As interest in learning English grows, we are receiving many inquiries about English kindergartens and language training programs that allow children to begin learning English from a young age.
Because I think that if you have enough exposure to English, learning will be easier.
That's true.
The reason why we naturally think of the word 'water' as 'water' is because we have heard it so many times.
I have seen and heard it hundreds, thousands of times, and tasted it and felt it myself.
It's similar to the principle that a child needs to hear the word 'mom' more than ten thousand times before saying it for the first time.
However, in reality, exposure to English educationally and culturally is limited.
That is why reading in English is the most efficient and effective way.
Reading is about becoming familiar with English words by seeing them, reading them out loud, and hearing them.
When you are naturally exposed to English words, you may find yourself 'feeling' familiar with them even if you haven't memorized them yet or don't know them well.
This experience will be of great help when studying vocabulary later.

The recent boom in English reading is not a simple phenomenon.
I believe that interest is growing through word of mouth, as parents, teachers, and students have long recognized the effectiveness and importance of reading English books and have been practicing it. Their abilities have been proven.
There is absolutely no reason not to try it.

---From "The Most Effective Study Method: Reading English"

After teaching for many years, I have come to the conclusion that the timing of English education is 'different for each child.'
The numbers and timing that experts talk about are just average concepts.
It is difficult to pinpoint a specific time period because children's language development varies and parents' educational views and values ​​must also be taken into consideration.
Still, there are some guidelines that can be offered.
English is not necessarily taught at age 3 if language development is slow, there is confusion between English and Korean, or parents do not have the time to focus on teaching their children.
As children grow, their brains develop and the speed at which they can accept and understand things certainly increases.
Even if you start learning English in the early elementary grades, when your child has established his or her native language and is comfortable using the language, he or she can still build up skills just as well as a child who started earlier.

Conversely, if you start learning English early, focus on being consistent.
Even if they attended an English kindergarten, I often saw children who reduced their exposure to English after entering elementary school and focused on other subjects, eventually having to relearn the English they had learned.
This is why you should not give up reading English until you have a solid foundation in English.

If you start learning English in the upper grades of elementary school, it is true that it is more difficult to acquire a new language than in the lower grades due to the language system as well as the child's emotions, school life, and adolescence.
Also, if children begin reading English in the upper grades, the content of the English books they have to read may feel monotonous or childish compared to their mental age.
So it becomes difficult for children to find books that they are interested in reading.
However, from a long-term perspective, it is important to not give up and continue because English is a language that you will need to learn not only for the CSAT but also for your entire life.

---From "When to Start Learning English"

When conducting reading classes, there are parents who consider reading level important.
It seems that stories about what kind of score a friend is reading make parents anxious.
However, reading levels do not help with English reading.
What matters is whether the reading is qualitative and how much the child is absorbed in the book and reads independently.
Reading is not something you just read a lot when you're young; it's an activity that can be your companion throughout your life.
The time when children can enjoy the many benefits of this activity is when they are growing up.
I hope that you can successfully overcome the difficult chapter book period through appropriate and correct English reading coaching at the right time.

---From "Additional Notes on Reading English"

Why should we ask questions? What are the benefits of asking questions? Scientifically, it's said that when we ask questions, our brains become activated and a chemical called serotonin is released.
This process is where questions act as a catalyst to activate the brain, allowing new neurons to bond and move toward finding solutions to problems.
In 『Question Intelligence』(Isaac Yu, 2017), the research results on the effect of questions on thinking ability are described in detail.
The point is that questions have a very positive impact on understanding the concept of the problem and applying the principles to solve the problem.
This is closely related to metacognition.
This is because metacognition is the ability to distinguish between what you know and what you don't know, and the will to learn what you don't know.
For example, students who studied by asking questions on their own showed significantly higher levels of understanding and averaged 20 points higher test scores than students who studied by reviewing.
The act of reflecting on what you have learned through questioning not only increases your awareness of what you know and don't know, but also helps you fill in your shortcomings.

---From "Children Who Hesitate to Ask Questions"

If you've encountered various ideas through books and expressed your own thoughts through questions, now is the time to write them down.
The reason why you should write it down is simple.
Because when I write down my thoughts, I can objectify them.
What is said evaporates, but what is written remains.
So, you can organize your thoughts and revise them by rewriting what you exchanged through questions.

However, you should not overuse English writing.
English writing is meant to develop children's ability to actively and diversely express their thoughts, but if they don't yet have the thinking muscles, writing itself can be a difficult task.
Many parents think that attending an academy will significantly improve their children's English writing skills, but the opposite is true.
At the academy, students write by topic, but they only provide grammatical corrections. It is up to the student to review and restudy the mistakes so that they can use them.
Although it is possible to rewrite mistakes, that alone is not enough to improve your writing skills.
This is because the amount used is significantly small.
What should be your priority is not writing, but reading, thinking, and experiencing.
It's never too late to start writing in English by gaining direct and indirect experience.

Writing in English is easier than you think.
The more ideas you have, the easier it is to write.
Because anyone can write it by simply adding English formatting to their ideas.
Conversely, if you have nothing to say or no thoughts, your writing will not improve even if you have English skills.
So, before starting to write in English, you should encourage your child to have various conversations with books.

---From "Why Should I Write?"