Project-Based Learning

The “Real Life English and Project-Based Learning” is an English course intended to develop English language learners’ linguistic skills by engaging them in projects and activities in which they learn the English language by doing. The projects include a wide variety of activities that happen in the community, such as developing a neighborhood watch program, designing summer courses for students, organizing a camping trip to the Rockies, etc. In these projects, language learners get involved in plenty of interaction and communication. They learn by doing: making a request, challenging an idea, presenting and supporting and argument, responding to counter arguments, and many other practical aspects of the language that we have during our daily life at home, school, or work.

The “Real Life English and Project-Based Learning” is a program for adult and young adult language learners who are interested in learning English in a more active and engaging way. In Real Life English program, learners can learn best by actively engaging in designing and organizing projects. The program has been designed in three proficiency levels: Elementary, Intermediate, and advanced, and each level will be organized in two terms.

The “Real Life English and Project-Based Learning” program is intended to improve language learners’ linguistics skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and micro-skills (pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, and grammar). Therefore, Real Life English and Project-Based Learning is a communicative program which improved participants’ language proficiency by involving them in a variety of activities and projects. Like other communicative language courses, such as General English, the Real Life English and Project-Based Learning program has a strong focus on communication skills and is centered on goal and achievement-driven lessons. Besides, the program features a rigorous speaking pedagogy that activates new language and integrates it with intensive four-skills practice and the soft skills needed for various purposes in life including study and work.

Similar to our General English program, the “Real Life English and Project-Based Learning” program has the following student benefits: 

• soft skills and language development in one 

• a focus on socio-linguistic competency, so students can apply their learning immediately to real-world situations 

• captivating course materials that boost students’ confidence, knowing they can comprehend and appreciate material that has been presented in English (at their level)

• an approach that uses tried and tested recycling techniques for maximum retention (the course materials)

• an instructional design that keeps motivation high because it enables students to see progress in every class