Helping your child

  • Helping your child

    Many parents want to help their child or children with their English but are not sure what they can do to help. In this section you'll find lots of expert advice about helping your child learn English.

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  • Your child is an individual and different from all others. The way your child learns best depends on many factors: age; learning style, personality.

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  • Young children are natural language acquirers; they are self-motivated to pick up language without conscious learning, unlike adolescents and adults.

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  • Every year thousands of children’s picture books are published in the UK. Children’s corners in bookshops offer a bewildering choice of new and old favourites, illustrated by some of the best artists working in Britain today.

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  • Simple rhymes are thought to be innate in most cultures. From the time young children begin to talk, many enjoy playing and experimenting with sounds by themselves – a precursor to later enjoyment of rhymes.

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  • Young children learn English differently from most adults. Most have an innate ability to pick up English while taking part in activities, by making sense of what they are doing and picking up the adult’s language that accompanies the activity.

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