It is impossible today not to master English, even for the youngest. A selection of ideas and tools less costly than language stays in the UK, which will give children a taste for language and a desire to progress.
Sweating a workshop at home
More playful than the classic private English course at home: young English speakers come to the house to play or chat with your child. The program for the little ones: songs and babysitting 100% in English.
The older ones can try to create a comic or write a small play. The concept exists in all major cities.
Go to speaking-agency.fr (from 37 € per hour, or 18,50 € after tax exemption).
Choosing Courses Online
Elearning also exists for children. Whether free or paid, many websites are offering courses or exercises of English (and other languages) online.
As a directory, the Pages Pages Juniors list (and note) a large number of sites on which the 4 to 12 years can perfect their English in a playful way.
Two websites to help children learn English in s' fun
- Speakyplanet offers games that cover the vocabulary of English taught at primary school and college (5th and 6th). You can choose the category of the game (exploration and discovery, quiz, action, puzzle etc) and its theme (family and home, country and travel, human body, etc.).
This fun learning tool works by subscription : 12,95 € for 1 month, 8,30 € / month for 6 months and 5,95 € / month for 1 year.
- Novoenglish.com offers your child, college or teen, a special lesson : a 15-minute conversation in English on Skype (free videoconferencing software) or by telephone .
Several tariffs: 4 € the course of 15 minutes, 20 € the 5 courses, 75 € the 20 courses, 140 € the 40 courses or 260 € the 80 courses.
Find a language course ... without moving from France
An option now possible and necessarily a little cheaper than a stay in England or the United States, since there is the cost of transportation less.
Immersion full board promises a daily lecture by parents (totally bilingual as native English speakers) organize a real program outputs and activities.
With this system, your child lives in the UK time with a family that has been chosen and who shares the same centers of interest as he. More information on englishforsuccess.fr (from 695 € per week) or on english-en-france.com (from 610 € per week).
One caveat, however: this language course does not replace the total immersion in the host country and the discovery of a culture.
Offer a bilingual afternoon
A way to learn English off the beaten track: 3-hour cultural walks in English , accompanied by a guide, in a museum or neighborhood typical of the city.
In Paris , you can visit the Chocolate Museum or the Jardin des plantes in the language of Shakespeare.
In Marseilles , one takes the direction of the Museum of natural history. The advantage: the walk is done in groups of 4 children maxi, the ideal number to speak, exchange and think in English.
Rendez-vous on balakid.fr (75 € per child, decreasing from the 2nd).
Diving in a British bath
Reading stories and short novels allows to learn the English language including the overall meaning of the story without rushing to the dictionary when a word escapes him.
In the same genre, DVD VO are very good tools to learn English in s' fun. A playful way to train the ear to the famous English accent.
