What is the first thing a child is taught when he comes to school? Of course, the alphabet, and then reading and writing. Any teaching of a foreign language begins with the same thing. Is it possible to speak English without mastering literacy? Yes, if you completely immerse yourself in the language environment. But even under such ideal conditions as living in an English-speaking country, you will still feel like a child in the company of adults. Without a decent knowledge of English, it is not easy not only to live in an English-speaking country, but also to travel around the world. Even at the airport, navigation is much easier for those who know how to read English.

So, it is clear that in order to master a language, you will definitely need to learn to read. Any foreign language course is structured in such a way that in the first lessons you learn the alphabet and pronunciation. At the initial stages, of course, you will need to make an effort to remember how to read certain letters and letter combinations. But having mastered English literacy in the first lessons, you can easily voice any text, even one filled with unfamiliar words.

How to learn to read English correctly. Some tips

Learn to read Englishit can be done in different ways. Some people resort to transcription. Others record the pronunciation of English words using Russian letters. There are people who like to read aloud a lot. And some focus on audio files. In fact, all methods are good in their own way. When learning to read, it is not enough to learn letters, diphthongs and remember all the rules. Constant practice is important in this matter. Here are some tips to help you develop your skillsreading in English:

  • Learn to perceive English by ear. Oddly enough, the ability to hear what the British and Americans say directly affects our ability to read. At the initial stage, adapted books equipped with discs with audio recordings of the texts themselves are very useful. Having the text that the announcer reads before your eyes, you learn to read correctly on a subconscious level.
  • Try to read every day. Make it a rule to spend at least 20-30 minutes reading English books every day. Choose books according to your level of language proficiency. At the initial stage, you can read fairy tales and short stories. And in order to develop spoken language skills, it is also useful to sometimes view English-language periodicals and blogs.
  • Get used to writing in English. As you know, reading and writing are directly interrelated. One follows from the other. If a manreads Englishat a decent level, then he will most likely present his thoughts on paper very competently. Exposure to native speakers is one of the most accessible and effective ways to improve your reading and writing skills. Communication in modern society often based on correspondence in chat rooms and social networks. Therefore, having met a native speaker, you yourself will not notice how correspondence in English will become part of Everyday life. Introverts can be advised to keep a diary, which will be filled with entries in English.
  • Learn English tongue twisters and poems. For example: Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not. Whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot. We"ll weather the weather whether we like it or not (The weather will be good or the weather will not be good. The weather will be cold or the weather will be hot. We will withstand any weather, whether we like it or not). Tongue twisters help practice the pronunciation of complex sounds. Poems enrich vocabulary.
  • Practice your pronunciation. Take time to practice those sounds that are unusual for Russian speakers. For example, not every student gets the combination th the first time. And, of course, the easiest way to learn correct pronunciation is to listen to dialogues and monologues of native speakers. Modern TV series with English subtitles help to deliver correct speech.

Reading in English. Alphabet

Suppose you wantlearn to read English from scratch. In this case, you will have to start from the very basics, that is, from the alphabet consisting of 26 letters.

English alphabet (alphabet)

There are 20 consonants and 6 vowels in the English language. The vowels include the letters: A, E, I, O, U, Y.

In order to learn the alphabet faster, you can turn to children's songs. Bright cards with letters also help a lot.

There are a few letters in the English language that "behave" differently than the rest. Thus, almost all consonants in English make one sound. But X is an exception. This letter conveys two sounds at once. It is also worth paying attention to the last character in the English alphabet. The pronunciation of Z depends on whether we are dealing with the British or American version of the language. In the first case, the letter is read as , in the second - as .

Also, Americans and Britons have very different pronunciations of the letter R. In the UK it is a long a sound. In the American alphabet - ar.

Transcription

Read in EnglishIt will be much easier if you learn transcription, which is a system of signs used to record sounds. Since a particular letter can sound differently depending on what signs surround it, it can be difficult for a foreigner to read some words correctly without transcription. However, recently many students refuse to memorize the symbols of English phonetics. After all, thanks to the Internet, today you can easily listen to how the desired word is read.

How to readconsonants

Remember, how to read in englishconsonants, simple enough. The fact is that you can easily find analogues in Russian for many consonant sounds. For example, the English Mm is, in fact, the familiar M[Em]. And in the word lemon, the pronunciation of the consonant L is similar to the Russian L. Also analogues in our language can be found in the consonants N, B, F, Z.

The pronunciation of the letter C depends on what characters it is adjacent to. If C is followed by the vowels I, E, Y, then it will be read as [s]. For example, in the word cinema (cinema). Before other vowels, C is read as [k]: come (come), camel (camel), cake (cake).

The consonants T and D in English are very similar to Russian T and D, only they are most often pronounced aspirated. But the letter Q will always be accompanied by the vowel U. The letter combination Qu is pronounced like . For example, in the word queen (queen). The consonant G before the vowels I, E, Y will be read as [j] -. For example, orange (orange), badge (icon). Before all other letters, G is pronounced as [g]: game (game), gale (storm).

Another unusual letter for the Russian language is Jj, which is always pronounced as . This consonant is very often found in the names of representatives of English-speaking countries: Jack (Jack), James (James), Jane (Jane).

Below we provide a list of all English consonants with transcription:

Bb - [b]

Cc - [s] or [k]

Dd - [d]

Gg - or [g]

Hh - [h]

Jj-

Kk - [k]

Ll - [l]

mm - [m]

Nn - [n]

Pp - [p]

Qq-

Rr - [r]

Ss - [s]or [z]

Tt - [t]

Vv - [v]

Ww - [w]

Xx - or

Zz - [z]

Vowels

Reading English for BeginnersIt is usually not the consonants, which are often read the same as they sound in the alphabet, that is complicated, but the vowels. There are only 6 vowels in English, but the problem is that each of them, depending on its position in the word, can have several reading options. Much is determined by whether the letter is in stressed or unstressed position. For stressed vowels, there are 4 types of syllables in English:

  1. An open syllable is a syllable ending with a vowel or a consonant (except R) followed by a silent letter E. The stressed vowel in an open syllable is pronounced as it is pronounced in the alphabet. For example, plane (airplane), placement (room), he (he).
  2. A closed syllable is a syllable that ends with one consonant (except r) or several consonants. The stressed vowel in such a syllable is conveyed with a short and clear sound. The vowel A is pronounced as the middle between e and a [æ]. For example, cat (cat). The letter O in stressed position in a closed syllable sounds like [ɒ] in the word dog (dog), E - like [e] (for example, ten - ten). The vowels Y and I in a closed syllable are pronounced as [i] (little - small, myth - myth). Finally, the stressed letter U will resemble the somewhat indistinct short sound a [ʌ] (cut - cut).
  3. If a stressed vowel is followed by the consonant R alone or in combination with other consonants, then the vowels will be read as follows:
  • a [ɑː] - long Russian sound a - park (park)
  • o [ɔː] - drawn-out long Russian sound o - sport (sport)
  • e [ɜː] - resembles the Russian sound ё in the word “honey” - fern (fern)
  • y [ɜː] - byrd (bird)
  • i [ɜː] - first (first)
  • u [ɜː] - burn (burn)
  1. If a stressed vowel is followed by a consonant R in combination with any vowel, the syllables are divided into diphthongs or triphthongs (compound sounds consisting of two or three letters pronounced as one unit). In this combination, the vowel A sounds like [ɛə]. For example, in the word fare (fare, tariff). The vowel O in the fourth type of syllable will be pronounced as a long Russian sound O [ɔː]. An example here is the word more. The vowel E under stress is pronounced as something merging between Russian I and A [ɪə], for example mere (only). Y and I with the fourth type of syllable are read as . For example, in the words fire (fire) and tire (tire). The letter U turns into a sound (during - during).

Learning to readconsonant diphthongs

At the initial stages of learning a foreign language, students will also need to find an answer to the questionhow to read in englishdiphthongs. This term refers to combinations of two letters that make one sound.

Table of English diphthongs. Consonants

How to readdifferent vowel combinations?

If you are seriously wondering,how to learn to read in English, then you will have to study diphthongs with vowels. Here are some of them:

  1. ai, ay, ei, ey - - aim (goal, task)
  2. ai - - air (air). Before the consonant R
  3. ae - [ɪ:] - aegis (patronage, aegis)
  4. au - [o] - autumn (autumn)
  5. ea, ee - [ɪ:] - meal (food). Only if the vowel is not followed by the letter R
  6. ea, ee - [ɪə] - dear (dear). In position before R
  7. ie - [ɪ:] - field (field).
  8. oa - or - boat (boat)
  9. oi, oy - - enjoy (enjoy)
  10. oo or [u] or - moon (moon), book (book), poor (poor)
  11. ou - - ground (ground). In the middle of a word

Silent consonants

Those who reads Englishfor quite a long time, they rarely remember all the rules of pronunciation of diphthongs. And even more so, during the reading process, not everyone pays attention to the fact that some consonants are mute. But at the initial stage of learning, it is important to remember that the following letters are not readable in English:

  • G and K before N at the beginning and end of a word. Foreign
  • B and N after M. Autumn (autumn)
  • W before R. Wrong (incorrect)
  • P before N and S. Psychology (psychology)

Learn to read English from scratchYou can do it yourself. Don't try to cover everything at once, learn the sounds gradually. After you learn a diphthong or letter, do not forget to consolidate the result by performing special pronunciation exercises.

In fact, there are a huge number of rules for reading in English and exceptions to them; we have considered only the main ones. True, it is completely unnecessary to learn them all. When learning new words, immediately memorize their pronunciation and spelling. This way you won’t have an urgent need to master all the rules of reading.

Teaching preschoolers (and children in grades 1-2) to read is a topic that raises so many questions that I decided not to write about it in about preschoolers, but to highlight it in a separate article. So, today about the most pressing issues of teaching reading in English.

Very often, parents, remembering how they once learned the language, ask this almost classic question:

What about transcription?

First of all, transcription doesn’t teach you how to read.. And I never taught. Those who have studied transcription, admit it: when reading a text in English, do you imagine it written down with transcription symbols? Of course not. No transcription is needed to read.

Transcription helps you find out how to pronounce an unfamiliar word. Previously, almost the only way to find out when there was no teacher nearby was a paper dictionary. Therefore, while studying the rules of reading (in the fifth grade, by the way), we immediately took transcription icons so that the children could use the dictionary at home. I repeat, not for reading, for using a dictionary! But now we have a lot of all kinds of resources at our disposal. There is also a textbook with an audio application, where new words, texts, songs, etc. are voiced; you have a computer, smartphone or tablet with voiced dictionaries, and in extreme cases, almost any online dictionary provides the opportunity to listen to a new word. Children look at a paper dictionary less and less often. And that's okay. This is progress.

Secondly, transcription will only confuse a small child. It can be given starting from the youngest adolescence. In the same fifth grade it is quite possible, although now it is no longer necessary. Imagine, a preschooler or a first-grader who has just recently learned the Russian alphabet is studying the English alphabet - these are already two sign systems that he must keep in his head. And here some introduce a third sign system, which is needed to decipher the second. Doesn't it sound complicated? Now imagine how difficult it is for a child. No, a child with a good memory will, of course, master this too. But why? Everything has its time.

Why can't you sign words in Russian letters?

Sometimes I see that some parents and even (oh horror!) colleagues sign the child’s word as it is read in Russian letters. You can't do that. Never. At all.

Firstly, Russian letters cannot convey English sounds. By writing words in Russian letters, you spoil your child’s pronunciation. Which, by the way, is formed most naturally in childhood.

Secondly, if the word is signed in Russian, what will the child do? That's right, he will read it. Do not remember how it is written in English, but read these same Russian letters. He will remember how the word sounds, but if he encounters this word in a new text, he most likely will not recognize it.

With preschoolers and younger schoolchildren learning to read begins with alphabet And sounds. And the main role is played not by the alphabet, but by sounds. It is very easy to remember the alphabet - just regularly play alphabet songs for your child, which are available on YouTube great multitude. But in order to start reading, a child must learn which letter of the alphabet makes which sound. To do this, my students and I (using games with cards, videos, TPR - about it) for each letter of the alphabet remember its sound and one or two words that begin with this sound. For example, seeing the letter Bb, children immediately remember the ball, and therefore the sound /b/. At home you can additionally listen to these: phonics songs.

There are two ways to teach children to read. And the best effect will be if you use both methods at the same time.

Whole word method.

This method of teaching reading is offered by the authors of most children's textbooks. According to this method, new words are given as follows: picture + word. Children look in the textbook at pictures with words labeled with them, listen, repeat after the speaker, and play with cards. Typically, the teacher uses two sets of cards: picture cards and word cards. In special educational games with these cards, children remember which word goes with which picture.

That is, the mechanism is this: the child does not parse the word into sounds, he correlates the visual image of the whole word with its sound (thanks to this, the method of whole words can begin to be used in parallel with the study of the alphabet and sounds, without waiting until all the letters are learned). Then, seeing the studied word in the text, the child remembers how it sounds and can read it. This method is good because almost half of the words in English are exceptions that are not read according to the rules and there is simply no other way to learn these words or remember them.

Phonics teaching method.

The whole word method alone is still not enough. In order for a child to really read well, it is better to supplement the textbook with its whole-word method by studying reading according to the rules. For this purpose, phonics are used with children from 6 years of age - these are manuals where words are collected in groups, depending on what rule it is read by. By listening and reading these groups of words, the child develops reading patterns. For example, after listening, repeating after the speaker and, perhaps, playing the words cat-fat-mat-bat in games, most children themselves will be able to read the word sat and similar ones.

Usually, phonics are beautiful books with pictures, audio and sometimes video applications (the ones I like are Oxford Phonics World for preschoolers and Sounds Great for starters, both in 5 parts), there are also interactive programs (Starfall, Teach Your Monster to Read) and video courses (for example, an amazing course Hooked on Phonics). Some authors provide phonics directly in the textbook, for example, the Family and Friends textbook contains phonics, but they are spread out over several years (!) of study. In fact, one school year is enough to learn all the rules of reading for children.

Gradually, when children learn to put letters into words, you can begin to select simple books for 4-5 year old children, in which each page has a huge picture and one small sentence. Many of them contain simple vocabulary that is already 80 percent familiar to students, but there is a lot of delight from such books - even if you read a whole book in English!

Like this, since kindergarten You can teach a child to read in a fun and interesting way, without discouraging him from learning with transcriptions he doesn’t understand, and instill a love of reading.

I hope you found this article helpful. If you have questions or additions, please write in the comments. Good luck in learning English!

Dear Guest! You have decided to start learning English and, of course, the first thing you want to know is how to learn to read English from scratch. It is believed that the most difficult thing in the English language is learning to read correctly. And it is true! The English language has a historical principle for the formation of words, so many words in it are read differently than they are written. Have you heard the phrase Why is it written Liverpool, and is pronounced Manchester??

And this article is for those who want to find out general outline, how to learn to read English from scratch on your own.

How to learn to read English from scratch?

1. Where to start? - English alphabet!

let's start from the English alphabet. First just listen to it:

ABC Song (classic British version)


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So you've heard all 26 English letters. Here english alphabet in tables. To enlarge, click on the picture.

TABLE 1: English alphabet (printed)

TABLE 2: English alphabet (capital letters)

The alphabet is given for informational purposes only; there is no need to learn it yet. Remember that only There are 26 letters in the English language, of which 20 are consonants and 6 are vowels. So let's get started!

2. How to learn to read English from scratch? Reading English consonants and their letter combinations

Those starting to learn English from scratch should understand that the sounds in the English language are radically different from the sounds in the Russian language, so it is especially difficult to “get started.” After all, first we need to accustom our mouth (articulatory apparatus) to English pronunciation, as phoneticians say, “set the pronunciation.” It's not easy, but it's worth it.


And for the rest, I’ll tell you that out of 20 English consonant sounds, there are those whose pronunciation almost coincides with similar consonant sounds in the Russian language (group I).

Group I. English consonant sounds similar to Russian:

Letters l, m, n.— Sounds

English letter L l- sound [l] - read as “l” (only hard, as in the word varnish and at the same time press your tongue firmly against the roof of your mouth).

English letter M m- sound [m] - read as “m” (only clench your lips more tightly than when pronouncing the Russian “m”).

English letter N n- sound [n] - read as “n” (only press the tongue not against the teeth, as in Russian, but against the tubercles above the teeth, higher than the teeth and stronger!)

Imagine! Of the 20 English consonant sounds, there are only 3 sounds whose pronunciation you don’t need to worry about. But the remaining 17... may cause a Russian accent! However, you can learn to read them correctly YOURSELF!

Group II. English consonant sounds, incorrect pronunciation causes Russian accent:

The English language lacks letters that convey some sounds, for example, Russian “sh”, “ch”, as well as the interdental sound “s”. These sounds are expressed using letter combinations. There are 4 such letter combinations in total.

Reading English letter combinations:

1. Letter combination sh -

Letter combination sh read as the sound "sh". In transcription this sound is designated [∫].

Letter combination ch reads as a hard “ch” sound. In transcription this sound is designated.

Letter combination ck read as the sound "k". In transcription this sound is designated [k].

4. Letter combination th -

Letter combination th read [Ɵ] or [ð]. There is NO such sound in the Russian language. Learn pronounce the letter combination TH correctly.

4. Letter combination qu -

Letter combination qu read . These are two sounds [k] and [w]. There is NO sound [w] in the Russian language. To pronounce it, you need to fold your lips into a tube, as for the sound “u”, and then quickly move your lips apart. Find sound [w] in the TABLE OF ENGLISH SOUNDS and listen to it.

TOTAL you have studied 4 English letter combinations: sh, ch, th, qu.

Table 3 “English consonants” (in parentheses it is indicated how they are read)


ARROWS indicate that letters Ss, Gg, Ss, Xx are read in two ways, depending on which letter they appear in front of. This phenomenon is called

3. Reading English consonants and their letter combinations

Vowels in English are read in a special way. As you, I hope, remember in the English language there are 6 vowel letters: Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu, Yy, and when reading they convey 20 vowel sounds, since each is read in 4 ways. Of course, I won’t be able to explain all this in one article! You can learn more about reading English vowels from lesson on teaching reading in English No. 21

So, in this article I tried to explain, how to learn to read English from scratch, introduced you to the English alphabet and told you how to read English consonants, letter combinations and vowels. What is unclear, write in the comments! Good luck!

In conclusion, a task for those who are learning to read English from scratch:

1) listen to the song “English alphabet” - 5 times

3) watch a video from the wonderful film “My Fair Lady”, which is dedicated teaching correct English pronunciation))) You will see how Eliza Doolittle studies pronounce the sound [h] correctly.

She repeats the phrase " ln Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen"(translation of this phrase: Hurricanes are rare in Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire). When pronouncing this phrase in English, she does not pronounce the [h] sound at all (this is a strong exhalation). It sounds like this: ln Ertford, Ereford and Ampshire Urricanes Ardly ever Appen", and Mr. Higgins teaches her, how to pronounce the sound [h] correctly.

Most parents understand that being able to speak English fluently will be critical to their child's future success, especially if they want to study at prestigious universities. However, learning a language is not so easy, especially for children. Many parents would like to teach their children English language right at home, but don’t know where to start.

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Nowadays there are many online games for memorizing grammar rules and developing vocabulary, songs, stories and poems in English, videos and a whole range of interactive exercises and tasks that make learning English a pleasure.

For English lessons to bring visible results, you need to interest the child. We would like to present you with several resources, the materials of which can truly captivate a child in the process of learning English.

An excellent online resource with a huge selection of games for children. The site is very colorful, everything is written in capital letters and in Russian - it will be easy for your child and you, if you do not speak English, to find topics that suit you. Read, color, learn words, the alphabet, Teremok will help you!

This site is British and here you can find not only exercises for learning English, but also for learning other school subjects in English! Suitable for children with a more advanced level of language knowledge and for those who are interested in in-depth study of English.

This resource is divided into sections (grammar, vocabulary, etc.). Each section has a number of exercises to practice. Don't be alarmed by the fact that this portal is presented in English. If your child does not yet know English very well, then an English-language website and wording of tasks will be of benefit to him.

Finally

Remember that it is important to help your child learn foreign language, support, praise him and then in the future it will not be difficult for him to speak like a real native speaker! Confidence in English can give your child an advantage in making the most of educational and career opportunities in the future. But do not forget that for better results you can always turn to qualified specialists who can even give advice via Skype.

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Any child sooner or later masters oral and written speech. When adults nearby speak their native language, problems with understanding the language and learning to read and write, as a rule, do not arise. The situation is a little different with a foreign language, which needs to be learned for one reason or another. Here you have to put in a lot more effort and it doesn’t hurt to know certain methodological techniques that will allow you to teach your child to read in English, for example, in the shortest possible time.

How to teach a child to read English: step 1

You should start by learning the alphabet, as in the Russian language. First we learn the names of the letters, then we introduce the child to the sounds that each letter can convey. The child must clearly form the concept of the “letter-sound” relationship, because some letters in English can be pronounced differently from how they are written (for example, Ss [s] [z], Сс [s] [k], etc.) .

Whether or not to teach a child how to depict sounds (that is, a transcription of the sound meaning of a letter) is up to you. Previously in educational institutions This was given special importance; today schools manage without it. If your child is able to learn quickly, if he has a keen sense of language and learning gives him pleasure, why not? You can teach him transcriptions so he has an idea of ​​what basic English sounds look like on paper. Knowledge of transcription will give the child the opportunity to independently figure out how to read this or that word, understand many tasks in English textbooks, which certainly contain information about sounds, and read words correctly in dictionaries.

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But! Don’t focus on this - this is just an additional nuance that the child does not need to know. He should not suddenly learn the correct pronunciation and reading of all sounds at once - it is quite enough to learn together the most important transcriptions (for example, basic vowels and consonants). He will come to understand the rest over time.

You can study letters with your child in the same way as studying Russian letters - familiarizing yourself with their images in books, playing with cards, drawing them on paper, etc.

The most big problems children test with those letters that superficially resemble the letters of their native language (P, N, S, etc.). Since children have only recently learned these Russian letters, it is quite difficult for them to rebuild psychologically. Don't worry - calmness and repeated repetition will easily solve this problem.

Sometimes children have difficulty reading the following letter combinations: sh, th, kn. Don’t rush here either - sooner or later children will learn these subtleties and remember them, because each child masters this literacy in his own way, at his own speed and according to his own system.

How to teach a child to read English: step 2

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The most the main problem When learning to read English words, not only for children, but also for adults, there is a discrepancy between the pronunciation of words and their visual representation, with their writing. At the same time, some quickly overcome this confusion, while others need quite a long time to do this.

You should start with the simplest examples, with the shortest words, for example, Kate and cat, car and hare, spot, box, pot, dog, etc. This way, the process of learning to read in English goes faster for children, because they learn using the same system to read in Russian as well – they learn from the simple, from the ability to put letters into words. In this way, the learning system will be understandable to the child and have a certain logic, which will increase the speed of learning. Gradually, as in the Russian language, the child will move from easier words to reading more complex and longer ones.

It is important that when selecting materials for your first reading lessons, you choose the right books. The majority of the textbook should be taken up by large, colorful pictures. The number of words and exercises should be small so that the child does not overwork, otherwise his interest in learning will quickly disappear.

Over time, you will understand when your child needs to complicate a task - then you can increase the number of practical exercises. It is very important for parents to have patience - remember how long it took you to teach your child to read in Russian, how much time has passed since the child learned to put letters into syllables, and syllables into words.

How to teach a child to read English: step 3

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So, when the child already feels quite free when reading simple short words, you can move on to training in reading more complex ones. Each time, independently show your child how to read this or that complex word. The child must remember the entire word.

An important role is played by the child’s control over the correctness of his reading, otherwise the incorrect memorization of the word and its subsequent pronunciation may become firmly entrenched in the child’s memory.

It is ideal to use audio materials to accompany the words you read - now they are included with almost all textbooks for beginners. Invite your child to read with you or with the narrator on the tape, let him imitate his speech. At first he may feel funny and uncomfortable, but over time he will begin to get better at it. At the same time, you kill two birds with one stone - you teach him not only reading, but also correct pronunciation. The same approach allows the child to learn to feel intonation and the breakdown of sentences into meaningful segments.


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Here, as in all previous stages, huge role Regularity and systematicity of exercises, constant training and strict adult control play a role. The more exercise, the better.

Very important point is to control the child’s understanding of what he is reading aloud. Each time after reading a piece of text (sentence, paragraph, etc.), ask the child to retell this segment to you. The fact is that a person always learns and remembers much better what he understands. In addition, this way you teach your child to quickly master the information read, and not just mechanically read the text.

Try to avoid reading the same piece of text multiple times, or memorizing entire sections by heart. This may help develop his memory, but it will not improve his reading comprehension. Practice texts with different content each time - this helps develop your thinking skills in English.

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If you see that after reading the text the child does not understand anything at all, do not worry - this is completely natural and normal. Together with your child, take on the translation of each sentence. It is not at all necessary that this translation be literary, beautiful and accurate - even if it is “clumsy” and illiterate from the point of view of the Russian language, it will give the student a feel for the grammatical structure of the English language.

Every time before reading a new passage, remind your child to try to immediately understand the meaning of what he read. Over time, even the most difficult to teach children get used to this scheme of work and begin to understand the minimal meaning of sentences.

Do not try to increase your reading speed in English in parallel with learning to read. The most important thing is to learn to read words correctly from a grammatical and phonetic point of view.

Good speed will come with time, but if a child’s pronunciation skills are incorrect, it will be much more difficult to correct, so it’s better to start it right away. In addition, reading speed in itself is not of any importance, not only in English, but also in Russian.

Dear parents, remember - the child needs your help and love! Be calm and patient, don't rush things! Sooner or later, your child will learn to read correctly, and if he has the right motivation (whether it’s going on a summer vacation abroad or just spending quality time with mom or dad), he’ll quickly cope with any task!

Dear readers! What problems did you encounter when teaching your child to read in English? Or maybe you have found your own interesting way to teach reading? Tell us about your experience in the comments.