HOW WILL THE CHILDREN LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH?

Drawing inspiration from the Comenius method of language learning, known as the “global method”, we will support children in learning the new vocabulary in English by focusing on the relationship between the new words that they learn and their first-hand experience in order to make it easier for them to understand and acquire the new vocabulary.

At this stage learning the new language is achieved by ensuring that children practice the English language as much as possible in their daily lives. As a result, they absorb the language like sponges, since at this age their minds are endowed with a very high learning potential. Montessori has defined children’s minds as ” absorbing minds” and it is at this stage of their lives that children learn a new language effortlessly, driven by curiosity about what is new to them.

Daily activities, such as saying hello on arrival at school and goodbye at the end of the school day, as well as the lunchtime and other daily routines, will be several opportunities to learn English. Our proposal to teach the new language is based on the T.P.R. approach: a teaching method that links the new words in English to gestures and movements. Through the T.P.R. approach, by connecting the new word to the physical action of the child, long-term memory is activated, in order to obtain a learning that in our opinion is much more effective over time than passive listening and mechanical memorization of words that are not based on the direct and concrete experience of the child.

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