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Dr. Ran Hu Institute of Biophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China June 7, 2010 中英同步学习法 Warm-up Questions When do you think is the best time for children to learn? What to learn at the early age? How to learn? Emergent Literacy and Biliteracy Maria Clay (1967) It is used to describe how children go through a long and gradual process of becoming literate. Emergent literacy challenges the view that children acquire knowledge about reading and writing only through formal literacy instruction. Children gain important literacy prerequisites by observing others who take part in literacy activities and by participating in informal literacy events themselves (Justice Kaderavek, 2002). Emergent literacy theorists and researchers have demonstrated with data that children are becoming literate as infants from their first exposure to print. What to learn? They learn through their relationships with literate others about how to hold a book, how to read from left to right, how speech and print are related, and how to get meaning from letters and words instead of pictures. How to learn observation Imitation Repetition When to start learning English? The best age – 0-5 Language Learning vs. Language acquisition (语言学习 vs 语言习得) 创造语言环境？ Rich in print Music CD/movie Be the example of learning 如何鼓励和奖励孩子对英语学习的热情？ Positive reinforcement Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic motivator 认知，读写有先后吗？ Recognize/identify Reading and writing The order of the alphabet 整体学习法 (Holistic Approach) 语音，词汇，语法为整体 交际功能和听说读写技能为整体 学和用为整体 传授知识和培养能力为整体 - (Ding, 2007) 英文和中文为整体 Bilingual Books 双语儿童文学 Picture talk Prediction Background knowledge Making connection Picture commenting Voice children’s opinion Making inference Thank you for your attention. * *