What methods are there for acquiring English for children?

Educational method for the acquisition of English in children

When we talk about English language acquisition for children, we have to go back many years to understand that in the educational field, a lot of time has been spent on achieving an effective method that improves the process of teaching and learning a foreign language.

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What does a method have to be effective in teaching English to children of these ages?

There are many ways to learn English as a second language. However, teachers do not always have enough time to know the best way to put them into practice in the classroom.

First of all, we must choose the pedagogical model on which we want to base the teaching-learning processes. This requires innovation, commitment, collaboration, and the creation of an educational culture, different from the conventional one.

There is no right or wrong way to teach and educate children, but there is some that have proven to be more effective and inclusive.

The Great Little People teaching method It is based on the constructivist and experiential models, which place the student as the protagonist of their own learning, which emerges naturally and spontaneously, and becomes meaningful and lasting learning.

A teaching method to achieve the acquisition of English in children

When we talk about teaching methods, it must integrate the principles, practices and forms of evaluation that enable learning to develop. The methodological proposal of Great Little People, aimed at providing a playful and meaningful learning, It is born of the methodology by learning corners.

The methodology by corners promotes students' autonomy, observation, manipulation and research, in addition to offering students the possibility of approach learning from different routes: auditory, visual, tactile or kinesthetic.

To make this possible, Great Little People has created a wide range of resources and materials for learning English, of an innovative nature and of great attractive to boys and girls. It includes sensory materials for the classroom, in addition to quality digital content to learn English from home.

ICT tools based on learning

The use and integration of ICT tools in classroom activities, experiences and materials contribute to increasing motivation, understanding and progress in the acquisition of learning and facilitate teaching work due to the appearance of virtual environments free from time and space restrictions.

Thanks to educational apps like Great Little World, learning processes can be personalized and inclusive and promote the development of all students, adapting learning to the pace of each student through individual or small group games and activities.

At Great Little People, we are of the opinion that the content that is worked on is a good medium for Bring students closer to social issues and environmental key, on which it is necessary to intervene and act thus advocating a more just and supportive social model. That is why we align our educational project with the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations.

Effective teaching method

An effective teaching method for learning English must incorporate several activities and materials that introduce the contents in an easy, attractive and thoughtful way easy for students to understand, using English as a communication vehicle.

In order to facilitate and strengthen the critical development of students The educational action of schools should be included in their proposal a STEM Education (STEM Education), in which it is considered that learning emerges from practice and experimentation, integrating greater global knowledge and developing children's creative and imaginative capacities.

The method

The Great Little People Method combines all the requirements to be an effective method consisting of educational programs for teaching English to boys and girls between 1 and 8 years old.

Each of these programs includes a wide range of activities, divided into 5 learning corners, all of them aimed at acquiring the key competencies for learning, to know and intervene in the Sustainable Development Goals and facilitate access to a STEAM education for the full development of students.

Its innovative nature and its direct relationship with official documents make it possible to offer a Education in English for children aligned in objectives and content between all the social agents (school, academy, family) that surround the student.

A methodology for learning English for children that is based on play and social interaction as a means to achieve natural, sensory and meaningful learning.

Play is part of the life of the human being and, above all, of the child.

What if we learn English while playing??