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LeapPad learning system for learning english as a second language. Good idea?
I have been wondering if the LeapPad® Learning System
(http://www.leapfrog.com/do/findprodu...d=leappadfirst) is suitable for a non-english speaking 6 years old kid to learn english as a second language. I would really like to see some opinions about it. Suggestions for alternative devices for this same purpose are also welcome. Thanks in advance. Joao |
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LeapPad learning system for learning english as a second language. Good idea?
"Joao Barros" wrote in message
om... I have been wondering if the LeapPad® Learning System (http://www.leapfrog.com/do/findprodu...&id=leappadfir st) is suitable for a non-english speaking 6 years old kid to learn english as a second language. I would really like to see some opinions about it. Suggestions for alternative devices for this same purpose are also welcome. Not a device, per se, but Headsprout Early Reading, an on-line web-delivered reading program, is being used by a many home users and schools for ESL children: http://www.headsprout.com Another point of note, no other program that purports to teach reading will provide the guarantee provided by Headsprout (see: http://www.headsprout.com/FAQs/#r4 ) -- note, not just "satisfaction" but "amazement" is guaranteed. "Your Amazement Guaranteed Buy Headsprout and give it a real try and we guarantee you will be amazed. Take as long as you want to complete the program, but you'll know right away that it works. If you're not amazed at the progress you see within just 30 days, just send us an email within that time to receive a complete refund. No hassles having to return anything - you keep the Headsprout Booklets and Progress Map. There's no risk in purchasing Headsprout." -- "There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numbers and those who don't." ----------------------------- Byron "Barn" Canfield |
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LeapPad learning system for learning english as a second language. Good idea?
"Byron Canfield" wrote in message news:ackob.47931$mZ5.290851@attbi_s54... "Joao Barros" wrote in message om... I have been wondering if the LeapPad® Learning System (http://www.leapfrog.com/do/findprodu...&id=leappadfir st) is suitable for a non-english speaking 6 years old kid to learn english as a second language. I would really like to see some opinions about it. Suggestions for alternative devices for this same purpose are also welcome. Leapfrog now has some bilingual English/Spanish materials, and while they're designed to help English speaking kids learn Spanish, it may help the other way. When I taught ESL, we used a scaffolding technique in reading, where we would take isolated words which were key vocabulary and act them out, chant them, dance them, and similar. Nouns which could be acted out or pointed to (preferably a physical object, but a picture if needed), Action verbs, some adjectives. Then, we put the same words in sentences, and would act, sing, dance, and chant the sentences. Finally, this progressed to stories, where the children already had the key vocabulary. This made it easier to teach other words in context. Spanish-speaking children often do well learning reading phonetically, and in our experience, teaching reading while teaching spoken language, if the child is old enough to be beginning reading already, can be more effective than just teaching spoken language, because as the child begins to decode words, he puts the words with ones he's heard in context, and builds the spoken vocabulary. The biggest, and most important thing is to immerse the child in English. Label everything. Watch Sesame Street and similar shows WITH your child, and use it to help teach vocabulary. In general, young children learn pretty quickly, and the faster you build the vocabulary, the more successful the child will be. -- "There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numbers and those who don't." ----------------------------- Byron "Barn" Canfield |
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