Since 1986
Since 1986
Primary Level
Foundation Courses
Online ♦ Private ♦ Face-to-face ♦ Group
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Give your child a head start. Younger children normally have greater success in learning and improving English than students who start in their teens. They learn without much effort and their fearless to make mistakes attitude enable them to improve at a faster speed.
September First-term SSPA English Language Course
for Upper Primary Students
Date + Time
11:45 am – 1.15 pm
Every Saturday
Block 1 (4 Lessons)
Start date: 23 September
11:30 am – 1.15 pm
Every Saturday
Block 2 (4 Lessons)
Start date: 28 October
Course Focus
To provide essential & extra items to enhance students’ English proficiency, the course is systematically designed for Upper Primary Students for SSPA.
+G* Junior Grammar Series : Parts of Speech, Different Tenses and Time Words, Infinitives & Gerunds, Adjectives of Comparison and ending in -ed & -ing, Relative clauses – that, who and where, Prepositions (Part 1 and 2)
+W* Junior Writing Series: Making compound sentences, Sentence Patterns: so and so that, Direct and Indirect (Reported) Speech, Pronouns & Reflexive pronouns, If-clauses, Adverbs, Modal Verbs, Be going to, Conjunctions, Synonyms and Opposite Words, Active and Passive Voices
+D* Junior Drill Series: Intensive Practice (Reading, Writing & Listening) to help master the language and provide advanced practice for further learning
Details
1 .5 hours per lesson
1st Term :-
12 lessons in total
Block 1 (4 Lessons):
3 to 4 students: HK$1,380
min 2 students: HK$1,780
Block 2 (4 Lessons):
3 to 4 students: HK$1,380
min 2 students: HK$1,780
Creative Writing & Reading Course {New Term}
for Upper Primary Students
Tuesday Course – Building Reading Comprehension Skills
Friday Course – Creative Writing
Date + Time
Reading Course (4 lessons):-
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Every Tuesday
Start date: 10 October
Writing Course (4 lessons):-
4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Every Friday
Start date: 6 October
Course Focus
Reading Skills Development:- to help primary school students develop reading skills through a variety of reading texts and practice exercises
- to learn techniques to give answers to questions using full sentences
- to practise identifying what or who the pronouns in a text refer to
- to know more about different text types including emails, posters, short stories, diary entries and conversation, depending on their levels
Creative Writing Skills:-
- Grammar, Expanding Sentences and Paragraph Development
- Theme-based Approach with various text types to motivate students
Details
1.15 hours per lesson
12 lessons in total
4-lesson Fee:
3 to 4 students: HK$1,080
min 2 students: HK$1,280
8-lesson Fee:
3 to 4 students: HK$2,160
min 2 students: HK$2,560
A Native Speaker Course {New Term}
for Junior Students (Age 13 up)
Learn & Practise English with a Native Speaker
Date + Time
Juniors Plus+ (Age 13 up)
2.00 pm – 3.15 pm
Every Saturday
Start date: 7 October
Course Focus
This Phonetics course will introduce more specific details of English phonetics like syllabic stress, glottal stops, reductions or contractions, and emphatic stress.
- Like the Juniors course, reading, conversation and listening practice will all be emphasized. TV and movie clips will be used for examples of the lesson’s topic.
- Reading passages will be assigned per topic.
- Students will practise reading and speaking while incorporating the phonetic skills learned during the lesson.
- Other topics such as differences in English pronunciation between countries(dialects) and formal vs informal pronunciations will be discussed.
Details
1.15 hours per lesson
12 lessons in total
4-lesson Fee:
3 to 4 students: HK$2,820
min 2 students: HK$3,120
A Native Speaker Course {New Term}
for Junior Students (Age 8 – 12)
Learn & Practise English with a Native Speaker
Date and Time
Juniors (Age 8 – 12)
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Every Saturday
Start date: 7 October
Course Focus
Juniors (Age 8 – 12) : The course will be comprised of four components:
- Phonetic spelling, writing, reading and conversation.
- Each week will center on a book to be read during the class emphasizing the particular phonetic lesson of the week.
- The first two lessons might focus on the sound “th” vs. “f” and “v.” The comic book “Thor” could be read during class to highlight the phonetic sound of the week.
- In addition to reading, spelling and pronunciation practice, clips from movies and cartoons will be used for listening practice, especially clips from movie and TV adaptations of the book of the week.
Details
1.15 hours per lesson
12 lessons in total
4-lesson Fee:
3 to 4 students: HK$2,820
min 2 students: HK$3,120
A Note from the Tutor
Transitioning from primary to secondary school is often a time of mixed emotions for both the parents and their children. Whether it’s the new surroundings or new academic challenges, there are ways you, as a parent, can help make the transition process easier.
Our English Foundation Courses help students gain sufficient knowledge to easily transition into demanding secondary school life. Speak to our staff to learn more about how this could help alleviate some of these stressful demands by enrolling your child in the course.