What should I do if my child has poor language expression skills? It is enough to master these three principles

\”0-6 years old, seizing the critical period of children\’s language\” Margaret McLegen, professor of the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, is one of the authors of this book. She has studied children\’s language development for more than 30 years. Another author of this book is The author Anne Buckley is a professional speech therapist with rich practical experience. The book they co-authored is called \”A Guide to Language Learning for Infants and Toddlers.\” Today we will share with you the three principles in the book about cultivating children\’s language expression ability: simplicity, ignorance, and fun. ①The cultivation of \”simple\” language skills is most important to the atmosphere and environment. For children who are not yet mentally mature, if they want them to learn a certain vocabulary or a certain way of expression as soon as possible, the most basic principle for parents when creating a language environment is \”simple\”. 001 Short sentences, two key points. Many parents do not know that expressions should be as brief as possible when communicating with their children, but they do not know how to be brief. For example, this sentence: \”Mom is going to hang the clean clothes on the balcony now.\” From an adult\’s perspective, this expression is very clear, but for children, this sentence is still very long and not short enough to help them. Quick to understand. If it becomes two sentences like this: \”The clothes are washed\” and \”Mom hangs the clothes\”, the child can quickly understand. There should be no more than two main points in a short sentence, usually structured as \”who does what\” or \”who does what.\” When used with actions, the subject can also be omitted. For example, while washing clothes, you say \”wash them clean\” to your children, and while hanging clothes, you say \”hang clothes\” to your children. 002 Single correspondence, focus on the fact that many parents nowadays use some tools when teaching their children language, such as picture cards, picture books, etc. It should be noted that for children who are new to language, there should be a single correspondence between the tools you use and the vocabulary you want to teach your children, otherwise it is easy to cause misunderstandings in your children. For example, if you take a picture of a red apple and want to teach the child what red is, but in the picture there is also the element of apple in addition to red, the child may mistakenly think that the image of apple means red. The correct approach is to only take a pure red color card and tell the child that this is red, which will result in better learning results. ②『Ignore』 Some parents pursue perfection too much, always expecting the best for their children and expecting their children to excel. This will bring pressure to both yourself and your children. For language learning, a better way is to learn to \”ignore\”. 001 Ignore the answers and communicate with your heart. There are too many unknown things in this world for children. They will ask many strange questions, hoping to seek answers from their parents. This kind of question and answer is actually a very good way to learn language, but most parents will also have the experience of collapse when their children ask questions. In fact, parents don’t need to be too serious about growing up. When children ask questions, they often don’t really want to get the perfect answer. They care more about the process of communicating with their parents. Even if the answer you give is wrong, it doesn’t matter. Never say “Don’t make a fuss.” \”I\”, \”Don\’t bother me\” or \”I don\’t want to answer your questions\” will close the door for your child to communicate with you. 002Ignore mistakes and express yourself confidently. The more things your child says, the more mistakes they make. This is a question of probability, and it is also a necessary stage for children to constantly learn new things. What parents have to do is not to point out and correct their children\’s mistakes in a timely manner, but to choose to ignore them appropriately. This will give the children more confidence and make them more willing to express. For example, when many children first learn to speak, they will pronounce \”himself\” as \”jiji\”, and the children do not realize that they pronounce it incorrectly. There is no need for parents to specifically point out the error at this time, they only need to repeat the correct pronunciation. ③Zheng Yuanjie, the king of \”interesting\” fairy tales, believes that allowing children to learn in fun will give them more motivation to learn and make family relationships more harmonious. The same goes for language learning. To make learning more interesting for children, there are two techniques. 001 Game mode, immersive learning. Learning in games is a popular education method in recent years. But unlike ordinary game-based learning, the method we are going to share today is the \”substitutional game method\”, which puts children personally in the game. For example, when singing nursery rhymes, adapt the lyrics to the child\’s name or what the child is doing at the moment, and sing the adapted version of the \”bath song\” to the child when taking a bath; for example, when reading a picture book, guide the child to look at the pictures and speak; when painting, guide Children weave their drawings into stories and more. 002 Keep repeating, familiarity and consolidation. Is it fun to repeat? For adults, of course not. Even if you ask him to say the same thing a second time, he will already become impatient, so there is nothing interesting to say. But children are different. Children like to do the same thing and listen to the same story over and over again. They never tire of it. Repetition is also the most effective way to learn. In many picture books, the same sentence pattern is repeated on every page, but individual words are replaced in the middle. This repetition can help children quickly become familiar with it. When we teach children new vocabulary and sentences, we can mention them again every once in a while. This kind of repetition can help children deepen and consolidate them. To sum up, the three major principles for cultivating children\’s language skills are: simplicity, neglect and fun. Parents should try their best to use short sentences and single correspondences when communicating with their children; appropriately ignore errors in children\’s expressions and give them more confidence; use more substitution-based games to learn, and repeat them in the process to help children become familiar with them. Consolidate and let children experience the fun of language learning.