TIPS FOR HELPING YOUR CHILD LEARN ENGLISH

Looking for some tips on how to help your child learn English? We’ve provided some suggestions below to help get you started – some that go with our collection of free online ESL eBooks and accompanying printables and other general suggestions that can be used without:

Tips for helping your child learn English using our levelled ESL resources:

• Read the selected online English eBook with your child. You may read the eBook aloud or have your child read it to you.
• Have your child make a list of unknown vocabulary words from the eBook. They can then look these words up using an English dictionary.
• Ask your child to make a list of all the English verbs, pronouns or adjectives they can find in the eBook.
• Have your child write a summary of the eBook.
• Have your child read the eBook aloud using different tones of voice (happy, sad, angry...).
• Take turns reading one of our Conversational eBooks with your child. You can play one role, your child the other.
• Have your child make up their own answers to the questions asked in our Conversational eBooks. For example, if a character asks how much something costs, your child can answer with a different amount than the salesperson gives.
• Have your child create their own word searches or crossword puzzles using vocabulary from the eBook.
• Purchase worksheets and activities that accompany each of our eBooks for additional ideas.
• View our tutorial page to explore different ways our ESL eBooks can be used. 

Other suggestions to help your child learn English:

• ​Listen to English radio stations (news/programs/music).
• Watch English TV channels.
• Have your child watch their favourite DVDs in English. They can either listen to the movies in English or view the subtitles in English.
• Arrange an English pen pal for your child so they can practice their writing skills.
• Enroll your child in an English summer camp.
• Have your child practice writing English in various formats: greeting cards, grocery lists, notes, diary entries, etc.
• Have your child listen to English CDs/music.
• Have your child read English newspapers/magazines.

Have any other useful tips you’d like to add to our list? Feel free to share!
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