How to Teach a Child to Speak French. Games, Songs, and Mnemonic Cards

Maria Agaltsova is a graduate of Inna Giventhal's language school KESPA, the Russian Academy of Music named after Gnessin, and a special professional retraining program at MGIMO "Parent-Teacher", the creator and head of the children's language studio "Magic Piano", an English language teacher and mother of three sons. Maria managed to combine the musical teaching tradition with the latest principles of KESPA pedagogy and spice it all up with modern play practices for children. As a result, a new method of teaching foreign languages to preschoolers and younger schoolchildren called "Magic Piano" was created. Hundreds of kids in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnodar, Kurgan, and other cities in Russia are already studying this method. Valeria Rud'ko is a graduate of MGPIIA named after Maurice Thorez with a degree in teaching and translation of French and English languages. She worked for many years in French companies, focusing on staff training, management, and organization of business. Since 2009, she has transitioned to teaching. How to engage a child in learning the French language? First of all, lessons need to be fun and game-like! Rhythmic songs and visual images will help children remember new words and structures. That is why each of the 60 lessons in this course consists of warm-ups for developing motor and movement memory, fun educational games, grammatical songs, and includes working with bright mnemonic cards. In addition, all lessons are accompanied by audio recordings voiced by native speakers, which you can listen to by following the link or scanning the QR code. For home and group learning.