EngKey_Key of English for Kids

EngKey! Development of communicative ability&Focus on self-expression

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)