(小步要搬家,把我的精华帖整理一份存在这里,地址目前如下)
(只搬了我自己的从开始到6岁的总结,后面那么多楼和其他妈交流及问题的回答,目前实在没有精力顾及,有想了解的妈妈去那里自己爬楼吧!)
(一) 妈妈们武装自己,做好充分的准备就出发!
从最开始聊,我博里还是总结过一些的,重新整理:
中文阅读是从好网开始的(这块儿就省略吧,咱要讲英文),后来了解到原版绘本的概念,于是也开始买。后来买到了信谊的那套世界优秀绘本动画的光盘,很想把那些书也搬回来,淘宝上的原版书店成了我溜达的新去处!
但真正触发我的是,新浪笑妈的育儿日记,再后来就是知道了儿教论坛的儿童英语版,知道了小楼、砚儿。这些妈妈本身也不是英语专业,但却能把自己孩子的英语教的那么好!
于是买回了她们的书来看,买回了不知是谁推荐的朗文的《图解日常生活英语》。说实话,这本《图解日常生活英语》,书看上去那么不起眼(只要8块9毛钱就搞定),但基本上日常生活的方方面面涵盖了,能对孩子日常生活说的话也就是那些。这本书是我当时认认真真地学习了准备对付Amy的第一本书,现在再拿出来,书已经是皱皱巴巴的了,但的确是起了很大的作用的!
我的突击学习日常口语,现在想来是对后面amy英语的神速进展奠定了非常坚实的基础的,所以我觉得强调这一方面再多也不为过!
至于有些妈妈担心自己的口音,不敢教孩子,只好指望着有标准口音的老师来教。让我说,那样的话实在是白白浪费孩子宝贵的时间和您辛辛苦苦赚来的大洋。为啥这样说?因为即便是外面培训机构里的外教,有新西兰、澳大利亚、非洲的等等等等,即使是美国,南方、北方,每个州(比如加州、俄亥俄州等),甚至是纽约一个市里不同的区(比如曼哈顿和布鲁克林区),口音差异都是巨大的。更遑论等您家的孩子上了学,不知等着他/她的英语老师是啥口音呢!(这个俺家已经算是有一手资料了哈!
而且,就算是您运气好,真遇上了有neutral accent(播音员一样标准)口音的老师,就凭那每周可怜的几堂课,孩子2年下来也还是会些单词,听懂上课经常说的那几句话罢了!amy同学身边的孩子绝大多数都在上价格昂贵的英语培训班的,一个平时还算不错的孩子,我想跟她说说,张口说句子她就傻了,但倒是可以一个一个地蹦单词!
但那些大胆地敢跟孩子说,敢给孩子读故事的妈妈又取得了怎样的成果呢?我博客上的好友妈妈都是亲子英语的实践派,结果证明基本上都是1年后,孩子就开始自主阅读绘本、甚或章节书了!取得了这样的成果后,你还会担心自己的口音问题而把孩子的英语导入时间一拖再拖吗??
把昨天在那个一年级小朋友妈妈里的帖子粘过来:
真希望孩子英语出色的话,还是妈妈自己能在日常先跟孩子说些口语,该说的口语网络上都整理好了,比如妈妈之歌里的这些:
Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here’s your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where’s your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don’t forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it’s the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don’t forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don’t shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don’t play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don’t forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don’t make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don’t sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod’s my iPod if you don’t listen up
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you’re coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You’ll appreciate my wisdom someday when you’re older and you’re grown
Can’t wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You’ll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I’ll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don’t get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I’ll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
“I don’t care who started it!
You’re grounded until you’re 36〃
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven’s sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said at least a thousand times before
That you’re too old to act this way
It must be your father’s DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I’ll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get up here, say a prayer with mom
Don’t forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom’s work never ends
You don’t need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I’m the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!!
以上这些加下面的资源足够你对付她的,我为什么这么强调第一步是先在日常生活中把口语说起来呢?因为常用的句式、句型、单词就那么些,有了这个基础,接下来你给孩子读故事或给她按分级读物的故事循序渐进地来听,那就是顺理成章的事情了。也会出现她听不懂的,就是个别单词了,你只要稍加解释就可以,但肯定不会出现孩子没有一定基础,你就给她上故事上难度,让她从一开始就讨厌英语,认为妈妈在逼着她做自己不想做的事的情况。
也就是让她慢慢就上了英语的道儿了!从长远来看,这是最简捷的途径,也是最有效的途径!
但这个前提是你肯那么一些功夫、吃那么一点点苦头!而不是都把功夫留给孩子来做,你就是买来资料后做甩手掌柜,苦头留给孩子自己吃!
按照这个方法走过去,我敢保证一年后她的英语能力会让你刮目相看!不要在乎一年级的英语考了几分,想想看,如果一年后你的孩子都开始自己读原版书了,你都会为自己因为一年级的英语考了几分纠结而感到好笑!
另,补充:
从零开始,妈妈们需要掌握的日常生活英语资源:
书籍:
朗文的《图解日常生活英语》 *****
我的第一本亲子英文书 *****
东西图书,张湘君的《跟小小孩说英文》*****
(这本书无引进版的,所以很贵,但很好。我是买phonics的书看到的,那时候我已经用不到了,但里面有很多地道的句子是当时我自己到处要找却找不到的。电驴上有电子书和音频下载)
难道你不懂英语口语吗? ***
生活英语实战实例 **