The learning of foreign language accustoms children to discipline, memory helps to train, develops assiduity and attention. All this provided that process of training is continuous and also is interesting to the small child, i.e. assumes constant change of activity.
Instruction
1. Optimum age to start training in foreign languages of 4-6 years. At the same time the child has to acquire the native speech well by this time: to utter all sounds of the native language, to know all letters, to have a big lexicon. The child preschool child is capable to learn separate words, phrases, simple songs and verses in English. If you have an opportunity for creation of the house of the language environment, then training can quicker go. But after all try to treat this question without fanaticism. To the child has to be cheerfully and study interestingly. If you watch with him animated films in English, then read fairy tales, and result will be obligatory.
2. What the kid saw and touched is best of all remembered. Acquaint the child with letters of the English alphabet, using on classes of the picture, a card and toy. At small children the hearing is well developed. Include audiolessons, listening to them, the child will better remember exact pronunciation. It is important that each lesson caused positive emotions in the kid: connect study to a game.
3. Show objects of the house and on the street and call them in English. Leave grammar, times and irregular verbs for later, just fill up a lexicon. Only after that study a transcription, and then try to read, since the simplest words. Acquire the English dictionary with colourful illustrations, it will always attract interest of the child. Every day on several minutes remember with the kid what you already studied, and add to it new material.
4. There are techniques allowing to study a foreign language from the earliest age of the child. Glen Doman's cards with images of objects and signatures in English can be shown even to babies. Doman's technique is based on features of good visual memory of children. Zaytsev's cubes with the English letters or their combinations are recommended to be used since two years.