幼儿什么时候开始学英文？为什么孩子们的最好的学习方式就是玩游戏？爸妈们如何做使孩子们从之前的学习中进步更多？如何为你的孩子创造最好的学习英语的环境？
本周开始的由英国文化教育协会最新制作的免费英语公开课：English in Early Childhood: Language Learning and Development
来自英国文化教育协会从事儿童英语教学的专家以他们多年积累的经验，与家长和教育研究者在公开课中分享了少年儿童学习英语为第二语言时最有效的方法、儿童不同阶段学习的共同特点和个别特点、如何根据每个孩子的不同特点最有效地学习英语等。
What age range do you think each of these descriptions is referring to?
你认为以下的描述是与什么年龄段的孩子相关的？
对照一下来自英国Early Years Foundation Stage framework的有关幼儿和少年不同阶段语言的特点如下，供爸妈们和从事教育开发者参考。
16-26 months
Copies familiar expressions, e.g. Oh dear! All gone!
Explores and experiments using senses and whole body.
22-36 months
Listens with interest to the noises adults make when they read stories.
Is interested in others’ play and is starting to join in.
Runs safely on whole foot.
Is aware that some actions can hurt or harm others.
Repeats words or phrases from familiar stories.
Recites some number names in sequence.
Experiments with blocks, colours and marks.
30-50 months
Responds to simple instructions, e.g. Put your toys away.
Can catch a large ball.
Notices what adults do, imitating what is observed and then doing it spontaneously when the adult is not there.
Can play in a group.
Holds books the correct way up and turns pages.
40-60+ months
Uses a pencil and holds it effectively.
Extends vocabulary by grouping, naming, and exploring the sounds of new words.
Writes own name and other things such as labels or captions.
Constructs with a purpose in mind, using a variety of resources.
上面这些更多的是共性，每个孩子都有他自己的个性，重要的是 children develop at their own rates and in their own ways 每个孩子的学习模式多多少少都会有所不同，家长老师们可以参考上面的共性，结合游戏、歌曲和孩子喜欢的主题，多重复、多让孩子浸润在英语环境、积极引导孩子的学习。专家们总结出一些儿童学习共通的窍门，那就是多听、多接触、多重复、多采用声音和互动并用的方式，而且不需要把每个词翻译成孩子的母语，孩子在最自然的方式下学习，经过时间的累积，成果会慢慢显现出来。
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