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Cambridge English Young Learners (YLE)

YLE are designed to encourage and challenge children to work and study towards certificates that are recognised by thousands of Hong Kong educational organisations and Schools that record their progress. Examination consists of listening, speaking and reading and writing and split into three levels for the children to work through,
1. Starters
2. Movers
3.Flyers.

Grammar and Tenses programme

Our courses are designed to help students strengthen and develop the core English skills required to succeed at the elementary level. Students will be given the challenge of mastering another English skill that is often overlooked at school: GRAMMAR. The learning and practicing of the core grammar rules are vital for a student’s success on their writing. This course is good for training specific grammar and essay components and students will gain the grammar skills needed to build up a strong foundation base for their writing assignments

Our courses will feature a mixture of activities, worksheets and texts from leading textbooks and educational publishers that help students develop their grammar knowledge on top of building up their vocabulary, reading, oral and comprehension skills. This course also features a variety of writing activities and guidance on fundamental grammar, as well as plenty of verbal interaction during class time.

Regular Practice
We believe that with practice, students will be able to remember grammar rules better. In every class, after learning about different grammar rules, students will be able to practice and apply the grammar rules in our writing activities

Creative Writing Programme

Our Creative Writing Programme introduces various writing styles so your child would be familiar with them and feel confident in expressing him/herself on paper. Types of writing include: descriptive, fiction, non-fiction, narrative, expository, persuasive, poems, biographies, letters, e-mails, diaries, reports and many more. Our writing classes are very structured so as to guide students to improve their current writing skills while using idioms, metaphors, similies, personification, rhymes, limericks, onomatopoeia etc… onto their writing.

Our writing courses help children to:

  1. Develop their imagination
  2. Express themselves on paper
  3. Learn new writing styles and techniques
  4. Allow their ideas to expand and flourish
  5. Increase their confidence

Reading Comprehension Program (ages 5 +)

One of our goals is to provide valuable educational opportunities for our children to develop and grow as independent readers. The more children read, the better they become as readers. Successful reading motivates children to read more often and for enjoyment. This helps to nurture a lifelong love of reading. Phonics Land offers a comprehensive curriculum for reading, using basic phonics rules and a whole – language approach to reading.

There are six pre-reading skills for our children to build upon to become confident readers.

  • Vocabulary – research shows that children who have a large vocabulary are better readers. Knowing many words help children to recognize written words and understand what they read. Vocabulary is learned from books more than from normal conversation with adults, children or from television.
  • Print Motivation – children who enjoy books will want to learn how to read.
  • Print Awareness – being familiar with printed language helps children to feel comfortable with books and understand that print is useful.
  • Narrative Skills – being able to tell or retell a story helps children to understand what they read.
  • Phonological Awareness – being able to hear the sounds that make up words helps in sounding out when reading.
  • Letter Knowledge – recognizing the names and sounds of letters helps children figure out how to sound out words.

Based upon our children’s needs, we have prepared our story books according to different levels. Each level focuses on specific phonic skills and phonemes already learnt. Books will be given to your child in a specific progressive order, so your child can gradually build up his or her reading skills.

  • First Steps to Reading
  • Short Vowels + Digraphs
  • Long Vowels, Sight Words
  • Silent Letter + Soft Sounds
  • Advanced Short Stories

Have your child read independently. This is the ultimate goal. Your child should read independently to him or herself, or to other family members and friends.

Enrichment activities: The enrichment activities of each book help extend your child’s reading and comprehension. They include questions about the story, new vocabulary, sequencing of story events and further practice in reading. Your child’s successful completion of the activities will demonstrate his or her comprehension and ability to apply new phonics skills and vocabulary.