How do people learn their mother tongue from an early age?

Before the baby is born, one of the first things to develop is hearing, which is actually the beginning of the baby's language learning. Within the first few weeks of life, newborns are usually already accustomed to the sounds around them, and with the development of vision after birth, they will carefully observe the facial expressions of others when they speak, and they will become much more interested in the sounds of others than in other sounds. Although they can't talk at this time, they can still use crying, various movements and expressions to communicate with their mother or others.

By the age of 6 months, the baby can already speak some repetitive consonants and vowel syllables such as babbling, which is a separate language called "babbling", which is also known as the "pre-linguistic period" in developmental psychology.

In the United States, for example, children mainly learn to read when they are young. There are two main directions. One is phonics, where you learn phonics first, then you learn to read, and the two complement each other, and finally you gain the ability to read independently.

One is the whole language learning method. It's contextual learning. For example, if you hand a child a glass of milk, you can say a cup of milk.

Or give something to someone and say here you are. It's all about learning language in context. Both methods exist in the United States, but phonics is currently the dominant method.

Learning English as a native English language is similar to learning Chinese. First of all, the language is divided into listening, speaking, reading and writing. We don't have to learn Chinese listening and speaking from a young age, and the main Chinese listening and speaking ability is acquired in the living environment.

The English listening and speaking skills of native English speakers are also acquired in the same way as we are in the living environment. Language literacy skills require special and systematic training, and we need to learn pinyin, literacy, sentence formation, and so on from an early age. Children from English-speaking countries learn phonics, learn words, and learn to read.

In fact, the principle is much the same.

Both research and practice have proven that reading and storytelling can greatly promote the development of children's language skills. The language used in reading and storytelling is the written language, which is different from the spoken language, and is a more standardized form of language expression than the spoken language, and more exposure to this type of language can enrich children's vocabulary and language expressions.

Mother's language refers to the fact that when the mother talks to the baby, she will unconsciously slow down her speech, raise the tone and become a little exaggerated, but it is undeniable that the baby likes this kind of language, because they will find it interesting and easy to understand.

When the baby's mood is good, the mother and child face each other, about 20 cm apart, and the baby will stared at the mother's face and eyes. When the mother and child meet their eyes, they communicate silently through their eyes. Mom can also make a variety of facial expressions: open mouth, stick out tongue, smile.

Months – Continuous Pronunciation Stage: Not only will your baby produce more consonants, but they will also use continuous syllables, such as ba ba, ma ma. But it's not calling your mom and dad, it's just an instinct.

Okay, support it.

But. Difficult. English is studied as a Chinese language in China, and it is also learned as Chinese. That's the key. Americans definitely don't learn English into Chinese, just as Chinese don't learn Chinese into English.

The best way to do this is to learn Chinese as if it were Chinese, and learn English as English and learn English as English. No crossing, no mixing, that's it.

The language starts the same, so it is called the mother tongue, and it is learned in the so-called swaddling clothes dominated by the mother, and even includes prenatal education. Then it's listening, and after listening for a long time, you will speak, and a syllable begins, and Mom and Dad pronounce it well, so say it first. Some parents teach their children to read, which is literacy, from not knowing how to read to knowing.

Pay attention to the order, listen first and then speak, then read and write, also read first and then write. Thereafter, languages are generally treated in the same way in education.

However, learning English in China starts from reading, not listening, and there is no literacy process for native English speakers. It's definitely different. The order should generally be reading, speaking, dictating, or reading, writing, speaking, and listening, depending on the emphasis.

What Chinese children learn, American children learn. What difference does this make? In a particular language environment, it is impossible for you to learn another language.

Books, fairy tale books are the best to expand your vocabulary, and there are books abroad that are suitable for children of all ages to read, and it is recommended to go from simple to difficult.

It's just learning with your brain, it's clear enough, right?