Parents are great at finding ways to make sure their children are engaged with learning English. From my experience, though, the best results come when parents join in with their children!<\/p>\n
Speaking English at home is highly beneficial, especially when your child is still young. This makes the language feel stress-free and fun, rather than a chore they need to get through at school. Over time, you\u2019ll see the positive effect as your child internalises the language and it flows out naturally in their speech and writing.<\/p>\n
Here are 7 fun topics that you can talk about with your child to get you started:<\/p>\n
1. If you won the mark six, what would you do with your fortune?<\/strong> 2. What is your first memory?<\/strong> 3. When you are an adult, how will you parent differently?<\/strong> 4. If we all lived in a zoo, what animals would we be?<\/strong> 5. What three things would you bring to a desert island?<\/strong> 6. If your life was a movie, which celebrity would you choose to play yourself?<\/strong> 7. Can you compliment each of your family members?<\/strong> Don\u2019t be afraid to have fun and be creative with your answers. Practise speaking English out of the classroom with your family and it will soon be second nature to all of you!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We love having students come to i-Learner to prepare<\/a> their Hong Kong Speech Festival performances. It gives us a great chance to see students express themselves in new and exciting ways. Our Gavel Club<\/a> and Public Speaking Classes<\/a> also give us a fantastic opportunity to help students communicate their ideas to the world.<\/em><\/p>\n Keep an eye out for the rest of the articles in this Public Speaking Series! We\u2019ve got insights from our expert teaching team into how you can improve your child\u2019s speaking in a whole host of interesting ways.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parents are great at finding ways to make sure their children are engaged with learning English. From my experience, though, the best results come when parents join in with their children! Speaking English at home is highly beneficial, especially when your child is still young. This makes the language feel stress-free and fun, rather than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":13041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[779],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13361,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13133\/revisions\/13361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i-learner.edu.hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChildren often have a very different concept about money than adults. You might be surprised by their impractical yet adorable financial ideas. Older children can practice conditional sentences while imagining their rich lives. \u2018If I were a millionaire, I would\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
\nThis is a great chance for you to share your early memories with your child and walk down memory lane together. Your child can share their first memory of you and other members of the family. Remind them to use past tense to talk about memories! \u2018When I was five, I saw\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
\nThis is a question directed to the kids. It is also a perfect chance to practice the future tense! Don\u2019t take their answers too seriously, but you never know what good ideas they might come up with. \u2018When I am a dad, I will\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
\nThis is a topic more suitable for preschool kids. Feel free to add in some animal imitations throughout the discussion! The sounds of animals and the names for their babies are often the first topics taught at school, so it\u2019s great to learn these early on. \u2018Daddy lions roar at their cubs if they\u2019re naughty.\u2019<\/p>\n
\nMost adults will have heard this question before, but it\u2019s probably new to your child, and it\u2019s always fun to hear the answers to this one. Encourage your children to make as many Type 2 conditional sentences as they can! \u2018If I were going to a desert island, I would bring\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n
\nFeel free to alter this question according to your child\u2019s age. They could also pick a cartoon character or fictional character to be themselves. This is a chance for your kids to practice using adjectives to describe appearances and personalities. \u2018I want Harry Potter to play me because we both have glasses.\u2019<\/p>\n
\nThis is an opportunity for your kids to express their gratitude to you and for you to acknowledge their achievements. It\u2019s also a chance for children to practise using positive adjectives and expressing appreciation. \u2018Mummy is very hard-working and helpful.\u2019<\/p>\n