Hyderabad Kids Expo 2015

City schools now are focusing on Foreign Languages to make their students a truly global citizens

Role Reversal. Now Foreign Teachers are coming to city to teach local school kids foreign languages—Spanish, German, Mandarin, Italian, American English, British English: Ligia Martinez and Claudia Albarraan

Kids must begin to learn a foreign language from a young age; the younger, the better. "A child is born with the ability to learn any language in the world easily": An expert

The two day two of Hyderabad Kids expo witness lot of fun and frolic activities with many parents along with their kids turned up the Hyderabad Kids Expo 2015 despite of the scorching sun out side.
I was afraid of coming here in hot summer, but, want to make sure I don’t miss the kids expo. I am happy I could be here and I discovered lot of useful skill development programs for my kids said Vasanthi, a mother of two who has come all the way from L.B. Nagar. Thank god, it is cool here, she said.

I found The Cosmic Cruise, a mobile 3D Planetarium a very useful to my kids. They had good time Rocket Parachute, Bull Ride, Bungee Jump, Water sports etc, Vasanthi said.

Ligia Martinez and Claudi Albarran both foreign language teachers from US surprised everybody by speaking few telugu and hindi words—bolo, aapu(stop), sare, sare(OK, ok), Cheppu(tell me)

We have been here in Hyderabad for the past six months with MNR Scottdale School. WE both teach American English, Spanish and French to the local students. The Sottdale School besides regular school curriculum, it has foreigners teaching foreign languages such as American English, British English, Spanish, French among other foreign languages. Five international language teachers teach foreign languages at Scottdale they said.

The students at this school enjoy cultural exchange and learning foreign languages such as French, Spanish, German and advanced English from foreign staff members drawn from countries like USA, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Newzealand. Etc. This experience helps local students to compete with global students in various international universities.

World is a global village. Geographies have shrunk. People are increasingly interacting with people from different countries. Hence, teaching kids foreign languages right from early childhood makes them truly global workforce, said Ligia Martinez.

Schools in city have also started teaching Mandarain, the most sought after Chinese language. This language is being taught from Grade 1. A child could learn up to 7 languages at younger age, said experts.
City Schools teach its young students several foreign languages such as German, Spanish, Japanes, Mandarin, the languages which until recently figured no where in city schools have now become a must to be learnt foreign languages
A growing number of parents are enrolling their babies, toddlers, and preschoolers in foreign-language classes. And the number is increasing said Mrs. Indumathi, a teacher and visitor to the Kids Expo. She said that kids should begin to learn a foreign language from a young age; the younger, the better. "A child is born with the ability to learn any language in the world," she explained.

Now Mandarin has become the most preferred language. Kids in Rockwell International are learning Chinese in their school. Just like how America is regarded as the land of opportunity for the global workforce, so will be China in the near future. Hence, we started teaching our tiny tots Mandarin informed the school.

 With the global business focus shifting from West to China, India may lose its edge as the largest pool of English speaking population. With this shift around the corner, there is going to be increasing interaction between India and China. Hence schools are also teaching Chinese language said Mrs Usha, a language expert. So also Chinese are learning Hindi, she said.

Indian students are very bright, fast, grasp quickly. They are very knowledgeable said Ligia and Claudia, the foreign language teachers.

The day two Hyderabad Kids Expo saw log of kids engaging in fun and frolic activities

The Expo is open till Sunday from 12noon to 9pm