Viungo kwa wazazi na watoto
Wasaidie watoto wako kujifunza Kiingereza
Kuna idadi ya nyenzo kwenye mtandao ambazo unaweza kutumia na watoto wako kuboresha Kiingereza chao, ambacho nyingi ni bure. Ifuatayo ni uteuzi wa nyenzo zile bora zaidi:
VIFAA BILA MALIPO KUTOKA UINGEREZA
British Council
British Council, ambayo ni sehemu ya serikali ya Uingereza ambayo inakuza utamaduni wa Uingereza (ikiwa ni pamoja na lugha ya Kiingereza) katika nchi zingine, ina rasilimali nyingi za bure za kujifunza Kiingereza kwenye tovuti yake.
Hizi ni pamoja na:
Hii ina michezo, nyimbo, hadithi na shughuli nyingine za watoto wadogo (umri wa miaka 5-12)
na
Hii ina mazoezi ya kufaa zaidi kwa vijana (umri wa miaka 13-19), ikijumuisha mazoezi ya sarufi na msamiati.
Ingawa wanatafuta kuuza kuuza kozi zao (kwa kawaida ni ghali na za ubora wa juu), nyenzo zote kwenye tovuti ya British Council ni bure kutumia. Pia kuna mwongozo unaofaa kwa wazazi wanaotaka kuwafundisha watoto wao Kiingereza nyumbani.
BBC Learning English
BBC (utangazaji wa jimbo la Uingereza) hutoa hadithi za watoto ili kuwasaidia watoto kujifunza Kiingereza. Watoto wako wanahitaji kuwa katika kiwango cha A2 (Pre-Intemediate)
Miongoni mwa tovuti zingine, Cambridge University Press ina idadi ya shughuli za watoto, zilizopangwa kwa kiwango (kabla ya A1 hadi A2). Kwa bahati mbaya, wakati wa kuandika, sio mazoezi yote yanafanya kazi kwenye simu ya mkononi (tovuti inaonya kwamba zimeundwa kwa kompyuta au kompyuta kibao). Nyimbo hizo, ambazo pia ziko kwenye Youtube, zote zinaonekana kufanya kazi, na kwa watoto wadogo, kuna programu ya bure, inayoitwa Monkey Puzzles, ambapo watoto wanaweza kupima Kiingereza chao kwa kucheza michezo.
Kumbuka kwamba BBC, British Council na Cambridge zote zina nyenzo za kujifunzia bila malipo kwa wanafunzi wazima pia. Tutaangalia haya katika makala nyingine.
VIFAA BILA MALIPO KUTOKA MAREKANI
Khan Academy
Khan Academy Kids, (kwa watoto walio na umri wa miaka 2-8), ni sehemu ya tovuti ya Khan Academy na chaneli ya Youtube, inayoendeshwa na shirika la kutoa misaada la Marekani ambalo linalenga kufanya elimu ipatikane kwa kila mtu. Kumbuka kwamba kwa watoto wakubwa wanaoweza kuelewa Kiingereza, kuna masomo muhimu pia katika masomo mengine kama vile Hisabati na Sayansi. Unahitaji anwani ya barua pepe ili kujiandikisha kwa Khan Academy Kids, lakini ukishajiandikisha, kila kitu ni bure. Kuna hata programu (app) inayojumuisha maudhui ambayo yatafanya kazi nje ya mtandao.
Sesame Street
Sesame Street (kwa watoto walio na umri wa miaka 1 – 5) ni mfululizo wa vipindi vya TV vya watoto wa Marekani vinavyotumia vikaragosi kufundisha ujuzi wa kimsingi wa elimu. Ina michezo na nyimbo za bila malipo kwa Kiingereza ambazo watoto ambao ni wachanga sana kwa shule wanaweza kutumia. Nyimbo nyingi pia zinapatikana kwenye Youtube na Sesame Street pia imetoa programu kadhaa. Baadhi ya hizi ni bure na nyingine kwa ujumla hugharimu kati ya TZS 2,500 na 11,500 (USD 1-5) kwa kila programu. Wanaweza kutumika nje ya mtandao.
KOZI ZA KULIPWA
Kwa wale wazazi walio tayari kulipa usajili wa kila mwezi, Lingokids (miaka 0-8) na Studycat (miaka 3-10), ni programu mbili maarufu zaidi. Wala sio nafuu lakini zote zinna ukadiriaji wa juu kutoka kwa wazazi kwenye maduka ya programu. Wakati wa kuandika, Lingokids inagharimu karibu TZS 35000 (au 15 USD) kwa mwezi na Studycat inagharimu karibu TZS 35000 (USD 15) kwa mwezi au TZS 140,000 (USD 60) kwa mwaka. Kama unavyoweza kutarajia, zote zina anuwai ya nyenzo zinazopatikana kuliko programu zozote zisizolipishwa.
Kuwa mwangalifu unaposhughulikia programu zinazohitaji usajili kwani wakati mwingine si waundaji programu au waendeshaji wa duka la programu huweka wazi jinsi ya kughairi usajili. Video hii (kwa Kiingereza) inaonyesha jinsi ya kughairi usajili wowote ikiwa simu yako inatumia mfumo wa uendeshaji wa Android. (Pia kuna moja ya Iphone hapa).
Kiingereza – Hatua kwa Hatua
Kwa watu wazima na watoto wakubwa (miaka 12+), hasa wale walio na matatizo ya kubadili shule ya msingi hadi sekondari, Kiingereza Hatua kwa Hatua ni kozi ya kipekee ya Kiingereza iliyoandikwa kwa Kiswahili na inayolenga wanaoanza. Ni zaidi kama kitabu cha kiada kuliko mfululizo wa michezo lakini kina mamia ya rekodi za wazungumzaji asilia, pamoja na maelezo ya sarufi na mazoezi ya mwanafunzi kukamilisha. Wakati wa kuandika, inagharimu TZS 4700 au USD 2 kwa mwezi au inaweza kununuliwa kwa TZS 21000 (USD 8).
Kuna nyenzo nyingi zaidi kwenye mtandao za kuwasaidia watoto kujifunza na tutajaribu kusasisha orodha hii wakati wowote tunaposikia kuhusu kitu kingine chochote ambacho ni muhimu.
Links for parents and children
Help your children to learn english
There are a number of materials on the internet that you can use with your children to improve their English, many of which are free. Below is a selection of some of the best:
FREE MATERIALS FROM THE UK
British Council
The British Council, which is the part of the British government that promotes British culture (including the English language) in other countries, has a number of useful free resources for learning English on its web site.
These include:
This has games, songs, stories and other activities for younger children (ages 5-12)
and
This has exercises more suitable for teenagers (ages 13-19), including grammar and vocabulary practice.
While they are looking to sell places on their own courses (usually expensive and of high quality), all of the resources on the British Council web site are free to use. There is also helpful guidance for parents who want to teach their children English at home.
BBC Learning English
The BBC (UK state broadcaster) provides some children’s stories to help children learn English. Your children need to be at A2 level (Pre-Intermediate) for this.
Among the other web sites, Cambridge University Press has a number of activities for children, ordered by level (pre-A1 to A2). Unfortunately, at the time of writing, not all of the exercises work on a mobile phone (the web site does warn that they have been designed for a computer or tablet). The songs, which are also on Youtube, all seem to work, and for younger children, there is a free app, called Monkey Puzzles, where children can test their English through playing games.
Note that the BBC, British Council and Cambridge all have free learning materials for adult learners, too. We will look at these in another article.
FREE MATERIALS FROM THE USA
Khan Academy
Khan Academy Kids, (for children aged 2-8), is part of the Khan Academy web site and Youtube channel, run by a US charity that aims to make education available to everyone. Note that for older children who can understand English, there are also useful lessons in other subjects such as Mathematics and Science. You need an email address to register for Khan Academy Kids, but once you have registered, everything is free. There is even an app that includes content that will work offline.
Sesame Street
Sesame Street (for children aged 1 – 5) is an American children’s educational TV series that uses puppets to teach basic educational skills. It has free games and songs in English that children who are too young for school can use. Many of the songs are also available on Youtube and Sesame Street has also produced a number of apps. Some of these are free and the others generally cost between around TZS 2,500 and 11,500 (1-5 USD) per app. They can be used offline.
PAID COURSES
For those parents willing to pay a monthly subscription, Lingokids (0-8 years) and Studycat (3-10 years), are two of the most popular apps. Neither is cheap but both have high ratings from parents on the app stores. At the time of writing, Lingokids costs around 35000 TZS (or 15 USD) per month and Studycat costs around 35000 TZS (15 USD) per month or 140,000 TZS (60 USD) per year. As you might expect, both have a wider range of materials available than any of the free apps.
Be careful when dealing with apps that require subscriptions as sometimes neither the app makers or the app store operators make it clear how to cancel the subscription. This video (in English) shows how to cancel any subscriptions if your phone uses the Android operating system. (There is also one for Iphone here).
Kiingereza – Hatua kwa Hatua
For adults and older children (12+ years), particularly those having problems making the transition from primary to secondary school, Kiingereza – Hatua kwa Hatua is the only serious English course written in Swahili and aimed at beginners. It is more like a traditional textbook than a series of games but contains hundreds of recordings of native speakers, along with grammar explanations and exercises for the learner to complete. At time of writing, it costs around 4,700 TZS or 2 USD per month or can be bought for 21,000 TZS (8 USD).
There are many more resources on the internet to help children learn and we will try to update this list whenever we hear of anything else that is useful.
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