The reason for the decline in children’s language skills is “adjectives,” and the difference in language skills between parents and children is widening | How to improve the academic ability of an only child | Diamond Online

Kaisei, Azabu, Sakurakage, Futaba, Chikukoma, Shibumaku…… VAMOS, a cram school operating in Tokyo, mainly in Kichijoji,“No entry test, first come, first served basis”does not select students withLet “ordinary children” pass famous difficult schools one after anotherIt is a subject cram school. Making the most of children’s characteristics to improve their academic ability“A logical and scientific method of learning”is gaining tremendous support. In this article, I will present a special quote by Yusuke Tominaga, VAMOS representative, from his latest book, How to Develop the Academic Ability of an Only Child (Diamond Publishing).

I am not good at a composition that includes subject prediction

Children today not only do not read, they also cannot write. Due to the corona crisis, teachers have more work to do, and it is difficult to learn how to write sentences, but the spread of SNS and smart phones is the biggest reason.

In the first place, most sentences are written to say something to someone. Old apology letters and love letters are typical examples.

Now, however, there are many tools that allow us to avoid having to describe our situation, how we feel, etc.

For example, if you upload a photo of yourself smiling in front of a delicious-looking parfait on social media, you can get the point across without writing a single line of text. Even if the characters are written, the impressions are like “dangerous” or “emotional”pseudo-adjective” are most of them.

Children today, who are accustomed to connecting conversations with these pseudo-adjectives,I’m really bad at writing sentences that contain subjects and predicatesIt is.

LINE parent-child makes a difference in children’s language skills

In VAMOS, children in the lower grades are taught to show a picture and “explain this situation in about five lines,” but only a limited number of children can write it correctly. The picture is very simple. For example, “a clerk puts a discount sticker on a side dish in a supermarket” or “a police officer on a police motorcycle looks into a car parked on the side of the road”.

Children can see the picture and understand the situation, but they cannot write using the subject and predict, “○○ is doing XX.”

this is a pretty big problem. Short buzzwords are also good as a glue between friends. On the other hand, unless they have room to create proper sentences, they will grow up to be children who really lack Japanese language skills.

When sending lines to each other as a family, don’t just settle for stamps and prints,sentences with subject and predicateTry using .

Do not match the level of conversation with the child

Parents tend to choose words according to their children, but if there is an older brother or sister, the older child will be the standard, and the younger child will be raised to the level of the older child. However, in the case of the only child or the first child, the parent tends to adapt to the child, so the vocabulary tends to be poor. especially,difficult kanji、proverb、Four character idiomatic compoundsIt tends to be weak in areas such as

Parents should be aware of this first and try to increase such learning wherever possible. It is difficult for young children to learn four character proverbs and idioms on their own.It would be a good idea to have fun learning by making cards and turning them into games..

In addition, it is important not to match the level of conversation with the child. Don’t wait for your vocabulary to grow naturally, make an effort to increase your vocabulary.

(This article is an excerpt and edited from “How to Develop Your Only Child’s Academic Ability”)