It is hard to decide which is the most appropriate age to start learning a foreign language.In our crowded world we need to find the right way how we can make easier our children's school years. In more and more countries foreign languages are taught in kindergartens. The aim of these "language courses" is not to make children to learn (or acquire?) a target language perfectly, but to establish them a certain phonetical basis and a basic vocabulary to help their later real language learning. But other general skills can also be developed like the sense of rythm, drawing, creativity. I tried to collect a bunch of active and passive exercises which are usable for the 5-8 agegroup. These playful exercises only develop the listening and speaking skills. There are several facts we need to take into consideration. Besides them the kids' fields of interest, the most suitable time for the lessons, ocurrent behavioural problems etc.

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Belafalvi, Eva I started to learn English language at the age of 9. After secondary school, finishing as an executive secretary, I started EFL teacher training at University of Veszprem. The idea of the degree work partly came from my own experience, i.e. it was much more easier to learn the language in that age, than a later age period.