I come from a country, which is with high cultural values and great diversity. There are different languages spoken and different customs and traditions followed all over India. When I was in school, which was English medium school, we had Marathi and Hindi as our second language, Hindi was introduced from grade 3 and Marathi from grade 4, both these languages have almost similar script but there is a difference in the way we speak the language thus the difference in these two languages. It was easy for me to learn to read and write Hindi. It was very difficult for me to learn Marathi, my struggle worsened as my mother too was not able to help me as being from south of India she had never heard or spoke Marathi .It was compulsory in school to score same amount of marks in all the languages to in order to move to next grade. Therefore, I had a tutor who could teach me Marathi personally, my teacher would teach me at home .There is one thing that helped to learn the language faster and correctly and that was she asked me to listen to the Marathi news at national channel and try to use those words as much as I can to anyone who can speak Marathi .I tried that and tried my level best to talk first in broken words and then small sentences with my maid. My hold on the language grew better and better as days passed and this is all because of my thoughtful teacher.

As parents and educators in today’s multi-cultural society, we realize that a foreign language component in the education of our children is essential. This type of instruction can directly influence children’s attitudes toward future learning opportunities and it can lead to a fuller understanding and appreciation of cultures of other than their own. Reasearch has shown that children who have studied foreign elementary school show greater cognitive development and tend to score higher standard studying.

So in any foreign language experience course the teacher must be able or must see to it that the children are able to recognize and reproduce the sounds of the language, to respond to and offer greetings ,to recognize and be able to say numbers in different ranges according to level, to carry out directive statements from the teacher in the target language ,to learn orally identify vocabulary words from such topics as colours ,animals , food, family, community workers ,everyday objects. To sing songs, play games and engage in a wide variety of activities and the last but not the least to explore cultural similarities and differences via discussions of customs, traditions family unit, etc.

A teacher to make a great experience for a student must consider the following things:

Are all children involved in the program?

Are parents and other members of the community?

Are all the goals clearly stated, realistic?

Do the children use the foreign language inside and outside of school?

Is there a student foreign language performance assessment based on the goals?

The teachers themselves must be fluent and trained for teaching foreign language to young students.

Thus, a well-trained teacher and a positive approach provided to students by teachers will give an expanded view of the world to learn a foreign language.