Saturday, March 21, 2009

English teaching by natives

Should English be taught at primary schools by native speakers?
( How are you? I had a great holiday today & have tons of things for updating the blog.., but let me write this serious essay for my study! You don't have to read it, honey, I don't want to waste your time...)

When we learn a foreign language, we should learn it from native speakers someday.
However, as it for children, I believe they shouldn't. When they learn English in Japan, I think the Japanese teacher can help them at the best.

First, the Japanese teachers can understand completely what the children are saying. So, they can manage for accidents. Because they are kids, sometimes they start to quarrel or have an accident during the class. In those cases, Japanese teachers can manage perfectly by using Japanese.

Next, Japanese teachers know what children might struggle. Because of distinctions between Japanese and English, they understand which sounds, grammar, or writing are difficult for kids. Therefore, they can teach the kids effective ways to learn English.

Finally, they know the Japanese characters, so they can remove the children's struggle in academic aspects & mental aspects. For example, Japanese tend to be shy to speak out first. Many of us don't like to be outstanding or competitive. We like to be supportive. Japanese teachers can teach English by games which be considered that Japanese characters.

Learning by native speakers has also advantages, but children will get those benefits I mentioned above from Japanese teachers. It will be a great help for children to learn Japanese teachers who have already experimented to learn English.

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