Pedagogy
Structuro-Communicative Approach
1-1/2 hour or 2-hour class (10 to 12 weeks) According to agreement.
Course syllabus handed in at the beginning of the session In order to learn a language, one must focus on:
Oral comprehension
All levels : Private conversations or in small groups.
Intermediate to advanced levels : Conversation Club “Share, Challenge, Have fun”
Written comprehension
For everyone : Reading, Written exercises and/or games – Activities according to the groups’ needs
The courses procedure
Contextual learning –
An Eye on English Verb Tenses (Louise Carey, author and editor) Learning method for verbs conjugations in context (THIS METHOD MAY BE ADAPTED TO THE LEARNING OF ALL LANGUAGES)
Elementary level: Language basics
First part of the course :
- Written comprehension
Second part of the course :
- Oral comprehension
Intermediate and advanced levels:
Return on the language basics when necessary according to the group’s learning process Accent put on conversation, increasing of the vocabulary, learning new expressions, etc.