Introduction:

German is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe and the official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and South Tyrol in Italy. 

Being outside their native country, if you need children to acquire a foreign language can be one of the most valuable byproducts of, whether your move is temporary or permanent. With these methods, you can help to instruct them to become fluent in the foreign language.

• Get exposure in the play area

If you are at the play area, take your child to the playground and encourage him to play Exposure is paramount. As she plays with the German-spoken kids, they use to observe it very well. Your kid will also observe how other children behave in this new culture. By doing this you can immerse your child easily when you arrive in German.

• Accept mistakes

If you see your kid is doing mistakes while speaking German, do not make corrections often. This will make your child self-conscious and less comfortable with expressing 

When you are learning one type of German, your child might be acquiring a local dialect. You will not know those dialect ‘rules’ in-depth. If your child is truly making errors, through interaction with and feedback from native speakers they will self-correct naturally. Just be patient, keep plugging away, and fight the urge to correct.

• Arrange a German babysitter

During the academic year holidays, students of various ages from the local schools spend a few weeks at a time. Ask those student kids to come to the house for two hours once every week, to ‘babysit’ Sequoia, reading and playing exclusively in German. A few weeks later she will open up and began speaking. 

Finding a German babysitter as soon as you are settled is highly recommend. Have this as a regular practice, to play with and read to your child. Just provide your child with a friendly environment that will provide natural acquisition.

• Use magazines and other printed materials

Allow your child to play the alphabet game, when you are driving or walking around reminds a child that German is not so different. This could be effective for children, show them that, aside from the β, which is nothing more than two S’s (Straβe = Strasse), and some dots on top of vowels, German and English look very alike.

Familiarize your child with the language by showing your kid with the books and other printed material can help with vocabulary acquisition. You have to expose them to other media if your child is not yet immersed in a natural German-speaking environment.

• Watching movies

Start to watch German movies that your child recognizes and it is also a great experience to see a movie in German. See the alphabet first in English if you are not quite sure that you are ready to handle it.

• Send them to German kindergarten

To fully immerse your child in German send them to school with native German speakers. Playing and interacting with children of their own age is a natural and very effective way for children to acquire a second language. With this, your child will pick up German even if they do not speak a word of it on the first day. 

It can be easy to let your child fall into a pattern of speaking English with a teacher instead of German if some of the teachers in the school know English.