When is a good time to start learning English?

Children aged 3-8 have an advantage that adults can't surpass in learning a second language.

American scientists once did a test, that is, a grammar test was given to some Asian immigrants ten years after they immigrated to the United States. The test results show that people who immigrated to the United States before the age of seven or eight have no less mastery of the language than children born in the United States, while those who immigrated to the United States as adults have been in the United States as long as children, but their understanding of the language is far less than that of children.

Children have advantages that adults can't surpass in learning a second language. People who start learning a second language after adulthood often speak a second language with an accent of their mother tongue. More and more teaching practice and research seem to show that language learning should start at a younger age.

Before the age of 6, it is the best time for children to learn English. Listening to English stories and ear grinding training is better when children are younger. For example, 2-year-old children don't need to master stories and imitate pronunciation when listening to stories, but more focus on cultivating children's interest in English, which is an important edifying work. Parents can persist in listening to English stories with their children for a long time and cultivate their children's interest in English and reading, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Compared with/kloc-children over 0/2 years old have basically formed Chinese thinking, and it is difficult to establish American thinking. Many education experts believe that 4 to 8 years old is the best time for children to learn a second mother tongue. However, if children learn English after this age, they will be easily disturbed by Chinese thinking in their studies and will eventually become? Translation between English and Chinese? , seriously affecting children's English learning.

Generally speaking, 3- 15 years old is the best time for children to learn English, and the earlier the better. Create an English environment for children from an early age, so that children can not only learn English, but also use English daily, have a deeper understanding of the English language and become a second mother tongue.