How to Choose the Right English Course for Your Child: 7 Criteria

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Choosing the right English course for your child shapes their relationship with the language for years. A good course makes a child enjoy and use English; the wrong one can make them avoid it. Here are seven criteria to help you choose.

Seven criteria for choosing a course

A teacher trained to teach children: someone who teaches through games, stories and movement, not lectures.
Small groups: so every child takes part and speaks in every lesson.
Grouping by age and level: a six-year-old doesn't learn the same way as a twelve-year-old.
Interactive teaching: activities, games, songs and stories that get children using English, not just memorising it.
A focus on speaking: alongside reading and writing, because fluency is what many children miss at school.
A safe setting: a suitable, supervised venue in person, and a trusted platform online.
Clear updates for parents: a placement test at the start and regular reports on what your child has learned and needs.

Questions to ask before enrolling

How many children are in each group?
How do you assess my child's level, and how often do you check progress?
Which curriculum do you use, and does it suit my child's age?
Can we attend a trial lesson?

Signs the course is right

Your child comes home excited and tells you what they did.
They start using new words and phrases at home.
Their confidence speaking English grows, even if they still make mistakes.

At London College UK we run an interactive programme for children aged 5 to 14, led by teachers from the UK and the US, in person in Sabah Al-Salem or online. See our English for Kids programme.

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