Because of the non-English background, it's always a problem for many migrant families to find a better way to improve their kids' English.
Even most of us have received Tertiary or even higher education, we don't feel confident enough to teach our kids English at home.
Many friends said don't worry in the end they (the kids) will master the skill and English is always their first language.
But as parents, we always demand our kids have a good begining from the start line. (Maybe that's why Asian people are regarded as very ambitious :)).
Early this year, my friend recommed SRA Specific Skill Series to me. Kevin has tried a few books and they are really good!
Altogether the Series contained 10 levels: Picture Level, Prep Level, A, B, ..., H.
The book says it's better for the child to start from the leverl which is a bit lower than his/her real level. So I let Kevin start from Level A. But A is really too easy for Kevin. We are currently working on Book C: Work whin Words.
The best part of the book is that it is composed by short articles or questions and most of them are multi-choice questions. Kevin has great interest in doing them as he's pround that he can finish them so fast and thus he establishes more confidence in doing them.
I think the purpose of this series is very similar to those TOEFL or GRE books in China. They are trying to get the students expose to as many types of questions that may appear in real exams as they can and of course the students would then get used to those questions and do better in future exams.
Even most of us have received Tertiary or even higher education, we don't feel confident enough to teach our kids English at home.
Many friends said don't worry in the end they (the kids) will master the skill and English is always their first language.
But as parents, we always demand our kids have a good begining from the start line. (Maybe that's why Asian people are regarded as very ambitious :)).
Early this year, my friend recommed SRA Specific Skill Series to me. Kevin has tried a few books and they are really good!
Altogether the Series contained 10 levels: Picture Level, Prep Level, A, B, ..., H.
The book says it's better for the child to start from the leverl which is a bit lower than his/her real level. So I let Kevin start from Level A. But A is really too easy for Kevin. We are currently working on Book C: Work whin Words.
The best part of the book is that it is composed by short articles or questions and most of them are multi-choice questions. Kevin has great interest in doing them as he's pround that he can finish them so fast and thus he establishes more confidence in doing them.
I think the purpose of this series is very similar to those TOEFL or GRE books in China. They are trying to get the students expose to as many types of questions that may appear in real exams as they can and of course the students would then get used to those questions and do better in future exams.
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