The Parental Role Supporting childrens language learning

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The Parental RoleSupporting childrens
language learning holistic development
Jenny Simms
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1.UK Research Policy2.British Council
Research3.LearnEnglish Family Product
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UK Research

• Parents have
• six times more impact
• on the learning of
• primary age children
• than teachers do

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UK Research

• Impact of parental involvement
• Improved performance at school
• Higher academic achievement
• Greater cognitive development
• Greater problem solving skills
• Greater school enjoyment
• Better school attendance
• Fewer behavioural problems

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UK Policy

• Department for Children,
• Schools Families
• Every Parent Matters
• Interest Involvement
• The Childrens Plan

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BC Research

• -English Next English has been repositioned.
• English is a basic skill for primary school
  children together with 21st century skills in IT.
• IPSOS MORI Need to raise awareness amongst
  parents. Request for support, quality products
  effective/efficient methods to help their
  children learn.
• Learnenglish Kids Significant number of parent
  users. Request for bilingual materials, support,
  ways to have fun motivate their children to
  learn.

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• Family Learning Products
• -Parents Portal
• -Set of Parents Booklets
• -Presentation for Parents
• -Set of Books

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• Parents Portal
• LearnEnglishParents
• www.britishcouncil.org/parents
• www.britishcouncil.org/parents-help.htm
• www.britishcouncil.org/parents-talk.htm
• www.britishcouncil.org/parents-downloads.htm
• www.britishcouncil.org/parents-links.htm
• www.britishcouncil.org/parents-using-learnengli
  sh-kids.htm

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In the section Help your child learn English
you will find notes about topics such as How
children learn, and suggestions for activities
you can try at home for example, activities to
help with pronunciation.
These notes and suggestions have been written by
young learner teachers and specialists, and
there are new ideas each month.
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Youll also find a page called Parents Talk. On
this page parents can send in their questions,
and others parents can send in comments.
A new question is featured each month. Have you
got a question you would like to ask? Why not
send it in? Email learnenglish.parents_at_britishcou
ncil.org
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In the Downloads section you will find
resources that you can download to your own
computer, and links to other downloadable
resources.
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Or you can download song files, such as song
tunes, lyrics and even sheet music.
There are new song files to download each month
just register with LearnEnglish Parents and you
will be able to download them each month.
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• Parents Booklets

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• Parents Presentation

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• Family Learning Products
• -Parents Portal
• -Set of Parents Booklets
• -Presentation for Parents
• -Set of Books
• Thank you