How Can English Education for Preschool Children Be Developed?
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.235How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Preschool Children; English Teaching; Language Learning
- Abstract
With the strengthening and deepening of international communication, English occupies the most important position among thousands of languages in the world as the universal language. In many non-English speaking countries with well-developed educational resources, English learning (EL) has been popularized among preschool children. However, many people are sceptical about preschool children’s early learning of English and believe that it may affect children’s later language learning (LL). English educators are also discussing if it is better for children to learn English as early as possible and what teaching strategies should educators adopt according to children’s learning characteristics. The purpose of this article is to discuss the aforementioned issues in light of the physiological, emotional and cognitive factors and proposes a few strategies that educators can use in their language teaching classroom, for example, to create a better learning environment, encourage the use of technology devices, and enhance student confidence and self-esteem. This article also examines the current situation and future development of China’s preschool English education in combination with China’s current education policies: the proportion of English in academic work of preschool students in China is decreasing, and English as a second language for preschoolers may flourish in the direction of interest and elites.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xintong Xie PY - 2022 DA - 2022/06/01 TI - How Can English Education for Preschool Children Be Developed? BT - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1306 EP - 1309 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220504.235 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.235 ID - Xie2022 ER -