Teaching English to children while they’re still learning their mother tongue is a challenging but rewarding prospect. In this online course, you’ll learn how and why children learn best through play. What can parents and practitioners do to enable children to get the most out of a learning experience?
This course for parents and practitioners will explore how young children learn English and investigate many more aspects of early childhood learning and development.
British Council educators will share their insights and experiences, so that you can learn how to best talk to young children; how to create the best environment for them to learn English as an additional language; and how to monitor their progress.
Through articles, videos and live events you will hear from early childhood experts and parents, and see for yourself how young children learn inside the early years classroom. At every stage, you will be offered tips, advice and downloadable resources that will help you at teaching english as a foreign language to children.
You will join discussions and have the opportunity to interact live with our experienced educators.
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
Investigate how children learn and how they acquire language
Discuss the importance of play and look at language development opportunities
Reflect on ways to communicate effectively with young children
Explore meaningful learning and developing language in context
Demonstrate the connection between learning and a child’s well-being
Identify ways to support and challenge children, and measure their progress