新一代的父母从孩子非常小的就开始关注孩子的教育问题，经常自己学习教育相关知识，也特别关注孩子每个阶段的学习培养。特别是对于英语的学习，家长们希望孩子从小就能有一口标准流利的口语，希望孩子通过语言的学习了解到更广阔的世界。虽然新一代的家长比老一辈的父母更注重孩子的培养，科学的教育，但是在英语学习的方面也会经常纠结，如何让孩子能学好，在什么时候学，通过什么样的方式学，既能让孩子保持浓厚的英语学习兴趣，还能取得比较好的成绩。

    在教育领域，也会有很多专家有不同的声音，有的说不适宜孩子早学，怕孩子中英文混淆。有的专家则认为，孩子的英语早教育是非常重要的，早期教育研究表明0-6个月时孩子语言输入的最佳时期，4到5岁的这样的对于语言敏感的时期的时候，正是孩子们思维方式快速发展的阶段，所以在这个时候培养孩子的英语的思维能力至关重要。各种声音都有其各自持有的理论依据。

    最近巧口英语找到了国外对于“英语是否应该早点学”的相关研究，文中就“students who learn English as a second language by fifth grade are among the top performers throughout their academic career.”这个研究结果做了阐述。全文请点击: www.kpbs.org/news/2014/may/07/early-english-learners-excel-academically-study-fi/   查看。原文如下：

    students who learn English as a second language by fifth grade are among the top performers throughout their academic career. Aired 5/8/14 on KPBS News.

    The study shows students who are classified "English proficient" by fifth grade do as well as or better than native English speakers.

    That is the conclusion of a study released this week by the Public Policy Institute of California. The authors of the study looked at how well English language learners do in school until 12th grade.

    UC San Diego economics professor Julian Betts was a co-author of the report. The researchers looked at the San Diego Unified School District and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

    “The major finding from our study is that English learners who were classified as fluent in English by the end of fifth grade performed as well or even better than native English speakers in these two districts,” Betts said.

    The study was motivated by concern that English language learners might fall behind academically once they have been reclassified as “English proficient” rather than “English learners.”

    “They continue to do well throughout middle school and high school, and so there’s no sense at all from our study that students are being reclassified too early and start to falter,” Betts said.

    However, there was a drop off in academic ability among students who were reclassified after fifth grade.

    Betts also said the findings show the need for standardized statewide guidelines for English proficiency tests. Currently each district has the final say over when it considers students proficient in English.

    About a quarter of California’s 6 million kindergarten through 12th grade students are classified as English language learners. The researchers chose San Diego and Los Angeles because together they make a large representative sample — 15 percent — of all English language learners in the state.

    这篇文章通过对圣地亚哥联合校区和洛杉矶联合校区的“英语学习者”作为样本，进行调研，最后发表研究结果为：“英语要早点学”。这无疑是对家长们纠结是否要让小朋友们早点学英语的问题的最好的回答。

    巧口英语作为一家全球性语言教育科技解决方案提供商，对于孩子学习英语有深刻的认识，巧口少儿英语课程是巧口携手耶鲁大学出版社，专为3-15岁青少年而通过订制开发英语课程，并获得国际著名儿童语言交流专家斯坦福大学教授Prof. Don Roberts的赞誉。他说：“首先，巧口的教学系统基于教育部确立的新课程标准。其次，互动语音技术引导学生开口，因而弥补了教师在课堂上没有足够时间与学生对话的不足。第三，该系统反馈学生长处和不足，这些反馈能被教师有效运用。第四，系统中的训练引人入胜、有趣、有激励性，年轻的孩子会喜欢用。第五，系统中的英语情景非常实用，学生能立即学以致用。

    巧口英语的教学模式和理念契合孩子学习语言的规律，巧口英语更注重孩子在语言学习的听说为先的习惯养成，巧口英语不是一种语言输入的方式，而是根据脑神经科学对生长发育敏感期的研究，为孩子提供一种英文的环境，对孩子进行英语和母语思维同步的培养，通过游戏的力量促进孩子语言潜能的发展。

    可见，不论是国外的教育专家还是本土的教育专家，都认为让孩子早点学英语确实是益处多多，孩子们在小时候打下英语基础，对于孩子之后的学习都是非常有益的。只是在怎么学，学什么的时候，家长需要明智的选择能让孩子快乐学习的课程。也许巧口英语会是您的“众里寻他千百度，就在灯火阑珊处”的“他”。英语早点学，巧口来帮忙！课程详情请点击www.qooco.com。