COURSE overVIEW & METHODOLOGY

A learner at The Linguaviva Centre is treated as an individual with an individual learning journey. The pedagogy s/he will experience in the classes is based on the general tenets of Communicative Language Learning (CLL). That is, classes will be conducted in English and learners will be encouraged to produce as much English as possible, as early as possible. Teachers use the English the learners already know to meet new outcomes at the level they are studying towards.

This learning is monitored by our Academic Team and progress is measured weekly. Pathways to progression are clear and the Linguaviva Centre takes the responsibility very seriously in terms of helping learners to meet the learning outcomes.

Learners will be exposed to an integrated skills approach so in any one class they may practice speaking, reading, writing and listening skills work. 99% of our learners want to produce English, and we achieve this largely through speaking opportunities which are monitored with helpful feedback. Therefore our teachers use tasks to give the learners some social agency in their learning and to allow their personalities to emerge. Especially in our more intensive formats (either English for Communication or General English with One to One Lessons) tasks are used to help learners collaborate through English to produce a product in English (this might be an audio file, or a written script or a presentation).

In General English courses this final product might be an interview which they conduct or a debate or discussion. Of course, the reason we link a coursebook syllabus to ours is that we wish to offer the right balance of language analysis and focus on expanding vocabulary and working on pronunciation. At The Linguaviva Centre, we believe that Pronunciation is vitally important and so we put on free extra pronunciation classes which all learners can access at lunchtimes.

At The Linguaviva Centre, we also believe that stability is a crucial aspect of the learning journey so we employ only career teachers who are experts at teaching English to overseas learners (TESOL).

We also believe that learning English should be an inspiring experience where learners can socialize with people from all over the world and learn about their cultures, their languages and their people. We believe English is a passport to allow our learners to thrive in their personal lives, in their studies and professionally.