English Speaking Success
THE ISSUE
It’s no secret that what English students really want is to be able to SPEAK English. Every other skill – reading, writing, grammar – is a distant second to the goal of speaking English well.
Unfortunately, countless students waste valuable time, energy and resources in the mistaken belief that studying English abroad in an English-speaking country will automatically improve their speaking skills.
The truth is, learning to speak English boils down to 3 key factors – plenty of Practice, Professional guidance, and the right learning Plan.
Introducing ESS
3 Key Factors
PRACTICE
It’s common sense, but learning to speak English requires the right kind of speaking practice and lots of it
PROFESSIONAL
To improve as quickly as possible, you need a professional teacher to provide feedback and guide you along the way
PLAN
You also need the right learning plan if you want to optimize your improvement
Key Factor 1: Practice
Matching Input and Output
Learning to speak English is a skill, and like any other skill, improvement requires lots of speaking PRACTICE – applying the knowledge in your brain (input) by turning it into speech (output). Remember that memorizing grammar points won’t make you a fluent English speaker. Only by practicing those grammar points in real conversations can you truly improve your speaking skills.
Never Enough Speaking Practice
Unfortunately, you'll never get enough speaking practice in a typical English class. Why?
Typical English classes always turn into a lecture, because there's only one teacher and lots of students. If you're sitting in a class listening to your teacher talk most of the time, you might be gaining knowledge (passive learning or input), but how will you ever learn to SPEAK English?
An Entire Class Dedicated to Speaking Practice!
So instead of a boring lecture, ESS students get an entire 80-minute class every day to practice their speaking skills!
Key Factor 2: Professional
Real-time Error Correction and Feedback
In addition to targeted, speaking PRACTICE, you also need a trained PROFESSIONAL (an expert teacher) at your side to give you individualized, real-time error correction and feedback as you practice speaking. Otherwise, you'll have no idea what you're doing right or wrong and what you need to improve.
Not Enough Individual Attention
Unfortunately, since one teacher can't give you the individual attention and feedback you need in a typical English class, your speaking skills don't improve.
You end up having to practice speaking with your classmates, but because everyone in the class is at the same English level, no one knows when anyone else is making a mistake and can't give error corrections or feedback.
Trained Teaching Assistants in Your Speaking Class
With trained, native English-speaking Teaching Assistants in your speaking class, you’ll get the real-time error correction and feedback you need to improve your speaking as quickly as possible.
- Students get personalized suggestions for new words and phrases to use immediately
- Students discover how native English speakers communicate
- Students get immediate feedback on how to make their pronunciation sound more fluent
- Students get help on individual words and the rhythm of whole sentences
Key Factor 3: Plan
A Goal-Driven Plan
Lastly, you need the right learning PLAN (or curriculum) to reach your speaking goals, so you don't waste your time and your learning is optimized and efficient.
Disconnected and Disorganized Learning Plan
Unfortunately, the typical English school curriculum: 1) isn't speaking-focused and 2) wastes your time by failing to integrate the content across all classes, drastically reducing your learning effectiveness, efficiency and speed.
A Speaking-Focused, Integrated Curriculum
CWC is the only school (that we're aware of) with a curriculum exclusively designed to improve your speaking skills.
In a properly and thoughtfully designed curriculum, the content will be integrated and interconnected across all classes to provide continuity and cohesion. An integrated curriculum optimizes learning effectiveness, efficiency and speed.
The ESS Methodology
Features
Practice
Entire, daily 80-minute Speaking Success class dedicated exclusively to student speaking practice
Professional
Expert teacher and trained, native English-speaking Teaching Assistants in the Speaking Success System class
Plan
A speaking-focused, thoughtfully designed curriculum where the content is integrated and interconnected across all classes
Strengths
Practice
6X more speaking practice than a typical listening & speaking class = Students finally get plenty of focused, uninterrupted speaking practice time
Professional
・2-3X more teachers than a typical listening & speaking class = Every student receives individual attention
・9X more immediate error corrections and feedback than a typical listening & speaking class
Plan
Each day, the concepts presented in Grammar class are practiced and built-upon in the Speaking and Reading & Writing classes
Student Benefits
Practice
Students can take their head knowledge (input) and apply it in speaking practice (output), so they improve their speaking skills as quickly as possible
Professional
・Students learn to speak correctly from the start, so they don’t develop bad speaking habits
・Students more quickly integrate error corrections, new vocabulary, idioms, slang, phrasal verbs and pronunciation feedback into their real life conversations
Plan
Because concepts are reinforced and built-upon in all three classes, student learning is efficient and optimized, leading to faster improvement and English-speaking fluency
Who Can Enroll?
Please contact us for eligibility requirements prior to applying.
Approved for F-1 student visas, I-20 issued for accepted applicants
US citizens and permanent residents
Estimated Program Cost
Application Fee
$150 One-Time Payment
Estimated Materials Fee
$20 per 4 Weeks
Estimated Tuition
Starting at only $260 per Week
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