No need for money or pick-up time! Learn English Right at Home!!

If you want your child to learn English from the lower grades of elementary school, but you are not confident in his English, you might think, "It is difficult to teach English to a child at home, so I wonder if I have to leave it to an English conversation school or cram school. " There are many people who are wondering about this. But in fact, there are many ways to improve your child's English at home. This time, I will explain how to incorporate "learning English at home" to improve your child's English proficiency.What kind of English learning method can you do at home?Let's take a concrete look at what kind of English learning you can actually do at home.Challenge with parents and children!For children to enjoy English, it is important to experience it with someone. If you want to study at home, be sure to do it with your mom and dad. Even if you don't speak English, you can say hello in English, ask for a little request in English, watch English videos and movies together, sing English songs together, etc. You can motivate yourself to learn.Remember phonicsLearning phonics is important for learning how the English alphabet is read. Phonics is a speech learning method that learns the relationship between pronunciation and letters. The English alphabet has "name" and "sound". Phonics is an important foundation of English that even native English children has to learn. By studying phonics, you can grasp the relationship between English spelling and pronunciation, and lay the foundation for your ability to read word spelling. This will make it easier for the kids to learn English smoothly, so you should  start by learning about phonics. Phonics is a great first step in learning English because it's fun to learn by singing. There are many videos on YouTube where you can learn phonics, so let's imitate the songs while watching the videos together.Storytelling of English picture booksThis is a storytelling of a picture book that many children love. Reading English picture books can be a daunting task, but you don't have to be a guardian to read them. By using English picture book teaching materials with reading voice, parents who are not confident in their pronunciation can read English picture books with peace of mind. Recently, many free picture book story-telling apps with reading functions such as "reading picture books" have appeared. If you read aloud not only by listening to the voice but also by overlapping the voice according to the voice, you can improve not only your listening and reading skills but also your own speaking ability to speak English.Get in touch with English through music and moviesEven if moms and dads don't speak English, it's easy to get them exposed to English through music and movies. You can learn by listening and watching carefully, or you can leave it flowing to familiarize your brain and ears with English. If you become more interested in English, you can write out the lyrics to find out the meaning of the words, or translate the lines using subtitles, which will help you to learn the next thing.Benefits of learning English at homeNext, let's take a look at the benefits of learning English at home.1. Easy to get into the habitIt is said that learning English and English conversation at home is easier to get into the habit than attending an English cram school. 30 minutes after dinner, read an English picture book before going to bed, and say hello all day in English. You don't have to forcibly make time, so if the introduction is successful, the children can continue without feeling stress.2. No time to go to schoolFor moms and dads who are busy with work and housework, sending and picking-up before and after children's lessons is a burden. You may have thought that this lesson was difficult considering the pick-up time. The less time you have to pick up and drop off, the more time you have to study, and less stress for parents and children.3. You can study freely!When I go to a cram school, I may not be able to speak as I want because of the consciousness seen by my teachers and friends, or I may not be able to concentrate on improving my English conversation skills because of my grades. Tension is important, but if you compare an unknown language with a person and get a score, you may feel that you are not good at it. In that respect, when you are at home, you can relax and you will not be embarrassed if you make a slight mistake, so you will be more active in learning.Let's start with the feeling of enjoying English with parents and children!It is difficult to understand English just by listening to it, but the more opportunities you have to hear English, the better your listening skills will be. For moms and dads who are not good at English, let's take it in with the feeling of learning. Children want to do what moms and dads are doing and working on. At first, make it a fun family habit, as you can do it right away, as introduced in this article.

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