At what age should you start?
In children, 7 years is the age of language. Before this age, the child responds, tries to speak. The less the child is aware of learning a new language, the better!
Learning in a playful, bilingual environment with someone you trust and on a regular basis is THE best way to immerse yourself in a foreign language. Mômji offers guards in linguistic immersion for this reason: to link the useful to the pleasant to start young!
The map of the emotional
Having a nanny to whom the children are attached is already a good point, but if the children have fun with her and see her as a "tata" it's even better.
Why ?
To learn quickly and unconsciously, the best recipe is to do it with someone you like and trust. Children facing a nanny they are afraid of or with whom they do not necessarily have an emotional connection, is to minimize linguistic exchanges. And without language exchanges ... no progress in language!
At home, a nanny (emotional name given to our nannies), they are people who will show the child their culture, exchanging a maximum of English around a Monopoly for example. In quoting linguist Jean Petit, learning must be done in the "pothole"!
Repeat, repeat, repeat ...
You must have already heard it, this sentence coming out of your teachers' mouths: you have to "repeat, repeat, repeat ...". To immerse yourself in a foreign language and get the child to speak, there are not many secrets to important results.
A child who speaks English 1h30 a week will not be able to really progress or become familiar with the language.
In a previous article, we talked about our Swedish friends who bring children to speak English every day at school ... Naturally children develop great facilities for foreign languages. Practicing at least twice a week will have a much more significant impact for those who want to start smoothly. If the child responds favorably, you can then increase the hours. To start young to learn a new language, it is also necessary to practice it with diligence.
Our selection of English films
Here are cartoons and movies in VO (of course!) For toddlers to work their ear:
"144 words of English", for basic vocabulary - for 5 years +; (IPAD)
"Easy Song Studio", to sing in English - for 7 years + (Ipad, Iphone, Android)
"BrainPopESL", learn English on video - for 7 years old + (Ipad, Iphone, Android)
"ABC Monster", initial sound and letter - for ages 5+ (Ipad, Iphone, Android)
"Big Bird's Words", learn English through Augmented Reality - for ages 5+ (Iphone)
Our selection of books:
"English for babies", delivered with a CD - for 3-6 years
"My English Boscher Method" by Belin - for 6 years +
"English for Dummies Junior" - for 7 years +
