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Expectation of Success
Mother Tongue Approach
All children can learn to speak their mother tongue with 100% success rate.
Suzuki Approach
All children can learn to play music. That's the belief of Suzuki Teachers.
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Early Beginning
Mother Tongue Approach
Parents encourage children to team to use language from a very young age. The iirst wotds that the child learn to speak may be Daddy, Mother. I Love You etc.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki children usually begin to play music when they are between 3-5 years old. Their first piece would be Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
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Listening
Mother Tongue Approach
Surrounded by speech from the day ol birth, children listen for about two years before starting to speak in sentences. Parents repeat words like Daddy. Mother, I Love You to the child with hope that child can leam these first words.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki students listen every day to recordings of the first few pieces lrom the Suzuki Guitar repertoire many months before they begin learn it. Suzuki Parents are encouraged to play the Suzuki book 1 CD at all appropriate times. i.e meal time, play time or while driving. This is to create a positive musical environment.
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Nurturing
Mother Tongue Approach
Parents always greet gurgling, babbling and tirst words with enthusiasm, joy and even kisses. Par- ents are proud oi the child and lamily members come together to celebrate and witness the child's achievement.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki parents always encourage their children musical effort. Parents are encouraged to bring their children out tor a special meal (Le pizza restaurant) to celebrate the occasion of the child's tirst recital.
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Social Environment
Mother Tongue Approach
Children learn language within their lamily and with lriends outside the home. They speak simple words when they meet other children at gatherings! playgrounds and realized that the language is common to other children.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki students learn to play music in weekly private lessons and also regular group classes. The child leels encouraged by other students playing more advance repertoire and also inspired when they can play together. They quickly realize that their music is common to what other children are learning too.
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Parent Teacher
Mother Tongue Approach
Parents involve themselves deeply in teaching language skills to their young children.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki parents are ‘home teachers’. They help the child during their daily practice. Suzuki parents also sit in during weekly lesson with the teacher to understand what is required of the child for that week oi practice.
Repetition
Mother Tongue Approach
Children repeat new words that they are teaming many, many times.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki students repeat new skills many times until they master them. Dr Suzuki explains that ability breeds ability.
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Expectation of Success
Mother Tongue Approach
Parents proudly display their child's linguistic achievements lrom the very beginning - even a goo- goo is good.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki students perlorm a lot in group lessons and recitals. Their first performance may be a simple song or dance.
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Expectation of Success
Mother Tongue Approach
Children continue to use the same words that they acquired as an intent. These words remain in their vocabulary.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki students continue to play their early pieces, using them as the foundation tor technical studies and to advance through the repertoire.
Natural Reading
Mother Tongue Approach
Children only learn to read several years alter learning to speak. Until this stage, they ‘learn by ear‘ all new vocabulary and grammar.
Suzuki Approach
Suzuki students learn to read music when they have learned to "play by ear".
