The first thing a child needs to know when learning a foreign language is the English alphabet. How to learn the English alphabet quickly and for a long time?
Why does the child have difficulty?
Often, when learning the English alphabet, children have problems and misunderstandings. The first mistake is cramming. You need to remember: if you want your child to learn all the letters of the language for the first time for the rest of his life, then cramming should be excluded from the rule. The most important thing is to make the study of the English alphabet very pleasant for the child. If the child takes it as a game, then the opportunity to learn the English alphabet in 5 minutes can become a reality.
A child may encounter difficulties in learning the English alphabet also because he will not know why he needs to do this. If the child is very small, your assurances that he will need it in his future adulthood, they may not understand. It is clear to adults that knowledge of foreign languages ββopens up great opportunities for a person. Your child will probably not understand this. That is why it is better to turn the study of the alphabet into an exciting game.
English letters and pronunciation
How to quickly learn the English alphabet? The first thing you need to do to learn the English alphabet is to find the alphabet itself, where in addition to capital letters there will also be uppercase letters, the pronunciation of each letter in Russian, as well as several words in English that start with this letter. There are 26 letters in English.
Aa | Hey | apple - apple | ant - ant | air-air |
Bb | bi | bee - bee | boy - boy | ball - ball |
Cc | si | cat - cat | cake - cake, pie | camera - camera |
Dd | di | dog - dog | date - date | dress - dress |
Ee | and | egg - egg | eye - eye | ear - ear |
Ff | ef | frog - frog | face - face | farm - farm |
Gg | ji | garden - garden | girl - girl | grass - grass |
Hh | H.H. | hat - hat | history - history | hour - hour |
Ii | ah | ice - ice | idea - idea | insect - insect |
Jj | jay | jump - jump | journey | judge - judge |
Kk | Kay | kiss - kiss | kangaroo - kangaroo | knife - knife |
Ll | e | love - love | land - land | letter - letter |
Mm | Em | mother - mother | man - man | mist - fog |
Nn | en | name - name | night - night | news - news |
Oo | OU | orange - orange | oil - oil | owner - owner |
Pp | pi | paper - paper | pig - pig | price - price |
Qq | kew | question - question | queen - queen | |
Rr | ar (a) | rabbit - hare, rabbit | rain - rain | river - river |
Ss | es | sea ββ- sea | soup - soup | son - son |
Tt | tee | table - table | talk - conversation | time - time |
Uu | Yu | umbrella - umbrella | uncle - uncle | up - up |
Vv | in and | voice - voice | view | violin - violin |
Ww | double u | wall - wall | window - window | watch - watch |
Xx | the ex | xylophone - xylophone | | |
Yy | wye | year - year | | |
Zz | zed | zebra - zebra | | |
Now that you have the English alphabet with the correct pronunciation and words, you can begin to study.
Learning the English alphabet with words
How to quickly learn the English alphabet for a child? For everything to work out quickly, the child must have some kind of association with the letters. First, you can draw analogies of the English alphabet with Russian, and then show the words that are presented above. These are quite easy words that a child could know before (some school programs begin with learning words) will help you learn the English alphabet. How to learn it with these words? You need to open the notebook, take a pen and begin to spell the first capital letter, then lowercase, and then the words. It is important that the child on each line in the notebook write only one letter and speak. This method will take a lot of time (about an hour or two), but the parent will not be needed, writing skills in English will develop, and the alphabet will be remembered for a long time!
If you have a foreign language at home, you can use them. In prescriptions for young children there are always fascinating coloring books, pictures and easy English words.
Learning a foreign alphabet and singing songs
If you notice that your childβs auditory memory is better than visual, you are very lucky! On the Internet you can find a lot of audio and video recordings where children sing the English alphabet. Such songs help to learn it very quickly, literally in 5 minutes.
Learn the English alphabet with bright cards.
Bright cards with words help you quickly learn the English alphabet. How to learn it using cards? Such cards can be bought at any bookstore or children's store, or you can make them yourself with your child, which will be quite a long time, but very effective. If you bought cards, then the instructions necessarily say what to do and how. Learning the English alphabet with a child is rather troublesome in this way, but words and letters will be remembered for a long time.
Usually cards are divided into letters of the alphabet. One word is written on each card and a picture is drawn that is interconnected with this word. The child can learn these words, starting with one letter, orally or in writing.
Various alphabet games
In fact, the child must perceive everything as a game in order to remember the English alphabet. How to learn the letters of a foreign language, if you constantly sit and cram? A small child who still has to play and play, it will be quite difficult to do. How to quickly learn the English alphabet - we learned earlier, but how to consolidate knowledge?
The first game. Write the English alphabet in large letters on paper, cut into squares. Hand out the cards. The child must collect a full alphabet from these cards.
Second game. This is a team game, it needs at least two or three children. You pronounce the letter, and the children must add the appropriate letter. This game is very fun and exciting.
Third game. Take two sheets of paper, lay one sheet on top of the other in the middle. Write the letter so that its top is written on one sheet and the bottom on the other. Remove the second sheet, only the top of the letter will remain. Have your child complete the missing part.
How to learn the English alphabet with a child? You just need to show a little imagination!