If I were to ask you what is the language that you are most fluent in?
What is the language that you speak the best?
Your answers will invariably be: my mother tongue, my first language.
In other words the language that you learned as a child.
This begs the question: why are children so good at learning languages?
We are not the only ones asking this question.
Actually, in linguistics, there is a branch called Child Language Acquisition that deals
with this question.
I find it really interesting and this last summer, I had the chance to teach English to
a group of children and I have a thing or two to share with you.
Let's find out.
So, let's take a close look at how children learn languages and our goal here is to imitate
and copy them when we are trying to learn a new language.
First and foremost, children take their time.
They are not in a hurry.
Research shows us that language acquisition starts a couple of months before the child
is born, in the womb.
And it goes on for the rest of the child's life.
Most children start babbling (the sound the baby makes before saying actual words) their
first words at the age of six - eight months.
And it takes them 18 months and sometimes 2 years to start forming two- to four-word
sentences.
In other words, they take their time and so should we.
Language learning is not an overnight process.
You need to spend enough time acquiring the language and listening to it.
Secondly, they have fun --lots of fun.
I saw this in the classroom.
When I play a video on the large screen in front of them, they are happy and active,
jumping up and down, dancing, and repeating after the video.
But when I pause the video and start asking them to answer some questions or write down
the alphabet, their motivation starts going down little by little and then they go to
sleep, literally.
And this shows us that language learning should be fun.
Yes of course, there will be always that boring part of it.
However, 90% of the time it should be fun.
So make sure you are having fun while working on your English.
Finally, they make mistakes- a lot of mistakes.
Pay attention to a 3-4 years old child in your family and try to detect the way they
are using the language.
You will find out that they are making mistakes most of the time and they don't care about it.
All they want to do is to get their message across.
And as adults, we don't pay attention to these mistakes [either].
We expect them to make mistakes.
It's a normal thing.
Not only that, but a mother would modify the way she uses language and intentionally make
mistakes so that the child would understand her.
However, when it comes to us, when we are trying to learn a foreign or a second language, one
of the biggest challenges is overcoming mistakes.
Some people are paralyzed by this fear of making mistakes and it should never be the
case.
As far as language learning is concerned, you should adopt a trial and error approach.
In other words, make new mistakes, correct them.
And then make new mistakes and correct them.
And then make ... But are you going to stop making mistakes at one point?
Well, you got the point.
So, to conclude, make sure you're taking your time, having lots of fun, and making tons
and tons of [new] mistakes.
Thank you very much for watching this video.
It has been a pleasure recording it for you.
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