By Aulia Rachmat, published in The Jakarta Post, August 20, 2006. As an international language, English plays a significant role in education. Many parents want their children to start learning the language at an early age. Many institutions offer English courses with various teaching methods, but parents need to be careful in choosing a method that best suits the needs of their children. Most very young children do not have a desire to study. However, they are able to absorb knowledge … [Read more...]
Fun, active learning leads to effective English
As English becomes more important to a child's future, many parents are sending their children to preschools that offer English as a subject. Furthermore, English courses for children are becoming more popular, with a number of teaching methods being used to teach English. Nevertheless, how effective are these methods for students at an early age? Most English institutions for children use rote learning. This is an approach to learning English where the alphabet is introduced as a visual … [Read more...]
Role of phonics in teaching children to read
Text and photos by Aulia Rachmat, published in The Jakarta Post, May 14, 2006. In the area of English language programs for children, phonics is becoming established as a basic concept to teach kids to read. A number of schools using international curriculum have adopted phonics as the fundamental approach to teaching children to read. Nevertheless, how effective is phonics as a method to teach children to read?Phonics is a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce words … [Read more...]
