This is a re-post from my old blog.
Our center offers Speech
and Communication Program for Kids. Well, I enjoy teaching this program less than
the one for Adults but I sincerely find it.. FUN.
I don’t have any trouble
teaching this program, my trouble involves parents and their UNREALISTIC
expectations from it. When I ask clients why they are
interested about the program, they normally answer that they want their
children to be ‘English Speaking.’ They obviously overlook the fact that the
entire program runs only for 12 hours, that is 1 and a 1/2 hours for eight days
ONLY. Surely, they don’t expect their kids to talk in spontaneous English after
12 hours.
Some people just don’t get
it. If they want their children to speak in English, then, they, themselves,
have to talk to them in English at home. They don’t necessarily have to
really talk, as in conversationally, teaching the children common English words
will help. They can start with the things found at home like chair, bed, spoon, anything…
Cartoons need not be TAGALIZED so
kids would enjoy Spongebob, Dora, Wonder Pets and
the like. Education
starts at home and parents do not need Education units to
teach their children.
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