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In China , Parents realize learning English is important to their child’s future. There are many reasons why Chinese have to speak well English, they also learn that the best time for one to master another language , the earlier the best. The biggest challenge we face now in China is that parent they are reluctant to use English in daily life ,it is easy to understand why most of Chinese reluctant to speak English if you understand our culture , “Saving Face”, they are afraid to make mistake in front of others, they take “English” is a difficult subject, only teacher and school can handle it . When I start to teach English to small kids, the good news is children are incredibly adapted to learning languages, and pick up new words, phrases and grammar structures easily. The bad news is that kids have a lot of energy and a shorter attention span than adults, so I struggled to get them to sit and study ,so classroom management is important in the class. However, I use the kids' energy to my advantage and engage them with games, songs and activities that will help them learn while having fun. In the class, I apply music and songs to help teach small kids English in circle time. According to Super Simple Songs: "Young learners pick up vocabulary, grammatical structures and the rhythm of the language simply by doing what they already love to do...sing." Use songs to teach numbers, the alphabet, body parts and other words requiring memorization. Motions and gestures during the lesson to reinforce learning. Action further enhances the child's ability to remember by adding a physical association to the word, and it helps small kids use up energy so they do not get fidgety or distracted. Build an interactive environment for the children. "Transitions Abroad" advises teachers to: "Have them standing up and sitting down, weave games and dramatic play and singing into your lessons. Have the children take turns helping you prepare or carry out the activity or project." This helps the kids stay focused and offers additional opportunities for language learning as they follow directions, learn the rules for games and communicate about the activities they are doing. Ask the children to take charge by having them lead activities such as Pictionary, charades, and hangman, and matching games to teach grammar, vocabulary and verb tenses. Allowing children to demonstrate their learning will build confidence and give them real-life language skills. Team games build conversational skills as students communicate with each other in the course of the game. Language has its own tempo; speaking a language fluently involves regular pauses, stops and starts in appropriate places. For example, most kid do not speak in a constant,they have trouble in speaking constant sentence, running diatribe of words; rather they insert pauses between phrases, they use accents and they increase or decrease the overall speed of speech. Music has a tempo and teaching young children songs that have rhythms and beats or learning to march in time to a tune can help students to learn the rhythm of speaking and improve their communication skills. When teach young kids , we have more responsibility , I expect our education system can improve, English in public school can learn some useful learning methods instead requiring students siting on the chair properly to recite the text books.
