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Follow these suggestions if they work for you, and don’t follow them if they don’t work
Think about these suggestions and adapt them to your situation
To teach a child to speak your language, play games with them. Board games are best.
Speak with one child at a time
Only speak in your own language
Speak at your normal speed and use the normal words you use
Speak only one language, the language you are teaching
The child wants to learn
The child will teach you more than you teach them
Smile
Be yourself
Use your first name
Use their first name
Speak to the child
Listen to the child
If they are not speaking, then they are listening and thinking, let them listen and think
If they start speaking, then stop speaking and start listening
If they stop speaking, then wait a few seconds and start speaking
Ignore language errors, they do not exist
Children do not make language errors, they are making new language
Use the same words, again, and again, and again, and again, and again
Sit down at a table, about half the height of the child, if possible
Play a board game using numbers and colours, and maybe animals
This may take some time, don’t be in a hurry
The rest is easy, anybody can do this