English
Foreign
Languages Centre
Foreign
Languages Centre APPLE offers an exciting trip into the world of the English,
German, French, Spanish, Italian languages. In our educational centre you will
not only get professional tuition in grammar, vocabulary and phonetics, but
also pick up a lot of interesting and useful facts about culture, customs and
traditions of the people who speak these languages. It has become a tradition
of ours to celebrate
the national holidays of the countries with traditional dishes, contests, games
and presents.
As well as
lexico-grammatical language structures we are also focused on practising most
frequently used speech patterns. Our qualified tutors, mostly University
professors who gained their education
abroad, will be your supervisors and assistants in the exciting process of
mastering language structures, vocabulary building, speaking and listening
comprehension skills development and international
exams revision.
We give classes
in mini-groups and individually in a cosy, friendly atmosphere that encourages
free communication. Gaming methods, dialogues, rhymes and songs, DVD movies are
widely used in the lessons as dialogue activators. For quick, effective
memorisation we also introduce video-audio-information technologies.
Using our Centre as a base you can revise
for International Exams including: TOEFL, IELTS,
FCE, CAE, CPE. We also provide you with the opportunity to study for the
following (specialised) streams:
English in Medicine, English in Law, English in Tourism, English in Economics,
IT English etc.
Some
peculiarities in teaching foreign languages for pre-schoolers (from the age of
4).
The
peculiarities of pre-school foreign language tuition are:
-initial
acquaintance with the language structure on an elementary level;
-lexico-grammatical
patterns consolidation with the use of gaming teaching methods;
-watching
cartoons in a language;
-listening to
special educatory audio-materials for children;
-learning
rhymes and songs in a foreign language.
While teaching children we pay much attention to memory development as well as motor skills
improvement.
The traditional
system of evaluation is substituted by prizes for the children who do well
during the lesson. At the end of the term we give open lessons in the form of
contests where both children and parents take part.
The classes are
held three times a week for 60 minutes from September till May.
Some
peculiarities in teaching foreign languages for schoolchildren.
In our Centre
we have developed a new socially-oriented,education program for schoolchildren at a reduced price.
The main goal
of the education program is building and active development of sustainable
language skills. To achieve this goal we use the most efficient modern methods
of teaching, including:
- imprinting memorization and gaming methods in lexico-grammatical area;
-frequent
testing in different areas;
-holding
discussions on the topics that arouse intense children`s interest;
- engaging in creative work;
-introducing
audio-video-computer facilities;
-practising
commonly-used colloquial patterns in dialogues and role-games;
- practicing interesting pieces of the foreign
country’s cultural heritage, etc.
At the end of
the term we give open lessons in the form of exciting contests where both
children and parents take part.
We also follow
the traditions of national festivities and celebrate them with traditional
food, costumes and gifts. It usually provokes a vivid interest among
schoolchildren in the customs of
the foreign country.
The classes are
held three times a week for two academic hours from September till May, in
groups or individually.
Some peculiarities in foreign languages teaching for adults.
While teaching
adults we take into account three main aspects:
- increase vocabulary base and understanding;
- practice of grammar patterns;
- development of listening comprehension skills.
During the
lesson all students are encouraged to express themselves freely. Reading
original texts; revising commonly-used speech patterns in dialogues, monologues
and role-plays; holding discussions on the most controversial topics; studying
the best pieces of the foreign country’s cultural
heritage; watching movies; singing popular songs – all these contribute to
mastering the foreign language and having
a lot of fun.
The students are evaluated
by various tests: positioning testing, in-between testing, final testing.
According to the testing results students are given graduation Certificates.
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