Step-UPReadingClubHouse
(ReaCH) allows Step-UP students to have access to a wide-range of books that many have
used to better their literacy skills. These reading books are provided by an award-winning English language resource.
Aside from their reading books, students also receive a workbook that
is used in their online lessons.
Reach follows 29 reading levels. There are at least
10 books in each reading level. When students finish one level, they move on to a higher level where they
can learn from more challenging books.
Check our contact details below to know more about Step-UPReaCH.
Motivation, enthusiasm, and fun are some of the key factors that make an
English class stand out.
Motivation elicits responses from students without giving them too much
burden of producing what the teacher wants them to learn. While this is
highly effective, coupling it with the teacher’s enthusiasm maintains
students’ motivation to keep learning. The last factor but certainly not
the least is fun. This, however, has to be defined. “Fun” or more
accurately “fun learning” exists when the teacher provides students with venues
to enjoy learning English. Learners should not only have
fun but also learn.
Let us watch Teacher Darlene’s class and see how she employs these
factors.
At Step-Up English Academy, language production through demonstration and
practice is an indispensable part of lessons, which opens opportunities for
students to have first-hand experience of using the target language.
The more learners are encouraged to engage themselves in producing the
language, the more likely it is for them to learn what they are practicing
and produce the language that they practiced in real-life situations.
In the first video clip, the first teacher encourages the learners to use
an everyday question and its response. She then demonstrates how it is asked
and answered before the students produce the question and the response on
their own. In the second, the teacher initiates language production by
asking questions and promotes the use of a common sentence pattern by asking
learners to respond using different words from a vocabulary category.
Watch the video to have an overview of how we do our group classes.
English skills are necessary in today’s life. Some need these skills for
work, education, or even socialization. However, the challenge that many
people are faced with is they have zero to very little exposure to
English, which brings up the question: “How can someone with a low English
level learn English?”
In learning any language, an obvious and indispensable aspect that
absolute beginners should know is vocabulary. Without it, learners are
bound to a level where they merely tread water. To deal with this,
learners have to know the basics of learning vocabulary. Here are some of
them:
First of all, get to know what sounds make up words and how these words
are spelled. Knowing these two improves skills in speaking, reading, and
even writing, which are skills that can be learned in a phonics
course.
Equally important is reproducing the words they learned in a phonics
class by making sentences. Through this, not only will learners have
better retention of vocabulary but they will also be able to have higher
confidence in expressing their ideas.
Pronunciation, spelling, and making sentences are necessary when learning
vocabulary. If you want to know more, contact Step-Up English
Academy.
A2P (Academy-Academy Program) was recently launched by Step-Up English Academy. It provides English language academies in Korea with access to competent English language teachers.
Through A2P,
academies in Korea
can communicate their students’ needs
and their standards
to Step-Up English Academy teachers. Additionally, enhancing learners’ pronunciation and speaking
skills can be focused
on through monitored
group
classes and
one-on-one classes.