{"id":394,"date":"2021-09-13T03:03:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T10:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2022-08-11T08:29:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T15:29:14","slug":"im-afraid-to-speak-why-does-your-kid-fail-to-speak-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/im-afraid-to-speak-why-does-your-kid-fail-to-speak-english\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m afraid to speak! Why does your kid fail to speak English?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <section class=\"section blogHeader\" id=\"blogHeader-block_62bbbf64db91d\">\n      <div class=\"blogHeader__wrapper\">\n                              <div class=\"blogHeader__image\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_295265099.webp\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_295265099.webp\" alt=\"Speaking english word trough megaphone\" class=\"blogHeader__imageItem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_295265099-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_295265099-1024x614.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_295265099-768x461.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_295265099-1536x922.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_295265099.webp 2000w\" style=\"width:100%; aspect-ratio:1024\/614;\"> \n              <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n          \n      <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n      <section class=\"blogContentTable\" data-toc-section>\n        <input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"blogTocToggle\" class=\"blogContentTable__toggle\" \/>\n        <label for=\"blogTocToggle\" class=\"blogContentTable__header\">\n            <span class=\"blogContentTable__heading\">\n                Table of contents            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"blogContentTable__arrow\"><\/span>\n        <\/label>\n        <div class=\"blogContentTable__wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"blogContentTable__heading blogContentTable__heading--sidebar\">\n                Table of contents            <\/div>\n            <ol class=\"blogContentTable__list\">\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Show me your tongue!<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">Gamification and VR are the best assistants in overcoming the language barrier<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">What is the plateau effect?<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"toc-item\">The Art of Small Steps<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ol>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <script>\n        \/\/ Use DOMContentLoaded for faster TOC initialization\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {\n            const tocSection = document.querySelector('[data-toc-section]');\n            if (!tocSection) return;\n\n            const headings = document.querySelectorAll('.blogHeadingText');\n            const tableContainer = tocSection.querySelector('.blogContentTable__list');\n            if (!tableContainer) return;\n\n            \/\/ Clear the container\n            tableContainer.innerHTML = '';\n\n            \/\/ Count valid headings with h2\n            let validHeadingsCount = 0;\n\n            \/\/ For each heading, create an item in the table of contents\n            headings.forEach((heading, index) => {\n                const h2 = heading.querySelector('h2');\n                if (!h2) return;\n\n                validHeadingsCount++;\n                const title = h2.textContent.trim();\n                const itemHtml = `<li><a href=\"#${heading.id}\">${title}<\/a><\/li>`;\n                tableContainer.innerHTML += itemHtml;\n            });\n\n            \/\/ Hide TOC if no valid headings found\n            if (validHeadingsCount === 0) {\n                tocSection.style.display = 'none';\n            }\n            \n            \/\/ Dispatch custom event to notify that TOC is ready\n            document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('tocReady'));\n        });\n    <\/script>\n  \n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogText\" id=\"blogText-block_62bbbf9bdb91e\">\n    <div class=\"blogText__wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"blogText__content\">\n            <p>Motivation is the key to learning any language; a 5- or 10-year-old may experience age-specific troubles. With a teacher who fails to motivate, English is lost on a kid. Struggling with pronunciation is the last straw. Who would want to demonstrate their inconsistency or, in the language of psychologists, \u201close their footing\u201d? Is there any reliable, successful way to help children learn a foreign language?<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bbbfb2db91f\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bbbfb2db91f\">\n                Show me your tongue!            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>Today, the non-translated communicative method of learning a language with native speakers is especially popular. These are online lessons with teachers from different countries worldwide. Seamless immersion into the language environment has a great advantage. No one will see your \u201cshame\u201d when you are alone with a teacher. This removes the fear of mistakes, but the child\u2019s curiosity will prevail even over the primary constraint, and a skilled teacher will find a way to make a student feel comfortable. With deep immersion in the language environment, the brain adapts faster, better perceiving English speech by ear.<\/p>\n<p>Pictures, facial expressions, gestures\u2026 and more and more new words are assembled into images, deposited in the subcortex. By the beginning of the first lesson, you may not know a single word, but tune in within just three minutes with the help of hints in pictures (without a single word in your native language!).<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bbbfd3db920\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bbbfd3db920\">\n                Gamification and VR are the best assistants in overcoming the language barrier            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>Digital natives\u2014children born after the launch of the internet \u2014are good at absorbing information through gadgets. What\u2019s the hitch? Game-based learning adapted by age is the best natural way for a child to gain new knowledge. This learning trend is referred to as gamification.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogImage\" id=\"blogImage-block_62bbbffcdb921\">\n    <div class=\"blogImage__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogImage__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_549191116-scaled-1.webp\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_549191116-scaled-1.webp\" alt=\"Child playing games in VR\" class=\"blogImage__imageItem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_549191116-scaled-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_549191116-scaled-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_549191116-scaled-1.webp 1024w\" >\n                <div class=\"glightbox__zoom\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/novakid\/public\/img\/icons\/search.svg\" alt=\"Zoom icon\" class=\"style-svg\">\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogText\" id=\"blogText-block_62bbc02fdb922\">\n    <div class=\"blogText__wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"blogText__content\">\n            <p><em>Different platforms offer different ways to play in English with kids, from online charades to VR tours around London with a friendly English-speaking guide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One more thing \u2013 traditional English lessons last an academic hour and are filled with similar actions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Online English learning<\/strong><\/a> allows you to switch between different activities and never get bored.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bbc060db923\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h3 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bbc060db923\">\n                What is the plateau effect?            <\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>This setback tends to happen to advanced language users. A child has some vocabulary (about 1,000 words) and can talk a little and\u2026 here the slope begins to flatten out. Why does learning become less effective now, and a child seems to be unable to breach certain barriers? Psychologists define this as a \u201cstage of boredom\u201d. Everything seemed so new and interesting at the beginning of the journey. The inevitable repetition of the topics, dialogue and words does not contribute much to enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>Is there any way to deal with this? An experienced teacher would see the plateau effect and try to implement something new to the learning process. This is easy to do in online classes. Teachers add games for small children and ambitious goals for older ones, such as reading Harry Potter in English or joining fan clubs on social media to communicate with peers. The main thing is to bring excitement to learning. Motivation supported by a goal plays into learners\u2019 hands at any age.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bbc07ddb924\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bbc07ddb924\">\n                The Art of Small Steps            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>And, finally, there is one more psychological technique to help overcome the fear of learning a foreign language, both for children and adults. At the beginning of the journey, any challenge (and learning a language is a real challenge) seems huge and scary. If this is the case, the method of \u201csmall steps to great achievements\u201d will help you.  Small wins will drive great success. 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