Personally, I would like to share what for me are the highlights at this stage:

1. Acquiring the new language in a natural and unconscious way. I believe that this is the best way to do it, their mind is not focused on rules or concerned with pronouncing well or not, rather they in their innocence are capturing and internalizing in their mind, and in due time they will make use of the language.

2. They have all the time in the world. Infants don't have to worry about work, household chores, or other activities. They have so much time to learn it, so if the learning is continuous and with a good program it will undoubtedly help the acquisition to be faster.

3.  Acquisition is better than learning. When this happens, they are more likely to achieve a better pronunciation and perception of the language and culture, so taking advantage of it from an early age will make it so that in their later stages of their life it will not be so complicated.

Additional as teachers in the teaching of English it is essential to remember the main stages of a child's life and the possible achievements they can achieve:

1. Period of silence: This alludes to the stage of a baby, when they only look, listen and communicate by gestures or facial expressions

2. Beginnings: Emits single words or short phrases, can make use of memorization.

3. Development: Construction of memorized words with attachments of new vocabulary, over time children begin to create more complete sentences.

Without a doubt, learning a language from "early childhood" is much better than learning it as adults, even the Brains Nursery School of Madrid (2016) explains that:

"Children who start learning English from an early age develop their brains so that:

-  Have greater ability to concentrate

-  Have greater agility and problem-solving ability

-  Can perform multiple tasks at the same time

-  They make more connections between different concepts

-  Improves attention and memory"

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In order to share my comments and thoughts on the most important points of the units we see in class, I share with you this space. I hope you can enjoy it!

-Classification and categorization of information

- Development of attention, working memory and adaptability

-Reading fluency and Literacy

- Metalinguistic awareness (the ability to recognize rules and patterns within a language)

Functional plasticity – the more the brain grows and changes, the more effective in learning and development.

References

Byrnes, R. (May 21, 2020). studycat. Retrieved from Bilingualism and the Brain: How Learning a New Language Affects Your Child: https://studycat.com/how-language-learning-affects-childs-brain/

Cambridge. (2022). Cambridge Assessment. Retrieved from How children learn languages: https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/parents-and-children/how-to-support-your-child/how-children-learn-languages/

-Sight -Taste -Smell -Sound -Touch -Do -Play

Although the brain continues to learn, learning is not as natural as in early childhood, so constant and continuous learning of the English language is required. (Barrera, 2020)

We have to consider the stages of production:

·         Pre-production stage (0-6 months) – No yet able to speak or to use what s/he learned (Silent period)

·         Early production stage (6 months – 1 year) – Produce 1 -2 words responses and their comprehension is limited

·         Speech emergent stage (1-3 years) - Good comprehension and is able to produce simple sentences

·         Intermediate fluency stage (3-5 years) – Excellent comprehension and make few errors

·         Advanced fluency state (5-7 years) – Children have near-native level of speech

Barrera, A. (March 04, 2020). Open blog in English. Learned from Learn how children learn other languages: https://www.openenglish.com/blog/es/aprenden-otros-idiomas-junior/

Learnign styles:

Verbal

Visual

Musical

Physical

Logical-Mathematical

Social

Solitary

Combination

 

Reference:

Barrera, A. (March 04, 2020). Open blog in English. Learned from Learn how children learn other languages: https://www.openenglish.com/blog/es/aprenden-otros-idiomas-junior/

·         Communicative competence: The ability to understand and use the language effectively to communicate in authentic social and school environments.
·         Maturity of communication: Ability to respond to a situation in the most appropriate manner

 

To communicate effectively in the language are learning, it's important a good understanding of the linguistic, sociolinguistic, and sociocultural aspects of language.

The children learn to communicate by watching and listening principally. If we want to help our students to communicate quicker and develop their skills as soon as possible, we need to have more communication with them.

 
References
Kumon. (October 2021). The importance of children developing good communication skills. Obtained from kumon.com.uk: https://www.kumon.co.uk/blog/the-importance-of-children-developing-good-communication-skills/#:~:text=A%20child%20will%20learn%20to,they%20will%20develop%20these%20skills. 

FraserHealth. (2021). fraserheatlh.ca. Obtained from Intellectual Development in Children: https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/children-and-youth/intellectual-development-in-children#.Yk9EGyjMJD8 

Himmel, J. (2012). colorincolorado.org. Retrieved from Add new comment: https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/language-objectives-key-effective-content-area-instruction-english-learners

 

Unit 2 
In this unit we also learned 3 important meanings:

Retention and practice skills (Degree to be able to remember some previously practiced material after an elapsed period of time)

Family and Social environment (Refers to the way that family, classroom, and neighborhood influences or supports the interactions that occurs on children)


Cultural issues ( Involves family culture, school and others aspects) The studentes with disabilities must be included in the activities.


Is so important that when teacher is planning the class, family must be included in all the activities related of the students

That is why as a teacher of the English language it is essential that I set aside the necessary time between each activity. So that in this way my students can assimilate the content.

 - Support students adjustment to school
-Contribute to the develop of their skills
- Promote academic performance
-Foster students' resiliency
-etc

And it is that all students go through different circumstances or problems inside the house. That is why as a teacher it is important that I not only focus on giving the class but also that I can get to know them.

 

It reminds me of a movie on Netflix where the teacher plays a group of "young rebels,” but she is extremely interested and makes her students better citizens and students.

By Cambridge Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es-LA/dictionary/english  

_{ALL CHILDREN IN THE SAME CLASSROOM, IN THE SAME SCHOOLS}

In our days more schools are inclusive, that is, they allow students of all types of nationality, sex, race, orientation, religion, color, etc. And although all that is incredibly good, I personally believe that already individually as teachers all this should be considered.

I think of this this way, because a school may be inclusive, but sometimes it is the teachers who due to their prejudices or culture do not apply inclusivity in students.

How important it is that we can all respect each other and that they value people as they are.

Because the child has enormous learning abilities, it is in this state that teachers must provide them with an environment that allows them to develop the full potential of their abilities.

"When we're able to combine social, emotional, affective, and cognitive together, we are creating many many more interconnections in the developing brain."  (Cantor,2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1VoUImKYDE

Evaluation: Is concerned as the macro or holistic level of learning events. Take the context of the learning and all its factors.

Evaluation is part of the learning process; however, students should not feel fear or additional nerves, this should be presented as feedback, in which it allows them to correct their mistakes, and really learn.

 So, this teaches me that I must be careful when taking "exams" and when it comes to putting a grade only based on the exam.

As the article says, "the benefits are almost infinite", this is so, because learning English at an early age benefits the healthy development of brains and mental functions over time when you approach school age, you will be able to have better academic grades and more confidence when talking to natives, and when they reach adulthood,  they will be able to get a better job.

--In your view, what are the most relevant highlights of the article?

The article talks about 2 main pages, how to help children learn English, and what activities to do with them so that their learning is fun and didactic.

Although I would also add that the article highlights the amazing ability that children have to learn new things, but at the same time the reasons why some things.

--What else would you add to this article to enrich the content?

I think that the information that appears in the article is particularly good, however, I think I would add some references to web pages that contain some program or study plan, as well as multimedia resources.

I think I could also add what techniques to use at different ages, even videos show how other teachers teach English, since it benefits even more.

 

https://www.britishcouncil.sg/blog/how-help-young-children-learn-english 

-Listening

-Understanding

-Speaking

-Reading

-Writing 

 

I know that this is not new, but I consider it to be the best method. On the contrary I think I should add that the groups should be reduced so that the teacher can help each of them, the classes should be dynamic, 100% English with novel tools and technologies. But at an affordable cost so that many can learn.

If it comes to Information Technology, I believe that my school should invest in a dynamic and attractive platform that can help in the learning and development of students, according to their age.