Young Learners
Our Young Learners courses will take your students on an exciting journey as they learn to use more and more English. The youngest children will start as Climbers, and as their level improves, move on to be Trekkers, then Explorers and finally Rangers. There are eight Young Learners programmes, two at each level.
Aims and Benefits of our Young Learners Courses
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Students will:
Course Length & Structure
Have fun while learning English - and want to learn more!
Discover the importance of learning other languages by meeting native speakers
Develop their awareness and understanding of English-speaking cultures
Have a chance to ‘try out’ the language they have learnt in their classes - and see that it works!
1 - Full Course
6 lessons per day (each lesson lasts 50 minutes)5 days (usually Monday – Friday)25 hours total
A Typical Full Course
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Lesson 1
Communicative Activities and Games
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Arts and Crafts Mini-projects
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
English Playground Games
Lesson 6
Drama and Songs / Preparing for show
Show
This is a sample only and can be adapted
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2 - Half Course
3 lessons per day (each lesson lasts 50 minutes)5 days (usually Monday – Friday)12.5 hours total
Both the full and half course options are available over:
A Typical Half Course
1 week
25 hrs or 12.5 hrs
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
2 weeks
50 hrs or 25 hrs
Lesson 1
Communicative lessons based on the English in Action book
Lesson 2
Drama and Songs / Preparing for show
Show
Lesson 3
This is a sample only and can be adapted
Please note: For a half course you must have an even number of groups (e.g. 2 groups = 1 EIA teacher, 4 groups = 2 EIA teachers etc). The groups will be taught consecutively each day.
Topics
At the start of the Young Learners series the theme is children’s daily lives with topics such as family, feelings, people, holidays, hobbies and school.
Further up the series, especially in the Explorers and Rangers programmes, many lessons feature topics from the wider world such as the Olympics, English-speaking countries, the planets and healthy eating.
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Activities
All our Young Learners programmes are packed with fun, interactive games and activities that keep children engaged and busy with English throughout the day.
Here are some examples:
Planning a Course
Useful Forms
| Run and touch | Mime and guess | Drama | ||
| Matching card game | English songs | Puzzles | ||
| Mime and guess | Role playing | Reading & writing activities |
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