Communication
Above all, learning English is about communication and an important part of learning English is being able to exchange views and make friends with people all over the world. As learners become younger, this has a dark side as well. Issues of security and transparency of identity will become greater. Despite the growing independence of learners, trusted institutions and brand names will remain important.
Lastly, in envisioning the learners of the future as younger and more demanding, it is also worth considering the teachers of the future. The paradox is, as English becomes spoken by more and more people in the world, the number of English Communication
Reading
Children who can already read in their home language generally want to find out how to read in English. They already know how to decode words in their home language to get meaning from text and, if not helped to decode in English, may transfer their home language-decoding techniques and end up reading English with the home language accent.
Before they can decode English, young children need to know the 26 alphabet letter names and sounds. As English has 26 letters but on average 44 sounds (in standard English), introducing the remaining sounds is better left until children have more experience in using language and reading,
Beginning reading in English goes easily if young children already know the language they are trying to read. Many children work out by themselves how to read in English if they have shared picture books with adults or learned rhymes, as they are likely to have memorised the language. Reading what they know by heart is an important step in learning to read as it gives children opportunities to work out how to decode simple words by themselves. Once children have built up a bank of words they can read, they feel confident and are then ready for a more structured approach.