Training Supervisor, Becky Goodfield, is currently working with Sercin Duran, new Franchisee in Istanbul. Sercin trained in Bristol in July and is, this week, launching her first classes. What an interesting city Istanbul is! Class was over at sunset last night and there was a stunning view from the studio.
Our self-development classes are designed to build:
- Confidence
- Self-esteem
- Skill in verbal communication
- English language skills
- Social skills
- Listening skills
Yesterday's class was an 'Open House' with children and parents throwing themselves into the lesson with great enthusiasm, even though they didn't
quite understand everything we were saying!
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| Becky explains very carefully about ad-libbing - a new phrase in the children's vocabulary. |
The whole lesson was very exciting - the audience joined in with warm up activities and speech work.
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| Mums, dads and children warming up! |
As well as developing the children's confidence, the Helen O'Grady system is a very efficient tool for encouraging English as a foreign language. Each week the students - who already range from 5 to 11 years - will add a handful of new phrases to their vocabulary. Yesterday phrases included:
- How exciting!
- I'm very tired.
- My name is....
- What a beautiful day!
- I feel so much better now.
and they also joined in with several conversations in Turkish as well as in English.
New Principal, Sercin, is fluent in both Turkish and English, so will be her own interpreter in future classes!
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| Children playing tricks at the end of the class. Seated l to r - Training Supervisor, Becky Goodield, Training Manager, Margaret Darley and Istanbul Franchisee, Sercin Duran. |
Classes start this weekend in Cihangir, Etiler, and Tarabya. Tel: 90 0212 332 10 02
Email:
info@helenogradyistanbul .com
Have you had any experience of teaching - or learning - English as a foreign language? Please comment to share your experiences.
