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You and we both have only one objective : your
success
Learning a foreign or second language could seem difficult if
you don’t know how to arrange your learning. Sometimes, all
new words you learn just resemble a simple sound gathering
or even some lines you can’t really make out, making these
the reasons why you abandon your studies of a foreign language. At
ALC, due to our strong and wide experience, we know exactly how to
help you overcome all these difficulties.
Methods that have proven to work
 The
memo technique :
Each individual possesses the capacity to associate sounds
to images and images to words. By using the systematic learning
structure of image association, instead of directly focusing
on writing and reading, we here at Académie Charlemagne have
made a student’s
work easier in a considerable way and given him a method
of assimilation adapted to his capacities.
The structured communicative approach
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To associate an image to a word may seem easy, but to associate
an opinion or idea to an image and then transcribe it (meaning,
to make a correct sentence in the past or future without
speaking in your native language) : impossible... or so you
think! On
the contrary, our teachers use a learning method that is
based on a logical observation and construction structure
learned by the student. Thanks
to the appropriate exercises, students train themselves to
attain realistic communication skills by also taking in consideration
the cultural learning dimension of a foreign language.
 No
translation in class
This means that teachers only speak in the targeted language
without translating or allowing students to use a dictionary
in class. This allows learners to get into the habit of thinking
in the language they are learning. You will be surprised
at how easily and quickly you will learn with this method.
An interactive technique
 Based
on a system of questions-answers, this will help the learner
to naturally improve his/her capacity to communicate orally.
- Introduce new linguistic elements
- Introduce new grammatical structures
- Develop vocabulary and acts of speech
Dynamic and
motivated teachers
At ALC, all teachers have received
a university
education in teaching foreign languages as a second
language and in their mother tongue language.
They are teachers as well as, counselors, animators
and linguistic " trainers ". Their responsibilities
are to help every learner to progress and to obtain
the goal that he/she has fixed for him/herself. In
order to offer quality courses, they use all pedagogical
and technical resources such as videos, written and
audio documentations, songs… They
favour working in small groups so that you can interchange
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A class with
no mass
A language course is more effective if each student
actively participates in the lessons, that is why our
groups consist only of
3 to 9 people/level
(max.
12
people in the summer).
The principal objective at ALC is
that learners obtain a solid knowledge as quick as
possible. Our classrooms have been organized according
to the method we use, meaning each class is equipped
with the appropriate materials needed
(television,
DVD player, Video, projector, blackboard) in a comfortable
and stimulating structured surrounding. |
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