Cognition of ABCmouse_Dadi ABCmouse English_English Features

Guidance direction: It is a guided learning, guiding children to learn English with the ABCmouse APP; not "leading learning" by the teachers which teaches the content of each lesson.

● Know and understand the ABCmouse APP:

1.It is a good platform/tool for English learning and interactive games;

2.It is a tool that teachers, children and parents need to be familiar with and understand how to use it correctly;

3.It is a platform to change the traditional teaching method, change the local accent, and develop a pure American voice intonation;

4.It is a platform where children can adapt by themselves and develop an English thinking mode that does not require conversion;

5.It is a platform that can cultivate children's independent learning habits and abilities;

6.It is a tool to reduce the workload of teachers, make the organization of collective activities easier, and exert greater value;

7.It is a tool that can help teachers and parents to better understand each child's strengths and interests;

8.It is a tool that enables each child to grow more personally;

9.It is a tool that enables teachers and children to make progress and grow together in using ABCmouse;

10.It is to provide parents with warming interactive parent-child companion tool.

● Teachers' use of ABCmouse

Yes:

1.Guide children to follow the ABCmouse platform to learn English;

2.Need to let children understand the correct method of using the ABCmouse platform;

3.Help children familiarize with the operation of various function keys on the ABCmouse platform;

4.Mainly to help children develop the habit of "listen carefully, follow the APP’s pronunciation "

5.Develop children's ability to operate the APP independently;

6.Mainly observe whether the child uses the platform correctly, and guide the correction;

7.Guide children to understand and apply knowledge flexible;

8.Increase the enthusiasm of the child to continue to use it after returning home;

9.Need to create a platform for children to show their achievement.

No:

1.Not mainly relying on teachers to "teach English"

2.It is not to directly play the website information, it needs a combination of online and offline

3.Not as multimedia teaching, children need to master the use of tools at the same time

4.It is not a mechanized "teaching" of new content in the classroom; children need to be guided to understand and master the operation method like playing games, and can operate and review when they are at home;

5.It is not taught by the teacher, the pronunciation is imitated by the ABCmouse platform;

6.It is not 100% mastery of oral English in group activity time, but a combination of fragmented time and family play time;

7.It is not to assign homework to children and parents; it is to provide children with a toy that can be operated at home and provide parents with a carrier to establish parent-child relationship, creating more common topics for parents and children;

8.Not only relying on teacher-student interaction, but also mobilizing the role of student-student interaction;

9.It's not that the louder the child's voice is , the better he/she learn; it is to guide the child to speak and communicate in a pleasant voice, the volume should be moderate, and the tone of voice should be consistent with the ABCmouse APP

10.It is not a mechanical recitation display, but the output of children's understanding of what they have learned.

The difference between "guided learning" and "lead learning"

Guided learning	Lead learning
3It is the learning/use method of the ABCmouse Platform. Teachers teach children what they need to learn in a monthly content range, rather than teaching a fixed content in certain class every day.	4The teacher is the main role, and the contentof each lesson that the child needs to masteris taught by the teacher, and there are usually 2-4 activities at a time.
It is necessary to focus on checking whether the child is using the APP correctly during the process. The correct and incorrect usage videos demonstration which last about one-minute about various materials can be used for reference to the children, teachers, and parents, they can learn and observe the right information.	Generally, the ABCmouse APP is regarded as a slide show or multimedia courseware, and children are directly asked to follow the teacher to learn the context, voice, and tone.
Regarding the types of learning materials on the ABCmouse APP, suggestions for correct using should be given according to the frequency of material usage. For example, reading, songs, games and other categories, and then subdivide more categories by songs with videos and without videos. In addition, it is necessary to guide the children for the 1st to the 7th time, and then cultivate them in self-study such unit activities and other pay attention to matters.	Lead reading generally requires children to have a preview or review of whar they learn.
Guided learning is the teachers accompany and motivate children to learn English through ABCmouse APP	Lead learning is generally to complete learning tasks according to the requirement
In the early stage of guided learning, teachers will demonstrate the standardized operation process of APP’s material learning, and young students will imitate learning, practice and consolidate at home, and learn by analogy to similar materials to achieve independent learning.	Lead learning mainly focuses on young students mastering knowledge, supplemented by ABCmouse APP operation
In the middle and late stages of guided learning, it is to guide, demonstrate and consolidate. Teachers guide young students apply the materials at home through offline game activities, test their learning situation, and improve open-mouth practice and communication.