我很喜欢英语,也专业学过英语。但可惜从事的工作与英语相距甚远,所以荒废了不少。幸好我对美剧、英语综艺节目有着无限的热爱,所以没有全部交回老师。
有了孩子也没怎么起意教过英语,后来看很多妈妈都在给孩子上培训班,才觉得自己的孩儿没有近水楼台先得月。大概从快3岁的时候开始有意识的教了。还好,孩子大概继承了我对语言的爱好,她开口说话早,对语言学习也非常感兴趣。现在就喜欢缠着我看英语书,做英语题。
前阵子同事推荐了一个网友的资料库,看到了很多很多的英文原版绘本,于是狂下载了一阵子,包括故事绘本、phonics等等资料下载了有近500本吧。故事有易有难,我一般挑出适合cindy或者她感兴趣的故事打印出来,给她读。最近开始背英文故事,一个是自己图个乐,恢复一下以前的功力,呵呵,再就是可以随时随地给孩子讲英文故事。
启蒙cindy的时候,我用的是情景剧的办法。孩子很喜欢自己编故事,和我排演,我就把好记常用的单词,短语都放进去。实践证明,效果非常好。cindy记得很快,最重要的事,她根本不反感学英语,从来都没觉得是学习,因为我一直在陪她玩,只是换了种方式说话。
现在在讲述英语故事时,也是中英混杂,各占50%吧。因为cindy接触的多了,所以很多不要我解释了,我会根据重要性,把好掌握的给她强调下。不过孩子入了门以后,记得确实是快多了。
先贴出个刚背的英语故事吧,这个我给她讲,让爸爸给她表演,因为我不会吹口哨。呵呵。
I Want to Whistle Marinda was sad. She couldn't find her new plastic whistle.
"Never mind," said her dad. "Try and whistle without it!"
"How?" asked Marinda.
"Make an O with your mouth and blow," said Dad. "Like this."
But when Marinda tried, the only sound that came out was a loud hissing noise.
"That's a good start," said Dad, "Keep trying." Marinda tried and tried.
She was still sitting on the step trying when her granny arrived.
"Gran," said Marinda. "Can you teach me to whistle?"
"I'll show you what I do!" said Granny.
"Put your little fingers in your mouth and blow." Granny's whistle was so loud Marinda had to put her fingers over her ears.
But when she tried it for herself, she just made a rude noise.
"Keep trying," laughed Granny. But Marinda couldn't. And that night she was still sad.
She tried all day to whistle and she still couldn't do it. "I think you can," said Dad.
"But I think your whistle is quiet because you're only little."
"Try again but very quietly this time."
So Marinda made an O and blew very, very quietly.
"I can do it!" said Marinda.
"Yes!" said Dad, "And this is one whistle you can't lose."
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