How do children learn? This article explains the different factors affecting how children learn, and how this helps you to best work with your child.
By Sue Clarke, teacher and trainer, British Council
Your child is an individual and different from all others. The way your child learns best depends on many factors: age, learning style and personality. Read the notes below, and think about your child. This will help you to choose activities and methods that will suit your child best.
Children can usually only concentrate for short periods of time. Make sure that you stop or change activity when your child is bored or restless. This might be after only a few minutes.
Children respond well to praise and encouragement – let your child know when they have done something well. Don't criticise them too much when they make a mistake. It's natural to make mistakes when learning a language. Don't correct every grammatical mistake – encourage your child to use English to communicate.
Hi it's Joe again, so sorry to bother you but what level would you say my child would be at? I really appreciate the time you put in to respond to some of these subject messages! Cheers again x
Hiya, Its Joe here! I have a 10 year old boy and wondering if you could recommend one of the tasks on this website for him to crack on with. He is confident with reading but needs a little help in story writting. I found your advice to Suzie helpfull can you help me? Cheers, Joe x