GINUE Centre | English for Children Course Descriptions
English for children These courses incorporate a holistic approach to teaching, including social skills development for young children and learner training skills for older children. Language is not taught in isolation from other subject matter, which allows us to use project work, craft lessons, drama, video and the Internet to enhance the learning experience. In this way, children can benefit from all possible channels to help make the learning experience memorable and effective for them, e.g. receiving visual and aural input, and completing imaginative, cooperative, and physical-response tasks and activities together. Children make progress in a relaxed environment, with help and encouragement from the teacher, to speak and use the language in meaningful contexts.
Levels Level 1 – Starting Out This course lays the foundation for success. In the early stages the children will initially focus on developing their confidence in listening and speaking and the skills to make them better learners. The second semester will introduce reading and writing to the level of the word.
Level 2 – Building English This course builds essential language for the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking so that children can communicate meaningfully about themselves, their family and their classmates in structured activities. Their literacy is developed to the level of sentences and simple paragraphs.
Level 3 – English Together This course continues to develop children's ability to communicate together by increasing their range of language for use in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Children learn to read and write paragraphs with more challenging language and produce a number of short texts such as a postcards or letters.
Level 4 – World Explorers The Year 4 course challenges children to communicate with each other and about the world around them using a greater range and accuracy of language. At this level, they work with different kinds of texts on a variety of topics for older children. They are encouraged to use their English language and learning skills to the full by working in cooperation with others and individually on project work.
Level 5 – English Achievers The course is for ten to twelve year olds who have a solid grounding in English and can read and write cohesive sentences and paragraphs.
GINUE Centre | English for Children Course Descriptions
1-A (Starting Out A)
1-B (Starting Out B)
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
COURSE FEES
COURSE FEES
200,000 Won
200,000 Won
ABOUT THIS COURSE
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course lays the foundation for learning English. Children will primarily focus on
This course develops children’s confidence in listening and speaking about a number of
developing their confidence in listening and speaking about very familiar topics around the
familiar topics such as animals, parts of the body, clothes and fruit. It presents a full range
home and at school. The course will also introduce children to basic phonics as a starting
of phonics and develops reading a writing to the level of the word. Children also learn to
point for developing reading skills at later levels.
spell words from topics on the course.
Our central concern is on developing your child’s language skills, but we also believe in
Our central concern is on developing your child’s language skills, but we also believe in
working closely with you to help develop your child’s social and learning skills in class. We
working closely with you to help develop your child’s social and learning skills in class. We
know that children, particularly young children starting out in a new learning environment,
know that children, particularly young children starting out in a new learning environment,
need to develop these behavioural skills to ensure real success as language learners.
need to develop these behavioural skills to ensure real success as language learners.
COURSE ASSESSMENT
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Students are continually assessed on three main areas:
Students are continually assessed on three main areas:
• Attitude, behaviour and learner development
• Attitude, behaviour and learner development
• Listening and Speaking
• Listening and Speaking
• Reading and Writing
• Reading and Writing
GINUE Centre | English for Children Course Descriptions
2-A (Building English A)
2-B (Building English A)
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
COURSE FEES
COURSE FEES
200,000 Won
200,000 Won
ABOUT THIS COURSE
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course builds basic language for the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking so
This course builds language for the skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking so that
that children can communicate meaningfully about themselves, their family and their
children can communicate meaningfully about themselves and everyday items and places
classmates in structured activities.
around them in structured activities.
Their literacy is developed to the level of sentences and by the end of the course children
The children’s literacy is developed so that they can read and write sentences and simple
will be able to write a simple paragraph about a face. Phonics continues to be reviewed to
paragraphs about a number of different situations and topics such as describing a monster’s
help support children’s reading development.
body, describing different people’s clothes, talking about food likes and dislikes, talking
Our central concern is on developing your child’s language skills, but we also believe in working closely with you to help develop your child’s social and learning skills in class.
about animals from around the world and describing the children’s favourite things in their bedroom.
Children at this level need to continue to develop these behavioural skills to ensure real
Our central concern is on developing your child’s language skills, but we also believe in
success as language learners.
working closely with you to help develop your child’s social and learning skills in class. Children at this level need to continue to develop these behavioural skills to ensure real
COURSE ASSESSMENT
success as language learners.
Students are continually assessed on three main areas: • Attitude, behaviour and learner development
COURSE ASSESSMENT
• Listening and Speaking
Students are continually assessed on three main areas:
• Reading and Writing
• Attitude, behaviour and learner development • Listening and Speaking • Reading and Writing
GINUE Centre | English for Children Course Descriptions
3-A (Building English A)
3-B (Building English A)
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
COURSE FEES
COURSE FEES
200,000 Won
200,000 Won
ABOUT THIS COURSE
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course develops children's ability to communicate together by increasing their range of
This course develops children's ability to communicate together by increasing their range of
language for use in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Children learn to read and write
language for use in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
paragraphs with a variety of language and by the end of the course will be able to write a
Children learn to read and write paragraphs with a variety of language by the end of the
postcard about a holiday.
course they will be able to write a letter of introduction to a pen friend.
Our central concern is on developing your child’s language skills, but we also believe in
Our central concern is on developing your child’s language skills, but we also believe in
working closely with you to help develop your child’s social and learning skills in class.
working closely with you to help develop your child’s social and learning skills in class.
Children at this level need to develop organisational skills and an ability to work as a productive member of a team in order to ensure real success as language learners.
Children at this level need to develop organisational skills and an ability to work as a productive member of a team in order to ensure real success as language learners.
COURSE ASSESSMENT Students are continually assessed on three main areas:
COURSE ASSESSMENT
• Attitude, behaviour and learner development
Students are continually assessed on three main areas:
• Listening and Speaking
• Attitude, behaviour and learner development
• Reading and Writing
• Listening and Speaking • Reading and Writing
GINUE Centre | English for Children Course Descriptions
4-A (Building English A)
4-B (Building English A)
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
COURSE FEES
COURSE FEES
200,000 Won
200,000 Won
ABOUT THIS COURSE
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course challenges children to communicate with each other about the world around
This course challenges children to communicate clearly with each other about the world
them using a good range of language. At this level, they work with different kinds of text on
around them using a good range of language. At this level, students work with different
a variety of topics for older children.
kinds of extended text of up to a page long on a variety of topics for older children.
Students listen, speak, read and write about a number of situations appropriate for their age
Students listen, speak, read and write about a number of situations appropriate for their age
like discussing different kinds of home, discussing computers and the Internet, talking about
such as facts and stories about animals from around the world, the environment, activities
school, describing monsters from films and discussing different sports.
children do in different seasons and months of the year, volcanoes, entertainment and
Students are encouraged to use their English language and learning skills to the full by working in cooperation with others and individually on project work.
hobbies, musical likes and dislikes, facts about world geography and stories about adventurers and real explorers from the past. Students are encouraged to use their English language and learning skills to the full by
COURSE ASSESSMENT
working in cooperation with others and individually on project work.
Students are continually assessed on three main areas: • Attitude, behaviour and learner development
COURSE ASSESSMENT
• Listening and Speaking
Students are continually assessed on three main areas:
• Reading and Writing
• Attitude, behaviour and learner development • Listening and Speaking • Reading and Writing
GINUE Centre | English for Children Course Descriptions
5-A (English Achievers A)
5-B (English Achievers B)
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
CLASS TIME PER SEMESTER
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
2 x 90 minutes per week. 4 weeks in total (12 hours)
COURSE FEES
COURSE FEES
200,000 Won
200,000 Won
ABOUT THIS COURSE
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This course challenges children to communicate with each other using a variety of language
This course challenges children to communicate with each other using a variety of language
and structures. At this level, students work with different text types on a range of topics for
and structures. At this level, students work with different text types on a range of topics for
older children.
older children.
Students develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through a number of
Students develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through a number of
contexts appropriate to their age. These include topics such as places around them, ancient
contexts appropriate to their age. These include topics such as food and drinks, the animal
history, inventors and inventions, arts and music.
world, jobs and careers, sport and leisure and festivals around the world.
Students are encouraged to develop their cognitive and socialising skills through a series of
Students are encouraged to develop their cognitive and socialising skills through a series of
projects relevant to the topics in the course.
projects relevant to the topics in the course.
COURSE ASSESSMENT
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Students are continually assessed on three main areas:
Students are continually assessed on three main areas:
• Attitude, behaviour and learner development
• Attitude, behaviour and learner development
• Listening and Speaking
• Listening and Speaking
• Reading and Writing
• Reading and Writing