Ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuba umntwana wakho ufunda ulwimi lwangaphandle, mhlawumbi kuya kuba yiNgesi, kuba eli lilwimi oluqhelekileyo oluqhelekileyo lokufunda. Kodwa uneminyaka engakanani onokuyifundisa umntwana wesiNgesi?
Abanye abazali bahlala becinga ukuba ukuqala ukufunda isiNgesi kuyafaneleka ukususela ebuntwaneni, kuba ngeli xesha abantwana baqonda kwaye baqonda nayiphi na inkcazelo.
Abanye abazali bakholelwa ukuba umntwana ngokwakhe uya kugqiba ukuba yintoni ulwimi lokufunda kunye nokuba yeyiphi injongo-ke kukufanelekile ukuqala uqeqesho.
Kanti abanye bakholelwa ukuba into ephambili kukusebenzisa ulwimi lwangaphandle kwixesha elizayo lomntwana, kwaye liphi ixesha eliza kuqala ngalo into yokugqibela.
Uphi inyaniso? Siza kuluhlela ngokulandelelana.
Ewe, umntwana, njengesiponji, uthatha kalula ulwazi olutsha-apha sivumelana nesitatimende sokuqala. Emva koko, kunjalo, abantwana bafunda ukuvakalisa izandi zentetho engabonakaliyo ngokukhawuleza kwaye badla ngokumangaliswa ngamakhono abo ekukhunjuleni amagama namazwi, abantu abadala abakwazi ukukuphupha kuphela. Nangona kunjalo, apha zonke iingenelo zokuqala ukufundisisa iilwimi ukususela ekupheleni kweminyaka.
Kulula ukufunda indlela yokuthetha ulwimi lwangaphandle, kokubili ekhaya nakwiimeko ezifanelekileyo zolwimi. Kodwa asimele sikhohlwe ukuba, njengawo nawuphi na ulwazi, izakhono zolwimi zigcinwa ngexesha elide zisetyenzisiweyo, njengoko zifunekayo. Ngoko ke, ukuba uqale ukufunda njengomntwana, ngoko kuyimfuneko ukusebenzisa nokuxhasa ulwazi olufumene ukwenzela ukuba aluphelelanga okokuqala kwiklasi yakho yokugqiba izifundo umntanakho uya kukhumbula kuphela amazwi amandulo.
Kukho inkolelo enamandla yokuba akunakwenzeka ukufundisa umntwana wesiNgesi ngexesha elifutshane, umzekelo, unyaka okanye unyaka nesiqingatha, oku kuye kwafundiswa kuthi nakwizikolo. Ngenxa yoko inzondelelo yabazali ngokusemandleni ukuqala ukufunda iilwimi. Inyaniso yokuba kukho iindlela zokufundisa zanamhlanje kwaye zisebenzayo ezikuvumela ukuba ubhekane nokuphuhliswa kolwimi lwangaphandle kwiinyanga ezilishumi elinanye ukuya kunzima ukuba abazali bacinge.
Nangona kunjalo, iindlela ezinzulu ziyamkeleka. Yaye isebenza xa umntu enza ukhetho olunolwazi kwisidingo sokufunda ulwimi, ngokuzikhethela ngolwimi olunomdla kakhulu, kwaye, mhlawumbi, lithembisa ngakumbi okanye lisebenza. Ngaloo ndlela, ngelixa umntwana ngokwakhe engagqitywanga ngokukhetha kwakhe, musa ukukhawuleza ukuyibhala kwisikolo seelwimi okanye kwisiNgesi.
Kodwa wonke umntu uyazi ukuba abazali besikolo akudingeki bahlawule imali yokufundisa umntwana wabo, ngokungafani nezifundo zeelwimi ezihlawulwayo. Ngoko kunjalo. Kodwa ngaba sihlala sikwazi ukufumana oko sifuna, oko sifuna ukufezekisa, ngendlela ephakamileyo, ngexesha elifanelekileyo nelikhululekile? Amava abonisa - kungekhona. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba nombono ocacileyo wenjongo ekugqibeleni - ukukwazi ukuthetha ngolwimi lwangaphandle, zombini ngolwimi lwakho lwasekuhlaleni, kunye nomnqweno wakho wokufezekisa oku, unako ukukhawuleza inkqubo yokufunda kwaye wenze ukuba iphumelele.
Kuyafana okufanayo malunga nesigqibo sokugqibela. Ukuba ucinga ukuba ukufunda isiNgesi kuya kuthatha ubuncinane ubuncinane iminyaka emithandathu, kwaye nokuba bhetele-ezilishumi, kuba, ngokusemgangathweni, akunandaba nokuba yiyiphi iminyaka ukuqala ukufunda ulwimi. Unokufunda ukuthetha isiNgesi, ukubhala, ukufunda nokuqonda intetho ngonyaka omnye nje, ukuba uqala ukufunda kwiikhosi. Ngokuqhelekileyo, abantu bafunda ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi befunda isiNgesi esikolweni. Ngelo xesha, ukuba kwakubonakala kungenakwenzeka ukufunda ulwimi lwangaphandle esikolweni, kuyacaca kwiikhosi zokuqala kwiikhosi zolwimi ukuba kuyimfuneko ukuya kwiikholeji kwaye uthathe izifundo ezizimeleyo ukuze uzalise umsebenzi wesikolo. Akukho nto inzima.
Ngoku, ngaphambi kokuba uzibuze umbuzo, uneminyaka engakanani ongayifundisa ngayo isiNgesi umntwana, cinga ukuba kutheni ufuna ukufunda ulwimi kwaye kuyimfuneko? Cinga malunga nokuba kunokwenzeka ntoni loo mfuneko ngolwimi lwangaphandle, ngexesha lini? Mhlawumbi, ukuba ayineminyaka emithandathu okanye elishumi ubudala, ngaba kufanelekile ukunika umntwana wakho indlela yokuqalisa ukufunda iilwimi? Ngoku kukho iindlela ezinamandla ezaneleyo, ngenxa yokuba ixesha lokufunda ulwimi liyancitshiswa ngomnyaka owodwa, kwaye izifundo ziba yinkqubo echukumisayo, kwaye akukho msebenzi onzima eklasini. Imisebenzi enjalo ingatshintsha isimo sengqondo ngokufunda nokuvumela umbono ocacileyo wekamva.
Ukususela kwiminyaka elishumi elinesine, ungaqala ukufunda isiNgesi kwisensi esetyenzisiweyo njengelwimi lwesizwe lwangaphandle.
Ukuba umntwana uyaqonda ukuba isiNgesi yilwimi afuna ukuthetha, ezinye iikhosi zinika ithuba lokudlula isifundo sokuqala ngesikolo, ngokuqeshwa. Oku kuya kubonisa ukuba kufundwa ulwimi kangakanani kwaye kumnandi, kwaye umntwana wakho uya kukwazi ukuthetha ngesiNgesi ukususela kwisifundo sokuqala.