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School was opened in 1998 and is owned by Riktam de
Voil, who started by teaching travel and daily English
lessons from his home and then sharing a rented classroom.
The school is still a small business but we now have
classes in over 30 locations and access to classrooms
in Fukuoka city in Tenjin, Nishijin. We also have
access to offer lessons in Ohashi and Karatsu plus
Yahata and Tobata, Kitakyushu with our sister business
affiliated school, `American English Preschool`. In
addition to small group lessons and private lessons,
we send out teachers to teach students at their homes,
businesses and in 2003, we started ‘ Culture Cafe'
at cafes thruout Fukuoka prefecture. Finally in addition
to English lessons, we offer other foreign language
lessons plus a special cooking in English course with
native teachers.
WHAT
COURSES DO WE OFFER?:
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School hires only part time who all are experienced
native and Japanese English teachers with specialist
teaching backgrounds. We can offer not only regular
courses in daily English, travel English, home stay
English, business English but we also can offer assistance
with test course and special courses eg discussion/ culture courses, EIKEN, TOIEC,
TOEFL, IELTS, SPEAK, Saxoncourt and also Junior Eiken
English test courses; Movietalk, Air English,Tourism
English, Hotel English, Travel English, plus preschool
English courses.
WHY
STUDY WITH US? - 7 KEY POINTS!
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School is more of a quality tutor lesson service than
a regular school. Students who want to study in a
classroom are welcome to, however, we can offer cafe
and home lessons service throughout Fukuoka prefecture
and from 2005 in other major cities too. How do you
choose between so many schools? Ultimately what matters
to me and I trust our students too is my belief in
the following issues to ensure we offer the best quality
English teaching:
•
The credentials and experience
of the teacher and an informal fun learning style.
•
Focus on quality of relationships
between the teacher and the student and school.
•
Established experience
and focus on coaching and delivering students` goals.
•
Internet based, distance-learning
course programs now being developed for 2006!
•
Our fees are at the top
end of the market as our priority is to serve only
small group and private lessons services with the
most qualified and able teachers.
•
Communicative management
and an educationally trustworthy reputation.
•
Make friends & practise
your English in our international exchange events!
For
details on curriculum planning and contents, please
see relevant pages on the web site for example lesson
plans and curriculum syllabus. Soon we will introduce
self study home internet curriculum for kids and adults.
Please ask Riktam for details on these new projects.
‘
EDUTAINMENT ' - Education or Entertainment?:
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When teaching both children and adults, it is a good
strategy is to balance education with entertaining
lesson-style so students enjoy lesson-time without
it becoming too academic. Classes with young people
and some adult students prefer an academic course
plan and methodology and if that is what they desire,
then we will pursue such a style too. Because we focus
on being a private lessons and tutorial teacher dispatch
service, students who wish to learn fast can benefit
from studying at their own pace. Students can make
up more practise time with review work at home if
they desire but the majority of students study English
as a hobby and want most of all to enjoy social, fun
lessons as well as improving their English level.
This is another reason why the school organises regular
social and international events and we encourage teachers
and students to participate. Using English in a natural
setting is important too.
English
study is more like learning a musical instrument than
learning a sport It takes years to become fluent.
If you are a teacher, then think of your own experience
learning Japanese. - how many of us are fluent now?
Language study is really an art which one must spend
years at developing. As the saying goes, ‘ Practice
makes perfect ' .
