EngKey_Key of English for Kids

EngKey Is?

*Focuses on various situations and experiences
(Based on the meaning of the language and topics)

*Focuses on self-expression
(Creates environments where actual language is used)

*Develops the base for self-directed learning
(Achievement assessment and individual learning system established)

*Builds self-confidence in learning a foreign language
(Focusing on the process of accomplishing goals in learning English)

✔A proper, balanced language environment, considering preschoolers' characteristics and
development, should be created.
(It should connect with children' daily routine. / It should be appropriate to kids' age level.
The 4 skills should be balanced. / It should provide preschoolers a sense of achievement and joy.)

✔Activities that connect various learning domains
✔Participation in situations drawn naturally from a story
✔Customized learning system that balances receptive and expressive language
✔Language learning with application of various activities
✔Acquisition of target language that is close to everyday life

▶Process [Story ⇨ Dialogue ⇨ Song & Chant ⇨ Check ⇨ Phonics]

Part
1. Story Section (Whole Language Approach)
⇒ Extension of background knowledge as well as understanding and accepting the culture of the English-speaking world
: Creative story matching themes of the curriculum for preschoolers
: Sentences with rhythm that help preschoolers to understand the sentence
: Predictable and repetitive expressions that can easily convey the story
: Language patterns recognize with dynamic sound effects and realistic sounds
: Various characters and pictures that stimulate preschoolers' imagination and interest

2. Dialogue Section (Communicative Language Teaching)
⇒ Improvement of speaking ability and cognitive academic language skills
: Real life situations related to the theme of the story are provided
: Conversation lines of 4 friends with which preschoolers can empathize
: Picture with 10 different techniques to stimulate children imagination
: Repetitive expressions that can be used in actual conversation

3. Sing a Song Section (Total Physical Response)
⇒ Let preschoolers express what they have explored in various ways
: Easy melodies and lyrics
: Exciting rhythms and rhymes
: Review of the key words and key sentences by songs and chants

4. Check Section
⇒ Experiencing self-initiated learning, focusing on activities that interest oneself & focusing on the process of accomplishing goals in learning English
: Learn Key Words using Flash Cards
: Learn Key Sentences using Flash Cards


▶ <⇨ Phonics> Part
EngKey Phonics Is?
✔ Easy way to learn sounds and spellings with Alphabet Characters
 Easy access to Reading and Writing through a systematic learning process
 Understand a phoneme>Distinguish the spelling and the sound>Compete a word>Expand a word>Understand a sentence

5. Sound Section : Watch a native's mouth and repeat the pronunciation and the word
: Phoneme / Spelling
: Sound / Word

6. Word Chant Section : Sing along with the chant about 4 Phonics Words
: Sound / Word / Image

7. Phonics Story Section : Vivid Flash Animation based on Story Pictures
: Understanding and thinking skill training that enables preschoolers to easily create words and sentences
: Exposed to as much sound as possible, applying Synthetic Phonics teaching method
: Emphasis on Phonemic Awareness learning that enables preschoolers to distinguish the sounds of a spelling

8. Phonics Story Chant Section : Repetitive learning through Chant with exciting rhythm and rhyme
: Native speaker's pronunciation, which helps preschoolers to recognize sound, intonation and accent(provided)