Is it too early for preschoolers learning English to ask them to speak in full sentences?

Question

I am teaching preschoolers ages 4-7 english, I want them to speak in full sentences, but I am wondering if it is too early for that.

Answer 1

of course not. i wouldn't ask for complex sentences, but things such as, "i like blue." or "i have a dog." is no big deal.

Answer 2

When you say you are teaching English, do you mean as a second language to non-English speakers? If that is the case that is different from native speakers of English, which should have no problem with simple sentences. If you are talking about non-English speakers, yes, that is asking a lot to being with, its best to start off with words and work up to full sentences.

Answer 3

Excuse me 4-7 may not be pre-school unless you are teaching ESL. Generally, 5 year olds are ready for K, if not first grade.

Children as young as three should be taught to use full sentences. Simple sentences of course, but still complete.

Answer 4

What I found out:

The magic number is seven.

What you do is get a kid to add one word per sentence, until most of his / her sentences are six words long. Kids vary in how fast they can add words. One kind may take two weeks to move the average length of a sentence from four words per sentence to five. You have to be patient, and observant.

When you get the kid to six words, you will hear sentences like "The ball is on the table". But at SEVEN words, the English language is so structured that you can't form a sentence, without putting in an adjective, or an adverb, or a dependent clause. So once you get a kid to seven words per sentence, the kid's language ability explodes, and full sentences form naturally.

A four-year-old ought to be comfortably at 5 words per sentence. Or 6.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It is never to early for children to learn to speak in complete sentences. I work with 3 & 4 year olds and we encourage them to speak in complete sentences all the time. For instance the thing for kids to say today when they need to use the restroom ids I gotta go. I as you gotta go where. They then use a complete. The will say I need to use the bathroom. It is never to early.

Answer 7

It is never too early to learn. Ask them to use sentences, but these don't have to be very long. Perhaps sentences like "Can I watch TV?" or "I want to go home." are good sizes for the kids.

Answer 8

I have two boys who began speaking in full sentences at 1 1/2. If they answer with one word, encourage them to be more specific. If they want juice, ask if they want the red juice or the orange juice, then prompt them to reply correctly.

Answer 9

Never too young to use correct subject verb agreement in a complete sentence.

Answer 10

around 4 is when they start