Parents' English is not good, how to make their children become English experts?

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Many anxious Baba moms left messages for Xiong Xiong.

I am worried that my English level is not high.

Should I speak English in front of the children?

Open your mouth in front of the children for fear of saying the wrong thing.

Or afraid that your pronunciation will affect your children.

Don't talk, can't interact with children.

Guide children to become interested in English.

In this issue, Xiong Xiong invited Xiao Hua, a parent-child English expert, to explain how parents can enlighten children with poor English.

Why do you want to speak English with your children?

As we all know, children are most sensitive to their parents' voices when they are born, and the acquisition of their mother tongue depends on imitation and interaction.

Medina, a brain scientist, found that letting babies watch DVD in language learning is not helpful to their language acquisition, and even reduces their vocabulary. The number and richness of words used when talking to your baby will really affect your child's vocabulary and IQ.

Children are more likely to master vocabulary in face-to-face interpersonal communication. In any case, children will not turn a deaf ear to what their parents say (except adolescent rebellious teenagers)

In addition, learning a foreign language requires meaningful and understandable input, and the input content needs to be understandable or related to real life, so that the input is meaningful and easier to remember and use.

Parents who live with their children day and night can make their children feel the significance of English in their lives if they can communicate with their children in simple English in daily life situations.

Parents who have studied dumb English for many years may feel uncomfortable speaking English with their mouths open. But don't let children repeat our mistakes. Isn't that one of the purposes of enlightening them? If you are still hesitating, the following points may give you some encouragement.

Just master the simplest vocabulary.

To talk to your children, you don't need to know more than 6,000 words, and you don't need to recite Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream.

When a child was a baby, what was the first mother tongue vocabulary he learned? Mom, dad, baby, grandma, don't (the baby who learns to say no is the most headache) and so on.

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What should we say to the baby? It is the simplest words, such as drinking milk, sleeping, urinating again, pooping, being good, and the baby doesn't cry.

Look at the words a little, read them once or twice, and you can use them in front of children.

Don't pursue perfection

Many parents will say: I don't know if I'm right. The advice is: never mind right, just say it. Everyone makes mistakes. Americans always say "there are plural nouns", and no one dares to laugh at them except the British.

For example: How are you? How to answer this sentence?

Brainwashed by the answer to the car accident, we are afraid to answer. I am fine, thank you.

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In fact, how to answer this sentence is correct? You can say great, territorial, super, territorial and the worst day. Any emotional words you can think of can be used here, which may not be authentic, but as long as the other person can understand them.

Making mistakes is the only way to learn a language. You can't stop because you are afraid of making mistakes. The child has accumulated more by himself, and will slowly correct it.

create opportunities

Help children find foreign friends to play with, travel abroad, let children take charge of some outreach work, attend English summer camps, and teach foreign languages ... These can be used as supplements to effectively make up for parents' lack of English, and can also help children apply what they have learned and find pleasure in using the language.

Choose a dictionary.

When I was helping my child with his Chinese homework, I found it useful to have a big dictionary at hand, because I don't know the exact meaning of many words, and I need to look it up before explaining it to her.

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Although the mobile phone application is convenient, it always feels that it is not as detailed as the dictionary entries. There are many English dictionaries in the market. You can buy one for your own use, or you can buy a children's edition to check with your children.

Overcome the "weird" psychology and make progress with children.

When parents are preparing to enlighten their children in English, they should put down their psychological burdens and be prepared for long-term persistence.

Speaking a language other than your mother tongue, which you are not proficient in, must be difficult at first, and it will feel strange.

But please rest assured that if you talk too much, although your English level may not necessarily improve (don't hit me, I mean your child's English will definitely improve faster than yours), so that awkward feeling will definitely disappear.

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In addition, it is also important to gain the understanding and support of family members. Even if they can't join the English speaking team, at least don't laugh at you. I believe that when your child corrects your pronunciation, you will feel that all the efforts are worth it.

Above children's English enlightenment knowledge

Did you get it?

To sum up:

Master vocabulary, don't be afraid to make mistakes, and create opportunities to speak.

Choosing the right dictionary makes it interesting to study with your baby.

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