Aquisição da segunda língua na primeira infância: a língua inglesa na educação infantil

Abstract

This work was the subject of English language acquisition in early childhood comprising children 0-5 years in a bilingual school environment. The work is based on authors such as Vygotsky believed that development from the communicative exchanges between the child and the adult and the influence of external social origins and also the American linguist Stephen Krashen supports the approach of the Natural Method for acquiring a new language from the creation of the emotional bond between teacher and students and external visual stimuli they receive. The age range chosen for the research is based on studies of the French physician Paul Broca who discovered a passage area of language in the brain, so that learning is accessed by the child so automatic as to the mother tongue. This research emphasizes the training, knowledge and dedication of the teacher for a right approach, respecting the time of maturity of each child, encouraging her, but leaving her free to express yourself whenever you feel the urge. The use of teaching resources and playful teacher can create the emotional bond and gain the trust of his students, awakening in them a desire to learn more and more, in addition to valuing and rescue whenever the knowledge already acquired, always putting it into practice in school routine.