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Meshcheryakova training. Meshcheryakova's technique "English for children". Deep dive method

Meshcheryakova Valeria Nikolaevna is the author of the unique course I love English for learning English language children aged two to ten years. This technique is fundamentally different from that given in modern general education schools. The peculiarity lies in the fact that training takes place through various games with the maximum possible immersion in the language environment, where the perception of information by ear, listening, performs one of the most important functions in the learning process.

Efficient and progressive

Children are engaged in this program with special interest and desire due to the fact that in the classroom they sing songs, read poems, act out scenes in roles and completely “lose” the entire lesson. The technique of Valeria Meshcheryakova provides children with an easy perception of new information in the classroom. A thoughtful approach to homework: young students (and their parents) need to listen to audio lessons every day lasting from ten to fifteen minutes. Audio texts are recorded by native speakers, so they allow students to form. All materials of this technique work on the accumulation of a significant passive vocabulary and on the development of linguistic instinct.

An important difference between this English and what the school gives is, firstly, that it is not the language itself that is studied and comprehended, but speech itself. Secondly, learning begins with listening and communication in the very first lessons without learning the rules or vocabulary.

Another unusual feature of this technique is the absence of corrections in the lessons. speech errors children from the teacher. Instead, multiple repetition of information blocks is introduced to master the correct variant of speech. This is done to prevent the appearance of psychological and language barriers.

Meshcheryakova's technique "English for children": stages of education

The technique is suitable for teaching children in the age period from two (three) to nine (ten) years and is interesting and quite effective. It must be said that training leads to real and successful results.

Meshcheryakova’s I love English methodology consists of several consecutive and interrelated steps in the study and development:

• The zero step, mainly based on listening and memorization, is I can sing.
• The first step, which improves listening and forms English speech, is I can speak.
• The second step, which improves the previous acquired skills and teaches reading, is I can read. Reading comprehension takes place using a unique color reading technique based on previously studied material, as a result of which this process is mastered with ease.
• The third step, which improves all previous skills and teaches writing, is I can write.
• The fourth step - I can analyze - teaches you to analyze speech during its formation.

We will analyze some of the main stages in great detail in order to understand what the technique of Valeria Meshcheryakova is.

listening

The very first and introductory for those children who study the language from the very beginning is the zero step I can sing. Assimilation and study pass through singing, namely, due to the pattern repetition and memorization of phrases. This happens even without an initial understanding of the translation of the words. Understanding itself takes place in background. The child learns to understand the meaning of foreign speech unconsciously (passively) with frequent and regular listening to audio lessons. And active learning of the language is achieved already in face-to-face classes with a teacher who transfers the accumulated “passive” vocabulary into the category of “active”. In this age period, a person can easily learn the language (s) in a similar way, that is, with right approach and organized learning.

English Meshcheryakova determines the purpose of this stage - the development and perception of speech by the child by ear. Lessons are held with children in musical and game forms. The material of the methodology is texts with colorful, vivid illustrations and recorded songs performed by native speakers.

English according to the method of Meshcheryakova provides for the help and participation of parents in the learning process. Their actions are very important. Adults need to ensure that children have daily access to listening to audio recordings. What should be paid attention to (both parents and teachers involved in this system)? At this stage, the phonetic errors that the child makes due to the immature speech apparatus are not corrected by adults explicitly and noticeably for the child. Mentors in this case try to repeat correctly defined sounds or words as many times as possible in order to remember the only correct option for children. When speaking, gestures and facial expressions are used to the maximum to comprehend speech by the mind of the child.

Speech formation

The next step is the first and basic one - I can speak, since the formation of oral speech is one of the main tasks in comprehending a language. At this stage, the child begins to use phrases, words, clichés that have already been memorized and “imprinted” into consciousness (at the previous stage through repeated repetition and listening) when constructing his speech.

He conducts a similar lesson in the form of a game, and the child builds his speech more or less meaningfully. Meshcheryakova’s methodology ensures that children achieve comprehension already at this stage thanks to well-thought-out and prepared materials and the correct presentation of information:

• Visual support for audio recordings in the form of a synthesis of a book and a coloring book contains an illustrated picture for the lesson, in which the child performs the necessary tasks. The main task of the little student undergoing training is to collect these completed coloring sheets from lesson to lesson in order to assemble a whole book.
• Language information blocks on the disk are repeated many times for the purpose of unconscious and involuntary memorization. The teacher in the lesson is already deliberately recreating situations in which these structures are used and reinforced.
• Simple and timely tracking of the assimilation of knowledge by the child. Every fourth lesson is a control, in which the teacher evaluates the “pluses” and “minuses” of the completed tasks so that the child understands how successful he is in performing certain tasks.
• It must be said that the audio lessons themselves are thought out to the maximum in content and do not overload the children's consciousness and attention. One lesson lasts for ten to fifteen minutes. Throughout the week, the child listens to a certain lesson every day from once. But the more, the better. Listening is possible even with incomplete concentration, but in the background, as it were, by the way. And before the test lesson, he works through the tasks in his coloring book for a maximum of fifteen minutes.
• A few words should be said about motivation. Meshcheryakova's methodology provides for a kind of evaluation and approval by the teacher of the correct performance of tasks by the student through drawn pictures (in the form of hearts and flowers). The incentive system is thought out: even diplomas for excellent success have been developed. Also, a child can receive a gift on behalf of a fairy-tale hero with whom he had to deal with when completing assignments for the lesson.

Question of precedence

It happens that the teaching method of Meshcheryakova is not the first method that parents have applied and worked on with their child. In other words, they already have a certain information base. But there is also a desire (or need) to continue learning the language using a different, for example, more effective system, I love English. according to the Meshcheryakova method, it is necessary to study and master knowledge and skills linearly, sequentially and in stages (0, 1, 2, 3, 4). However, you can continue to apply the knowledge you already have and start learning from the I can speak level, with the only and necessary condition - daily listening to audio lessons.

Learning to read

Stage I can read forms the child's correct reading skills without memorizing and memorizing various countless rules for pronouncing certain letters or letter combinations. Meshcheryakova's technique ("English for Children") is a lightweight and unique color reading technique.

Children and teachers work according to the manual, in which all words, phrases and texts are highlighted in certain colors and in different fonts. In the process of learning, children easily understand and subsequently read these “markers”. There is no linguistic or semantic distortion in such a reading. The child in the process sees the correct graphic spelling of the word, but at the same time he highlights the corresponding sound-letter pronunciation through color without confusion with transcription. This technique allows you to immediately start reading correctly for both children and parents who do not know English, but provide control over the completion of tasks.

Meshcheryakova's methodology does not provide for the study of the alphabet at this stage. This is considered inappropriate and untimely: any is introduced when there is a need for it. It is explained by the fact that the names of the letters not only do not help, but often prevent children from learning to read correctly and fluently in English. Why would knowing the alphabet be useful? As a rule, for correct spelling and for searching for new language units in the dictionary. A dictionary, even at this stage (in order to understand the meaning of the word) is not yet needed.

Work in the lesson according to the manual is carried out orally when the teacher fixes individual moments and exercises on the board. As homework the child performs the written exercises passed in the class, and also independently works with additional exercises to consolidate the studied material. It is necessary to emphasize that the wording of the homework is given in the manual in Russian in order to fully understand by all participants in the learning process (students and their parents) what needs to be done. This was created intentionally for functionality, because reading words and texts in English is only now comprehended and comprehended at this stage (I can read).

Learning in the game

English according to the method of Meshcheryakova is taught in a playful way. Lessons are built in the form of regularly and frequently changing games. This allows you to make the learning process interesting and exciting, since the main activity of the child in comprehending the world around him takes place directly through games. Curiosity and passion create harmonious conditions for memorization, repetition, assimilation and consolidation of information. Positive children's emotions and enthusiasm activate their mental processes of cognition as a result of development. In addition, the game is a kind of imaginary and artificially created situation that motivates to use the acquired knowledge at the right time. The task of the teacher is to create such necessary conditions for the development of English speech and the need to use the material covered.

The game is the engine of the development process. Being an excellent learning tool and sharpening the child's mental activity, it makes the lesson interesting and attractive.

The role of the parent

Meshcheryakova's technique implies, as mentioned earlier, regular and daily listening to audio lessons by children (which were recorded by native speakers). Successful language acquisition requires an appropriate environment, and audio recordings are a kind of this environment. The regularity of listening to these lessons (short in time) ensures success in mastering this technique. Moreover, the dependence of learning outcomes on the regularity of home listening is linear. In other words, the more a child listens to an audio lesson, the more it is clear to him. The more understandable, the more he likes it. The more he likes it, the more he listens to it again and goes to an English class. And vice versa.

It will be great if parents help their child in creating some kind of ritual for listening to lessons (for example, before going to bed in bed or on the way to / from school). The creation of some additional motivation on the part of parents would also contribute to more effective mastering of a foreign language.

Listening to this audio material is generally an interesting and exciting activity, children like them. However, there are a couple of mistakes that parents make, as a result of which their child will want to stop listening to audio lessons and English classes:

1. Direct action substitution commands: "Instead of watching cartoons, it's better to go study English." This is a very rude and tactless impact on children's consciousness and psyche. Most often, this causes an internal protest and unwillingness to further develop in this direction. In its own way, this is a kind of negative program that a parent created in the subconscious of his child.
2. Rare and irregular (or no) listening to audio lessons. In face-to-face classes with a teacher, it becomes difficult for children who do not listen to lessons at home or do it rarely. Any difficulties in the child cause a loss of interest in classes.

The role of the teacher

The teacher in the classroom is a key figure in a successful and effective learning process. It is not enough to know the material and a foreign language. You need to have a lot of qualities. If you take age limit children according to this method, then the teacher needs to be a speaker, and a psychologist, and an actor, and an entertainer in order for the learning process to be as successful and useful as possible. In addition, a teacher is a person who loves and understands children, who knows how to speak the same language with them, but at the same time communicates with them and teaches them another, foreign language. That's how interesting and difficult it all is! To a teacher who conducts lessons in an accessible way, with love and interest, children are happy to go to classes and master the material without much difficulty, this happens automatically. A lot depends on the teacher!

It goes without saying that the teacher must be proficient in the different methods and techniques of teaching his subject. With regard to our topic, all this was wonderfully developed and thought out by the author of this course program, Meshcheryakova V.N. The methodology is unique and differs in many respects from the school teaching course. Accordingly, there are a lot of nuances that the teacher needs not only to know, but also to fully master all the subtleties. To do this, there is a separate teacher training program developed by the Valeria Nikolaevna center, which professionally develops and explains certified how to conduct classes in order to teach English correctly according to the Meshcheryakova method.

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Working curriculum

"English for kids"

The program is designed for children 3-4 years old (younger preschool age). The duration of the program is 1 year.

Teacher: Tkachenko O.S.

1. Explanatory note
2. Principles and methods of the program
3. Program Goals
4. Program objectives
5. Logistics
6. Expected results
7. Methodological support of the program
8. Application No. 1

Explanatory note

EMC VN Meshcheryakova "I can sing" for teaching children 3-4 years of English is the first step in the training set "I love English". The purpose of the first stage is to teach children to perceive English speech by ear, to create an image of the language in the child's brain by repeatedly listening and then singing colloquial phrases and grammatical structures. Lessons are conducted in a musical and game form. Great value has the use of phonograms. The text and songs on the cassette are performed by native speakers and presented in the form of entertaining illustrated stories. The audio course, entirely recorded in English by native speakers, takes on the function of immersion in the language environment.

Given Toolkit consists of 3 parts, each of which is designed for classes within 2-3 months, i.e. It is advisable to go through the 1st part in the fall, the 2nd in the winter, and the 3rd in the spring.

Classes are held in a group of 10-12 people for 15 minutes 2 times a week. Despite the fact that the material is intended primarily for listening, some children begin to speak already in the first lessons.

By creating a relaxed playful atmosphere in the classroom, the teacher awakens activity in children, which gradually turns from play into learning activity. In the classroom, children, as it were, do not learn the language, but simply use what they have already heard in the teacher's speech or on the cassette in order to be able to participate in a common game. To effectively memorize the material, it is necessary to repeatedly listen to the structures, and to consolidate it, it is necessary to constantly repeat it, which is provided for by the structure of the manual.

For a year, children learn 20 songs and rhymes. big object children learn English material receptively, i.e. perceive it by ear and respond appropriately.

As in life, there are both "talkative" and "silent" in the group. The teacher should encourage the speech activity of "talkers", but pay special attention to phonetic errors and increase the number of correct repetitions of these sounds in the lesson.

When compiling the program, methodological principles :

• The principle of comfort;
• Immersion in the language environment;
• Principle general development child through a foreign language, revealing his creative abilities;
• The principle of the natural way of mastering the language;
• The principle of activation of the main channels of perception (visual, auditory, kinesthetic).

In order to get children to follow you closely throughout the entire learning cycle, you need to know motives are the source activities and interest children:

• The desire for object manipulation (give children the opportunity to stroke a guest who comes to the lesson, and then he will turn from an ordinary toy into a close friend for them);
• Emotional motive (it is necessary to build lessons so that all children play any game);
• The motive of imitating adults (manifested in the readiness of children to repeat after the teacher all his actions);
• Moral motive (manifested in criticism of other people's misdeeds and in the desire to do good deeds);
• Cognitive motive (here we mean the usual children's curiosity).

In the process of teaching English at an early stage, the following main methods : communicative, visual, game.

Communicative methodis the supreme, dominant, most corresponding to the specifics of a foreign language as an academic subject. With the help of this method, the primary task of mastering elementary skills and abilities of oral foreign language communication at an early stage of learning English, creating the core of oral speech and reading and the initial formation of children's ability to communicate at the intercultural level is solved.

visual methodprovides for the direct display in the classroom of objects and phenomena of the surrounding world, visual aids in order to facilitate understanding, memorization and use of educational material in the practical activities of students.

Game the method is a practical consolidation of the acquired knowledge and skills through the participation of students in games and skits.

Goals.

The program contributes to the formation and development of:

1. English listening comprehension;
2. Expands the general cultural level of students;
3. Creates a basis for further teaching English;

Tasks.

1. Formation of students' desire to use English as a means of communication with native speakers;
2. Formation of a lexical base to ensure understanding and speaking in English;
3. Education of sociability, culture of communication, desire for further in-depth study of a foreign language.

Program Logistics

• game teaching aids: a set of cubes, balls, toys.
• audio materials on topics;
• illustrative and didactic material on the topics of classes;
• visual aids.

Expected results:

English listening comprehension

Formation of interest in learning;

Creating a vocabulary base (at least 15 words and about 20 expressions)

Ability to work with handouts.

Literature and teaching aids.

Application No. 1

Calendar-thematic planning.

It is unlikely that anyone now doubts that knowledge of English is an absolute necessity for any intellectually highly paid job, and business today is almost impossible without contacts with foreign partners, and English is the main language of international communication. At the same time, it is especially important to be able to understand native speakers and conduct a full-fledged dialogue with them. And few of us can boast of this skill. But we learned the language at school for many years, starting from the 5th grade, and some from the first grades of gymnasiums and special schools, and then continued to learn it for 6 years at the institute. And still, the need to speak with foreigners drives many into a stupor and causes great fear. Why is this happening?

Valeria Meshcheryakova has spent more than 20 years of her life creating her own unique method of teaching English. She managed to figure out how our school creates a language barrier in children and find a way to teach the language so that the child does not have any barriers, and he learns a foreign language as well as his native language.

Meshcheryakova’s technique is suitable for children from 3 to 10 years old and uses the mechanism of imprinting (imprinting), when language structures are imprinted in the child’s mind without significant effort on the part of the child, without tedious cramming and without stress.

This mechanism works best in children in early childhood and fades away after 8-9 years. That is why it is important to start learning foreign languages ​​as early as possible.

Training in the methodology of Valeria Meshcheryakova is based on the principle of deep immersion:

– Lessons are conducted only in English;

- learning is built in the form of a game - for children this is not an occupation, but an exciting performance in which they act as the main actors;

- uses a lot of audio materials recorded by native speakers;

- Parents also participate in the training.

Gradually, in the process of such classes, children begin to speak and think freely in the language and, as a result, master English as their native language.

For each age group, a separate level of language teaching is applied.

Stage 0: "I can sing"- English for children from 3 to 5 years old. Children learn to perceive English by ear, follow the teacher's commands, play and sing songs in English.

Stage 1: "I can talk"- for children from 5 to 7 years old. Children acquire English speaking skills. Vocabulary grows to 500 units.

Stage 3: "I can write"- for children from 8 to 9 years old. Children learn to write in English, build sentences grammatically correctly.

Stage 4: "I can analyze"- for children from 9 to 10 years old. Children develop the skill of analyzing oral and written language material.

The number of children in the group is 5-6 people.

Classes are held 2 times a week, duration - from 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the age of the child.

Welcome to classes at the April Early Development Center!

Today we would like to present you in general terms the methodology of teaching English by Meshcheryakova Valeria Nikolaevna and touch on the most interesting points of this methodology.

The technique is designed for children of preschool and primary school age.

Since the work of a progymnasium is organized in our school, this method is interesting and effective for us. Using only some of its elements so far, we see effective results.

The structure of the "I love English" package is as follows:

Level 0 - I can sing (preschooler)

Stage 1 - I can speak (Grade 1)

Stage 2 - I can read (grade 2)

Stage 3 - I can write (Grade 3)

Stage 4 - I can analyze (Grade 4)

All steps are interconnected, and the I can speak step is the basic one, since teaching to speak has been and remains the main goal.

The purpose of stage I can sing is to teach children to perceive English speech by ear, to create an image of the language in the child's brain by repeatedly listening and then singing colloquial phrases and grammatical structures. Lessons are conducted in a musical and game form. Here, a big role is given to parents who provide daily listening to the recording. The text and songs on the cassette are performed by native speakers and presented in the form of entertaining illustrated stories.

At the initial stage, phonetic errors associated with the immaturity of the speech apparatus are ignored. It is only necessary to increase the number of correct repetitions of these sounds in the lesson.

Children perceive language material differently. Some already after 2-3 listenings begin to speak separate words, others do not speak a word by the end of the course. This is very similar to how children begin to speak their native language. If a child listens to the cassette with pleasure, accompanies listening with movements, gestures, i.e. understands the meaning of what is sounding, but nevertheless does not utter a word, this indicates that either the image of these words was not clearly formed in his head, or his speech-forming mechanisms are not ready to reproduce English speech. The best thing to do is to wait until the child speaks. After all, even in their native language, someone begins to speak at the age of 1.5, and someone is silent even at 2.5.

Here are a few words about the stage I can sing.

Question: Is it possible to start the "speak" stage if there was no "sing"? Answer: yes, but at the same time and on the condition that the parents ensure that the children listen to the audio course every day.

Distinctive feature This technique is that the child uses in his speech only those words and structures that he has repeatedly heard in the speech of the teacher in the lesson or on the cassette. This, firstly, allows the lesson to be conducted in a playful way, and secondly, it makes the use of the language meaningful. An important role in this is played by the audio complex, which is composed according to the following principles:

visual support.

A coloring book is attached to the audio complex, which serves as an illustration of the audio lesson and in which the child completes the tasks given on the cassette.

2. Multiple repetition of language blocks, which provides involuntary memorization. The teacher, on the other hand, creates a situation in the lesson in which this structure is necessary.

3. Simplicity of control - every fourth lesson is a "control". On it, the teacher checks the quality of the assignments and makes the appropriate marks (+ -) on the corresponding. coloring book sheet.

4. The child sees perspective. The task of the child is to make a book out of separate sheets. The teacher's marks give him a clear idea of ​​how he is progressing in this direction.

5. Minimum time with maximum success.

Each audio lesson lasts an average of 10-12 minutes. During the week, the child simply listens to the same lesson every day (moreover, listening does not require full concentration of attention and can happen by the way) and only on the eve of the “control lesson” does the tasks in the coloring book. On average, the task takes 15 minutes to complete.

To keep the child motivated, Valentina Meshcheryakova and her school have developed a whole system of rewards - from hearts drawn by the teacher for the correct completion of assignments and diplomas, to gifts from fairytale heroes assisted by the children.

We bring to your attention a fragment of the lesson of V. Meshcheryakova at the stage "I can speak".

Fragment view.

Worth noting:

Mobile activity and frequent change of games and tasks (a huge number of stages-sub-stages) - a cheat sheet for the teacher, in which the entire lesson is presented in a schematic form and in different colors. For example, the words of the teacher - blue color, the expected answers of the children are red, the guest of the lesson (and it is different in each lesson) is green.

Vocabulary is semantized not only with the help of pictures and toys, but also with the help of gestures.

The teacher is a bright, emotional person. Do not belittle the importance of the teacher's emotionality, accompanying songs with movements, gestures and facial expressions. No matter how wonderful the manuals and developments for the teacher are, if you work on them without the above, it is unlikely that this will really interest children.

So, we have seen the initial stage. At a later stage, we put the maximum emphasis on speaking. Grammatical structures will be worked out always and in different speech situations.

In our work, we adhere to the basic principles of Valeria Meshcheryakova's methodology. We started work from the “I can speak” stage and use only some of its elements so far, but the result still exceeded expectations.

We would like to demonstrate a dialogue with a 5th grader who completed the speak level. Those teachers who took part in the Magic fairy land competition will surely remember our Alice, who felt completely at ease on stage, speaking in foreign language. The children were not given a specific setting or topic of conversation. They were invited to talk about whatever they wanted to talk about.

In the process of viewing, you will see that the methodology is slightly modified, we considered it possible to correct it and add our own 2 rules:

Rule 1 - ignoring errors, correction occurs due to the teacher repeating the correct option;

Rule 2 - in a live dialogue, errors are not corrected by the teacher, they are analyzed by the students themselves when listening or viewing the material, the dialogue itself follows the principle of a scooter.

These two rules are built according to the minimax principle - ignoring errors in the flow of dialogic and monologue speech.

In conclusion, I would like to add that the methods and techniques of teaching reading are clearly visible at the stages of education. Even if you are not going to work according to the program of Valeria Meshcheryakova, then the unique method of color reading developed by her center in collaboration with the Kitaygorodskaya school will surely interest you. This technique allows you to learn to read without memorizing the rules of reading.

not only children, but also their parents. It is no secret that most children and even us adults do not read according to the rules, but read at the level of intuition.

The English language manual for children from 3 to 6 years old is the zero step in the I love English learning kit and consists of a CD and a coloring book. At the end of the manual, methodological recommendations, translation of song lyrics (for parents) and a dictionary (also for parents) are given. At this level, children learn to perceive English speech by ear, follow the teacher's commands, play and sing songs in English. Classes are conducted in a musical and game form.

"I can sing"- musicals, author - V.N. Meshcheryakova

The English language manual for children from 4 to 7 years old is a continuation of the zero level in the I love English training kit and consists of a CD and a colorful book for the child. At the beginning of the book there is a dictionary (for parents), and at the end there is the text of audio lessons in English. At the end of each semester, you can put on musicals in English with the children, the scripts for which are given in the teacher's manual.

"I can speak", author - V.N. Meshcheryakova

The English manual for children from 5 to 7 years old is the 1st step in the "I love English" training package and consists of a CD, a book with audio lessons and workbook. Children continue to develop their listening skills and begin to speak English using about 250 words and 40 colloquial phrases. During the year, children learn 30 songs and rhymes. Also, children develop sociability, activity and independence.

"I can read", author - V.N. Meshcheryakova

The English language manual for children aged 6-10 is the 2nd step in the "I love English" training package and consists of a CD, a book with audio lessons and a book on reading. Children continue to improve their listening skills, communication in English and begin to learn to read using the original technology of color reading on familiar language material studied at previous levels. Children easily learn to read English.

"Clumsy and Gracie", author - N.A. Poddubnaya

The set consists of a reading book, a workbook with board game and a disc with very beautiful songs and well-read fairy tales. The book was created on the basis of lexical material acquired by children at the “I can speak” and “I can read” levels. This book develops the reader's curiosity, the ability to reflect, compare with personal experience and form your own opinion about what you read. There is a musical script at the end of the book.

"I can write", author - V.N. Meshcheryakova

The English language manual for children from 7-11 years old is the 3rd step in the "I love English" training set and consists of a disk, a textbook and a workbook. At this stage, children learn the basics of writing in English and, of course, continue to work with listening, colloquial speech and reading. The audio lessons of this level contain a large number of new grammatical structures.

, author - N.A. Poddubnaya

The set consists of a reading book and a CD. This book combines entertaining texts with interesting tasks, where new vocabulary is presented in the technique of color reading. The reading and writing in this book is designed to develop critical thinking. At the end of the book you will find a dictionary and a musical script that you can put on with your children at the end of the school year.