for the first half of the year without any problem. Moreover, each book is an independent topic, which is easy to read and requires little learning pressure. My child has just started attending English early education classes. He is not very interested and rarely speaks English. I bought this set of picture books, scanned them every day, and listened to the audio for him. Unexpectedly, a month later, he could remember almost half of the more than 400 new words in the book. You see, parents with weak English foundation can also make their children speak fluent English. Preparatory level, suitable for children aged 2-5, for English enlightenment, proper. The content is from shallow to deep, making it easier to learn, so you don’t have to worry about your child not understanding it. Whether we learn English or not does not seem to have a great impact on our generation as parents. But what about the next generation? Society is constantly changing, and Chinese will become more and more popular, but historical documents still require a certain foundation in English to understand them. Besides, in an era of serious involution, wouldn’t it be better for children to master one more foreign language from an early age?
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