Our primary program recognizes the importance of communicative skills and cognitive proficiency. We therefore use several current TESL approaches to teach communicative skills that are compatable with the student's cognitive proficiency. Three of these approaches include:

The Natural Approach

We emphasize the natural development stages that language learners go through, by guiding teachers to ask questions appropriate to the student's stage.

Total Physical Response

Our teachers use TPR extensively with younger classes. Students are asked to respond to simple commands and directions in songs, chants, role-plays, and games.

Aural/oral

Our programs reflect the distinction between receptive and productive language, and in the early stages students will hear more English than they will be expected to produce.

 
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