Do you want your child to be bilingual?

It is important to understand the challenges and the process of learning a second language, so we can make the right choice as a parent and as a supporter of our child’s new journey.
How do we teach our classes and why?

Students learn new vocabulary and sentence structure using small felt figures, gestures, songs, games, and hands-on activities. These activities have been piloted with positive results on children for many years, once-per-week session giving us astonishing results with the students who stay in the program for at least one year.

This method of vocabulary learning turns classroom into a positive and fun learning experience. It follows the natural approach to learning a second language by providing the students with real-life experiences geared to learning vocabulary in a meaningful context, making language both more significant and more memorable. It also encourages the students to be active, enthusiastic and animated. Materials are presented in a simple comprehensible way.

The first activity is the introduction of new vocabulary with flashcards, felt animals, or toys. This activity promotes forming a mental picture of what it is said. Students learn from the very beginning to think in the foreign language; thus, avoiding translation. Then, the teacher asks the students to repeat the vocabulary and later integrates the same vocabulary in a song. The second activity consists of games. The teacher has at least three different games that relate to the same theme. The third activity involves children working individually doing exercises with paper, crayons, glue, and/or scissors. 

This communicative approach provides a language-learning environment free of anxiety.
 
Read more about how you can help your child to be successful on his new journey to learning a second language at http://www.wlispeak.org/parents.html