Hello Lu:

 Most American children learn at first, using Nursery Rhymes and simple songs.

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Puzzlement about English

At school,we study English as a required course.Every day we do lot of tests,on grammar,and learn new phrases by underlining them,every day,we need to recite words and phrases and the next day,we will have a dictation.But we will soonly forget them for the rarely use of them.I don't think it is the right way to learn English.as our teacher said,if we went to US for half a year,your English will altogether OK.But now,we are just wasting time learning that can be achieved by easier ways;
I don't know how those people who don't use English as a native language to learn English.Maybe the same.I don't know.Must I keep reciting words and even unable to talk to foreigners ?How do you study English in America or UK?Or you just don't need to study?

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   I agree with you. The method you use in school is not  very "natural".

I use songs and Nursery Rhymes with beginners, and move later into essays, stories,  poems.   I have met  students who taught themselves a lot studying  song videos on the Internet.

   --Warm Regards, Bruce