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One way to help your child is to ask them about what they are learning. Get them to teach you what they have learned and take every opportunity to expose them in English through movies, cartoons, books, music, and travel.

Finally, ongoing support needs to occur at home to help develop your child’s reading skills. Regular reading and oral activities improve literacy skills. You should establish a reading program for them at home. Here is an easy twenty-minute reading activity Mom and Dad can do with your child at home.

Sample 20-Minute Reading Activity:

        ;;Select a story for repeated readings (child is encouraged to chime in).

        ;;Select individual words from the story for phonetic awareness.

        ;;Use some of these words to develop phonemic awareness. (ask child to say the word,

            then isolate each sound in the word e.g., - ‘c-a-t’- - -cat. then ask the students to

            brainstorm other words that sound like cat)

        ;;Develop word family charts as necessary and review often during your 20 minute block

            of time.

        ;;Maintain a list of all books read, encourage child to practice these books at home.

        ;;Develop a word bank as child learns them. Print them on cards in a can to review

            frequently.

        ;;Focus on letter sound correspondence on words within the printed selection.

        ;;Separate 2 and 3 syllable words into sounds.

        ;;Blend letters and cue child for the letters that make up the blend/digraph (ch, sh, pl, bl

            etc.)

All of us at ECC wish our students continued success with their English education. If there is anything that we can do for you or your child, please let us know.

Thank you,

Bob Feeley Teacher<광진 ECC 외국인 교수부장>