How do you teach English to kids?

Answer 1

Depends on how old they are.

The twenty six letters of the English Alphabet'.

Start with , nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

Then the tenses of verbs. ( past present and future tenses).

Punctuation ; Capita letter , full stops, commas etc.,

Vowels ; a,e,i,o,u,

The articles , both definite(the) and indefinite( a/an) and when to use 'an'.

Spelling and widening the vocabulary .

Have then write a little essay on their holidays, or some other subject that may interest them. Make sure they do it in their BEST handwriting, because , otherwise they are NOT able to communicate their meaning with the reader.

Encourage them to use fountain pens, dip nib pens or goose quills(historical), rather then biros. Reason ; A pen 'controls' the hand to form the letters correctly, A biro allowsfor 'slippage' of the hand, and thereby the letters are not correctly formed/mispelled, followed by incorrect meaning.

Since English like all languages is a means of communication, teach them the correct pronunciation of words, and the correct order of words (syntax).

To do this have each in turn recite a passage from say , Shakespearem or a poem, to the remainder of the group, in ordedr to project the voice and the pronunciationm so everyone can listen and understand.

Have them read books, NOT newspapers , even English language newsoaoers abuse the English language. As teenagers, have them, read ' Great Expectation ( Dickens) for boys, and Pride and Prejudice ( Austen) for girls.

Finally, best wishes with your teaching, be it to students whose mother tongue us Englishm or to non-English speakers.