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Researches are conducted at English teaching institutes such as kindergartens, tutorial classes and schools, on reasons that motivate children to learn English. The followings are the responses that are most frequently given:
1. To satisfy their parents
2. They do not know English
3. They do not know the reason
4. The teachers of the tutorial classes may spank children
After the children leave a kindergarten that uses English as the medium of instruction or adopts a bilingual curriculum, their parents tend to send them to tutorial classes or any institutes of that kind to continue their English education, in parallel with their normal primary schooling. Under such circumstances, the failure of our primary schools to place students in different classes in respect of differences in their language capacity may result in large capacity gap between students in the same class. Given the restriction in choice of teaching materials, it may be difficult to cater to the varied needs of children, while effective oral practice in class can hardly be achieved.
In that case, parents have no choice but relying on the tutorial classes for continued English education for their children. However, the downside of doing so is also obvious. Parents lack the control of the quality of teaching in those classes, such as qualification of the teachers, effectiveness of capacity assessment, and the degree to which the classes can to the different psychological needs of children. Teachers thus tend to assess the learning progress by scores of tests and examinations, focusing on rote-memorisation of vocabularies and grammatical rules.
Most English teachers in our primary schools are of the view that children should start learning English at P.3. P.1 and P.2 should focus on education in first language, while teaching English at kindergarten level is disapproved.
To conclude, teaching English at a young age as possible for the purpose of more effectively learning may be well-intended. But it is equally likely to thrust our children into the fustruation of failure in learning English that are commonly experienced by adults.