Q: What enables the Reading Kingdom to teach English as a second language? A: Other reading programs concentrate on teaching the sounds of words. That leads them to select words on the basis of their sounds rather than their meaning. For example, a child may see a page of "at" words like "cat, fat, sat" and a page of "en" words like "men, pen, ten." This results in the beginning reader seeing strange sentences such as "Ben bit the belt." For native language users, this is bad, and for non-English speaker, it is terrible. By contrast, the Reading Kingdom offers meaningful messages right from the outset. Following developmental principles, the program mirrors the way children learn spoken language. By the time a reader has learned only ten words, he or she hears, sees and writes simple but basic phrases such as "this girl," "some kids," "some more kids." The program then moves on to elementary sentences that introduce the basic noun-verb relationships of the language such as "here are some boys," and "they are walking." It then continues to build systematically to complex sentences that are the foundation of the effective use of English. In all cases, the language is accompanied by graphics and animation that bring the words to life. The animation is not only appealing, but crucial in teaching the meaning of various parts of speech. For example, verbs like "walk," "fix," "cry," and "fall" come to life as characters demonstrate their meanings.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:30:00 +0000
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