During English classes, children perform communicational activities aimed at the development of different skills, such as oral expression, listening comprehension, reading, writing, and the development of critical thinking. 

Activities:

In class children take part in conversations and reading stories in which they have to describe characters involved, important scenes and significant events with the focus of developing their verbal expression. Children undertake research work at the language lab, partake in cooking, and other general classroom activities. Through educational English games, that have simple expressions that become more complex as their proficiency level increases, a fun learning environment is created where the students can make new friends.

Reading

Appreciation of the different texts and reading books provide children with a better perspective as they learn about the cultures of different countries. Our students have the opportunity to become members o

f the “Charles Dickens” Library at an early age. This allows them to become accustomed to reading stories of which they may also take home. During class hours students also perfrom practical work in the library. Recreational work is also performed with movies and learning songs that help to increase language development.
 

Writing Process

The children develop their wirting skills through our ¨Writing Pro

cess¨. This is a writing discipline implemented at the beginner levels and continued through to the advanced levels. Children develop organization in their writing by describing events, writing letters, comparing stories, movies and reports on different subjects. They acquire a commitment to their work by editing with their fellow classmates, the teacher and through interviews and publications. Students also visit the computer room in order to obtain information and develop activities related to the program, as well as to publish the different works following the writing process

Conversation

Children develop basic functional English and progress into more complex levels by means of daily conversations. The acquired vocabulary helps the child to express naturally with authentic expressions related to his or her family, environment, tastes, sport preferences, etc. In time, they acquire a level at which they may express their opinion about different books, characters, cultures, and may also talk about past events and plan future activities.  

 Upon completion of the initial level (after 2 – 3 years), the children are able to express themselves with the following features:

• They are able to provide personal information about themselves and their families (name – age – simple description)
• They may describe objects using colors, geometric shapes, and numbers.
• They are able to use adjectives in the description of objects surrounding them in class and in their general environment.
• They are able to describe people and talk about parts of the body and clothes being worn. 
• They are able to describe surrounding objects and also objects they have found reading stories during class.
• They may express an opinion about tastes and preferences regarding food, animals, clothing, and objects related to their environment.
• They are able to use the days of the week and months of the year in description of events in stories they read or in daily personal situations.

 Upon completion of the elemental level (after 3 – 5 years), the students may express themselves as follows

• They may refer to all of the above issues with greater precision, more complexity in language, by applying adequate grammar to the situations being described.
• They are able to compare concrete and abstract situations with real or fictitious events as told in the stories they read, or as they occur in their life. 
• They are able to give oral and written personal opinions about stories, movies and games played in the classroom.
• They may issue opinions on tastes and preferences referring to the past or future events, with better language precision.

• They may give, receive and request information regarding different situations based on what they learned during story readings and authentic anthologies in English. 
  Our students will be able to perform all these activities through reading, writing, and speaking. The student’s ability to learn, constant class attendance and committment will greatly help their outcome.

We suggest to the parents that they motivate their children to become members at the Library, and to attend classes regularly. 

Respect and incentive by the parents considerably influences the language learning process.

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