Research On Effectiveness Of English Education In Kindergarten

English education in kindergarten is one of the frequently-discussed problems in early childhood education. The current research findings mainly concentrate on the experiences of content and methods, lacking concerns on children's English learning principles and the effectiveness of English education in kindergarten. Focusing on the subject of English education, this study approaches to the effectiveness and influential factors from theoretical and practical aspects, especially children's learning principles, the characteristics of effective English learning, evaluation items and so on.Selecting 64 5-6-year-old children from three different kindergartens, the research firstly tests children's overall English level by an English test, secondly gets the information of intelligence ability of certain children (those with the best and poorest performance) by evaluation tools of multi-intelligence test, and thirdly takes the longitudinal method to further study the English ability of children after their entering primary schools. After learning the current situation of effectiveness of English education, the research turns its attention to influential factors of teaching activities and family environments throughout the methods of observation, interview and questionnaire. The findings show that the ignorance of children's learning principles and the key elements of effectiveness of English education leads to the inefficiency of English education in kindergarten, such as problems on English learning attitude, interests, multi-cultural awareness, as well as listening and speaking ability, even on the overall performance. Accordingly, the research provides concerned suggestions to kindergarten teachers and parents in order to conduct English education more effectively.