Is your high schooler taking English as a second language (ESL)? To become fluent, they’ll need to master speaking, writing, listening, and reading. Fortunately, they can practise these skills at home with a few easy activities.
Whether you’re at a family reunion, at a birthday party, or stuck indoors on a rainy day, Guess Who? is a fun game for any occasion. It’s also a great way for your child to practise formulating questions and describing people in English.
Instructions:
Try to guess who your person is by asking questions:
English and French have plenty of idiomatic expressions. You can encourage your teen to list their favourite French expressions and look for their equivalents in English. Here are a few examples:
Phonetics is also a big part of acquiring a new language. Your mouth needs to learn how to articulate new sounds. Nothing’s better than a tongue twister to practise pronunciation! Plus, they’re lots of fun. Ask your child to find English tongue twisters online, or suggest the following:
Many household objects come with assembly instructions (furniture, toys) or directions for use (cleaning products). Reading the texts and trying to translate them can be an entertaining challenge. Ask your child to do the following:
Your child can also do the same exercise with their favourite English song.
Poetry is a literary genre that plays with language, imagery, and rhythm. Usually, the goal of a poem isn’t to tell a story, but to elicit strong emotional responses in the reader. In both English and French literature, you can find a multitude of beautiful poems written by famous authors. Encourage your teen to write their own poetry by introducing them to different poetic forms:
Does your teen have writer’s block? To inspire them, you can introduce them to some of the most famous poems in the English language. Here are a few examples:
To help your kid with english irregular verbs you can also take the irregular verbs challenge!
Writing : The Alloprof Parents’ team