An English Nanny: what are the advantages?

Do you want English to become your child's second native language? English nanny will help you!

Today, finding a perfect nanny is not so easy. And what if you, as modern parents, want your child's nanny to be not just nice, kind and responsible, but also able to teach your child English?

Of course, it is best if the nanny is a native English speaker. It has been proven that the best way to learn a language is to completely immerse yourself in it, that is, to hear it and speak it constantly. And hiring a native speaker makes it all easier for your children.

Nowadays, the demand for English-speaking nannies and governesses in Russia is quite high. This is not surprising: after all, parents want the best for their children, so they do everything possible for this, starting from infancy. Yes, from infancy! When it comes to learning English, you should not waste time and wait for the preschool age, when in order to start learning English, your child will have to sit at a desk and cram boring grammar rules and constantly practice memorizing new words. It is good when you can learn a language with ease. That is why experts recommend starting this process at an early age. The fact is that the younger the child is, the more blurred their native language boundaries are, and while children are young they are able to perceive a foreign language as well as their native one. That's why the baby needs not just a nanny, but an English nanny.

Valentin Grogol - director of the international agency English Nanny.

Today, you can often hear the term "bilingual people". Many people think that these are people who speak two languages. Is that right? We will try to find the answer together with Valentin Grogol, director of the Russian and Ukrainian offices of the international company English Nanny, which has been helping parents find suitable nannies to teach their children English for thirty years. Here is what he says: "Some people believe that bilingual people are the ones who speak two languages. But we need to clarify things here. Almost everyone can learn to speak English, but you can also make English your child's second native language only if a child is growing up in the bilingual environment they will be able to speak fluently and thinks in both languages. These are the people you call bilinguals."

How does an English nanny work? In fact, same as a regular nanny, but with one major difference: she speaks English to the baby every day. Gradually English becomes an integral part of a child's life: when they play, walk, sing songs, they speak this language, and with the correct British pronunciation! Do not be afraid that the baby will turn into a one-hundred-percent Englishman. They will not forget Russian, because they will still speak it with their parents and other relatives.

By the way, in the English Nanny agency you can choose not only an English nanny, but also a French, Italian or even Chinese one. Given the strong development of the Chinese economy, we can assume how popular the Chinese language will become when your child grows up. This is why you should not neglect the prospect of mastering this language. Moreover, the agency works with governesses from China, who received a prestigious education in London and speak the Beijing dialect - Mandarin. "As for the deep learning of a second foreign language," according to Valentin Grogol — "it is more appropriate to introduce it starting from the age of three. For example, by the time your child turns three years old, you can hire a French nanny, and then by the age of 4-5, you can add one more language. Children from some of the families we work with are fluent in three or four languages, and they don't have to learn many rules or irregular verbs for that. Everything happens naturally, during daily household events in the child's life."

It is obvious that the nanny, and then the governess, will spend a lot of time with the child: together they will play, read (the child will be able to enjoy many classic works in the original), learn the rules of good manners, do homework. It is very important for parents to know that they can trust the person with whom they leave their child. And the agency can guarantee this, since all nannies, tutors, and governesses they work with not only have the necessary certificates in the field of children's education and have excellent references from their previous employers, but also undergo a long process of checking all their documents and personal qualities by the agency's managers, including the absence of problems with the law.