1. Why should my child take Cambridge Young Learner English Tests (YLE Tests)?

The YLE tests indicate that formal standards have been achieved. They also familiarize your child with the experience of performing in a formal, examination-style environment.

 

2. What are YLE Tests?

The YLE tests are language skills examinations produced by the University of Cambridge English for Speakers of Other Languages (Cambridge ESOL) for children. There are three levels: Starters (Level 1), Movers (Level 2) and Flyers (Level 3). Each level consists of three components: Reading & writing, Listening and Speaking. The child is awarded a number of shields on a certificate, denoting performance standards.

 

3. Will the Cambridge English Courses help improve my child's English performance at school?

Cambridge English Courses complement the child's formal education. Of course, the Cambridge courses are useful in bringing out the best in your child's potential by offering greater attention to individual children and by providing very effective learning methods.

 

4. What is the MLC approach to teaching Cambridge English course?

We develop children's English skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing, and allow them to practise in a wholly English language learning environment.

MLC aims to arouse children's interest and initiative in learning English and then subsequently develop their language skills in a natural and joyful way.

 

5. How do you place my child at the right level of your course?

We carry out an assessment of your child's current abilities to ensure that he or she is introduced to our system at the appropriate level.

1. What is MLC Grammar & Writing Course?

MLC Grammar & Writing Course provides young learners from 7 – 15 years old with essential English grammar rules and concepts and develops their ability to compose various types of writing styles through organizational skills and creativity.

 

2. What is the MLC approach to teaching Grammar and Writing?

Both thematic and functional approaches are used to equip students with essential grammar knowledge and thus enabling them to have confidence in all-rounded essay writing techniques.

 

3. Why is it important to learn English grammar?

English grammar allows you to be a better communicator, listener, thinker, reader and writer. It is what makes it possible for us all to communicate and understand what we see, and what we say. It is important to learn if you are going to succeed in school and in the real world.

 

4. What is a suitable age for learning MLC Grammar and Writing?

The course is designed for students with English competency from Primary to Secondary levels. To ensure that your child is placed at the right level of MLC Grammar and Writing course, we carry out an assessment of your child’s current ability to ensure that he or she is introduced to our system at the appropriate level.

1. What is Synthetic Phonics?

Synthetic Phonics is a very structured system of learning to read, write and spell using a multi - sensory approach of:

Synthetic Phonics breaks words into the smallest units of sound and combines them to make words

 

2. What are the benefits of learning Synthetic Phonics?

Learners start to read immediately. Progression is clear and at a fast pace.

 

3. How do we know Synthetic Phonics works better?

Educational psychologists have evaluated the system over many years, using match groups and other scientific controls, with positive results. Research has been conducted by the following, very respectable universities in the UK :

According to the BBC (7 April 2005): A study of schools in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, has shown that this method can raise significantly the rate of progress in reading.

By the age of 11, children who had been taught Synthetic Phonics when they began reading were more than three years ahead of their peers in Scotland.

 

4. How does Synthetic Phonics differ from other phonics methods?

MLC Synthetic Phonics introduces vowels and consonants at the very beginning of the course and children can start blending and reading right away. Other phonics programmes introduce vowels much later and the start of actual reading is much delayed.

The teaching methodology and class activities in MLC Synthetic Phonics are unique. Research has indicated that children who learn Synthetic Phonics make a flying start with their literacy, and are more likely to be able to sustain their early advantage.

 

5. What is the suitable age for learning Synthetic Phonics?

The system lends itself to various age groups, starting with the very youngest aspiring readers.