Parents who don't know English at all
Parental characteristics: Parents who don't know English at all don't mean parents who don't like English. Although they don't know English themselves, they don't exclude English.
Teach skills
Create a strong English atmosphere at home: English songs, nursery rhymes, tongue twisters and original movies are all favorite forms of English learning for children. Whether children are playing or eating, they can play some English-related discs at will to create a relaxed language environment. Parents don't have to do anything deliberately, just listen quietly with their children.
Find a special language early education institution: if English is not good, ask a professional teacher to give your child some professional guidance and pronunciation correction, and then go home to watch or listen to CDs to consolidate your knowledge.
Recommended teaching materials
Disney Magic English, Pepe Children's English and Wendy Children's English.
Parents who hate English
Characteristics of parents: This kind of parents' English level should be higher than the first kind of parents. Perhaps it is the shadow brought by the exams of past dynasties that makes them dislike English.
Teaching skills
Study with children: For the sake of children, put aside their likes and dislikes. Parents should communicate with their children in English and study with them. Both adults and children should face it with a happy mood in the process of learning English. Please ask parents to try to use a simple greeting every day to start your bilingual parent-child interaction with your child. Although it is only a short sentence, it will lay the foundation for your child to learn English!
Play English programs for children: When you hear some words, you can tell your children: "Linda, look, that's a bird" (the picture that appears on TV). Let the children say "birds" to you. Parents can also continue to guide: "Birds are flying in the sky." The child may only say 1 ~ 2 words, it doesn't matter. Go on and let him know the meaning of that sentence. You can even drive your demonstration with the flying movements of birds. After a few simple repetitions, the child will master the words.
Recommended teaching materials
Travel all over the United States-Junior Edition, Learn English Happy, Blue Cat Children's English 300 Sentences
The third category: parents who know English but have nonstandard pronunciation.
Parental characteristics: this kind of parents account for the largest proportion in the crowd, and about 60% of families belong to this type. The reason for this situation is the educational model that only emphasizes grammar and not oral English.
Teaching skills
Parents can sing simple English songs with their baby and slowly adjust their baby's nonstandard pronunciation. Don't worry too much about the correctness of your baby's pronunciation. With the growth of age, children's pronunciation will gradually become clear and correct. The pronunciation structure of English belongs to the phonetic system, which means that if you know the correspondence between letters and sounds, children can read and pronounce words.