What to expect from your course
Welcome (back) to the British Council!
Here is some important information to talk through with your child before they start their first class. It will help them understand what is expected of them and reassure them that they will enjoy the course.
On your course you will:
- have fun and make friends!
- develop your language skills while doing a variety of communicative activities!
- develop life skills such as digital literacy, creativity an student leadership!
- complete collaborative projects!
- learn to reflect on your progress!
- be supported by your teachers if you have any problems!
The expectations of the classroom are that you will:
- bring your course magazine, notebook and folder each week (given to you by the teacher)
- bring stationery each week
- participate in class.
- be nice to your classmates and your teachers.
- put your hand up to speak.
- try to speak with your classmates and teachers in English.
- ask your teachers if you don't understand or don't know something in English.
- not shout or run in class.
- not eat or drink in class (a bottle of water is ok) except at breaktime.
- alk to your teacher if you have a problem of any kind.
The structure of the class may go something like this:
- greet each other and your teacher and prepare yourself for class
- review rules of the classroom, check homework and/or review language learnt in a previous class through a game or activity.
- learn new language introduced in the course magazine through reading/listening texts or videos.
- practise the language through games/activities or exercises from the course magazine.
- produce new language in speaking or writing activities and during the final project of the magazine.
- reflect on your learning during the class.