THE BEGINNING OF OUR PROJECT

Good and bad things based on our language learning experience

Good things

•  Good teachers.
•  Read books.
•  Native teachers.
•  Watch films.
•  Sing songs, play games, watch films…
•  Make exchanges.
• Speak with students in other countries.  
•  When you travel to another country and see that what you have learned is useful.
•  Knowing many languages gave you the chance to get more information.
•  Parent´s motivation.
• School gives the chance to learn English. 

Bad things

• Boring and no useful classes.  
• Bad teachers.
• No chance to improve speaking skills.
• School´s English level is not good.

Generally speaking, type of school that we like and dislike

Like

• Chance to socialize.
• A close relation between family and school.
• Work in corners.
• Trips.
• Close contact between students and teachers.
• Work in projects.
• Older children teach to younger children.
• Take into account the interests of children.

Dislike

• Too much theory
• Too much students in each class.
• No opportunity to improve creativity.
• No  importance to artistic lessons; like, music, plastic, dance …
• A lot of exams.
• The way to evaluate.
• Rivalry. 
• No respect learning speed of children.
• No relation between school and family. 

What we had learned at university that may be useful for us in this moment in the language area?

• Children have to connect a person with a specific language in the first years of their life.
• The first years of life are very important to learn languages because is easier and their capacity is stronger.
• When you have learned the mother tongue is easier to learn another language.
• To learn any language is important the interaction with other people.
• Children have to see English like something useful.
•  It must be a connection between what you are learning and the context.
•  The teacher must be a good model, he should speak correctly.
•   It is necessary the participation and the interaction for learn something.

Principals for our project to learn English

• More practical lessons.
• Work in corners.
• Close relation with family.
•  Develop artistic skills, such as; music, plastic, dance.

Questions we had while we were during this exercise

What is the best age to start learning English? 
What is the best way to teach English?
What kind of activities can we do?
What kind of songs can we sing with children?
How many hours per week?  
How can we get the interest of children?