In the modern world, the conditional borders between countries are gradually eroding, so the possession of foreign languages is becoming an increasingly necessary condition for adaptation in the social environment. It is preferable to learn languages in childhood, when memory, like a sponge, allows you to absorb a lot of new information. At the same time, the mastering of the language is most successful, if the learning process itself is of interest to children, and the surrounding situation contributes to it. Therefore, a growing number of programs are gaining a variety of programs for teaching a foreign language abroad. Children have a unique opportunity in an entertaining journey to acquire new knowledge from native speakers, to come into contact with the original culture and interesting traditions of the host country.
Countries
Depending on the preferences of the children and their parents, a variety of programs have been created with visits to different countries, such as England, the USA, Canada, France, Switzerland, Spain, Malta, South Africa, Australia, etc. Firms specializing in teaching foreign languages will help professionally organize a trip with all the personal characteristics and wishes. Programs are year-round and vacation, group and individual, with accommodation in schools and in individual families, with training in one country and a simultaneous excursion visit to another. The variety of choice is great, parents only need to correctly orient themselves in order to choose the most suitable option.
Place of residence
One of the most important questions when organizing a tour is the choice of place of residence. Usually, they offer either a family or a residence. For direct language learning, the family is the most suitable option. Everyday communication with native speakers best coaches the child's linguistic skills. Communicating with family members on various everyday topics, conversation over dinner and a story about how the day went, even a request to transfer bread at the table or to submit an item develops the communicative skills of the child, gradually overcoming the language barrier.
Each family is selected carefully, and subsequently passes mandatory inspection by the relevant schools. Almost all families have been cooperating with schools for years, they have a rich experience of receiving children from different countries, so they know about many difficulties in integrating a child in a new environment and help them to adapt.
To whom to entrust the child?
To the issue of choosing people who will have to entrust their child, one must take special responsibility. In every respected company with many years of experience in this field, parents are offered to fill out a questionnaire where you can express all your wishes:
- Family should be with or without children?
- How old should the children be in the host family?
- Is the family more likely to have pets?
- Tell about the presence of allergies in the child and specifically what
- Should a child follow a certain diet, or a particular diet?
Filling in such a questionnaire, containing the described and many other questions, will allow the employees of the company to choose the family most appropriate to your preferences.
Distance from home to school
Another point concerns the fact that there is often an impressive distance between the school and the host family's residence, from a few kilometers to dozens, when it comes to megacities. This and other nuances suggest that the child has skills of independence. Therefore, the option of accommodation in the family is recommended for children from 12 years.
Psychology
From the point of view of psychological motivation, it is necessary to realize that a child needs an extra team to facilitate immersion in the environment. Therefore, it is worth choosing a large family, which also takes several children into the house, preferably from different countries, so that they can communicate with each other in the local language, which, in fact, needs to be studied. If the child is an introvert, then it is necessary to choose from families consisting of several people, with a separate room, where he will not feel depressed.
Accommodation and passing specialized courses in the teacher's family
This program is particularly suitable for young children, as it involves an individual approach to the child and a caring attitude on the part of the teacher's family. It is developed in detail, taking into account all the personal characteristics of the child and should satisfy all the requests and wishes of the student's parents.
Choosing the most optimal training program will undoubtedly leave an indelible impression of the child's trip and will strengthen the desire to learn a foreign language in it.