Plainsailing through the ABC's
Plainsailing through the ABC's
Babies Love English
This is a course for very young learners in their first 2 years of English learning. This course is based on the belief that pleasure, interest and excitement make lessons memorable and help children to learn. The teaching is done through games, songs, chants, action-based (TPR approach for vocabulary building), and pen-to-paper activities. All these games are presented with the animated Pingu stories.
Language aims
the emphasis in the syllabus is on building up vocabulary. Vocabulary is presented in lexical sets, few items at a time and regularly revised to give children ample opportunity to practice and learn the words.
| Pingu Picture story used for:
- discussion (in English) - prediction (in English) - saying and repeating - questions and answers (in English) - presentation or illustration of new language - acting out - further activities |
Teaching activities regularly includes:
- oral activities - pencil-to-paper activities - listening and doing - song or chant - game & crafts - personalization activities - animation films |
Stories and Values
The course is based on the stories of Pingu (a cartoon mascot) and his friends, and that of real-life children. The stories contain an important added dimension - an opportunity to learn about values and discuss issues in the stories, such as :
The above issues are of paramount importance in building up positive values for young children and at the same time bring up practical means for children to learn communicating their needs and feelings.
For more information on course schedule and enrollment, please contact us.