
About this online course
Teaching English to children while they’re still learning their mother tongue is a challenging but rewarding prospect. In this free online course, you’ll learn how and why children learn best through play.
What can parents and practitioners do to enable children to get the most out of a learning experience?
This course for parents and practitioners will explore how young children learn English and investigate many more aspects of early childhood learning and development.
British Council educators will share their insights and experiences, so that you can learn how to best talk to young children; how to create the best environment for them to learn English as an additional language; and how to monitor their progress.
Through articles, videos and live events you will hear from early childhood experts and parents, and see for yourself how young children learn inside the early years classroom. At every stage, you will be offered tips, advice and downloadable resources that will help you with teaching English as a foreign language to children.
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I am eager to learn how
I am eager to learn how chidren develop .
Is it free?
This online course is fantastic, thank you! :)
Is paying for a certificate through FutureLearn the only way to get confirmation that I've completed the course? Is there another way?
online course
Hi Rencheva
Glad that you found the online course useful. I'm afraid that yes, the only way to get the course certificate is to go through Futurelearn and select that option.
Thanks
Cath
TE Team
English in Early Childhood: Language Learning and Development
I run a literacy NPO utilsing our Reading Clinic as early intervention to the current plight of illiteracy amongst young children.
English in Early Childhood
I am teaching to young learner students so I want to learn more about them and I am very interested this subject
Enrol on course
Hi,
Click on the "Find out more" link above - this will take you to the FutureLearn site where you can enrol on the course.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
registration
Hi Aasia
Just click on the "Find out more" link above - this will take you to the FutureLearn website, where you can register for the course.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
I AM INTERESTED IN TAKING THE COURSE
I am interested in taking the course.
registration
Hi Helen,
If you click on the "Find out more" link above, it will take you to the FutureLearn website, where you can read more about the course and register.
Thanks,
Cath
TE Team
Enrolling on the course
Hi Gokul
To enrol, you need to follow the instructions (step 1-4) above.
Thanks
Cath
TE Team
English in Early Childhood
I have a diploma in Early Childhood Development, I'm interested in this course as in teaching young learners.
English in Early Childhood
Hi Katya,
We have checked with the provider and they have said there are no geographical restrictions for the course.
I am Very enthusiastic about how children learn effortlessly their mother tongue hence they might encounter problems learning a second language . I am taking this course to invistigate and study more in this particular field, given the fact that there have been a wide range of fraud by so called educators in my country claiming that they can teach people English as a second language following the child - acquisition model