At the Grand Theater Station of the Metro, where training institutions gather, when I reported the station, I could only hear "EF Education First Mixc Store", and the EF English endorsed by Hu Ge was not inferior to Wall Street English in promotion. EF, which has been established for 50 years, is about to provide language training services for the 6th Olympic Games. In 1994, EF entered Shanghai, China Chinese as the first foreign language training institution. In 1995, Englishtown was born in partnership with Apple to develop a computer-based language teaching program. Today, Englishtown is the largest online English school in the world; By 2010, the Language Learning Centre was established with the School of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of the University of Cambridge as an academic research partner. In 2011, the world's largest English proficiency report, EPI, was released for the first time. In 2013, EF has been a leader in the training industry and a long-term foreign language training partner favored by companies such as JD.com, VIVO and ICBC.
EF's learning rating system is based on the SAMRT level, which corresponds to the CEFR European Common Framework of Reference for Languages Level Level, and each level includes exercises for listening, reading, writing, and interactive units. Among them, A1 Beginner Level and A2 Beginner Level are designed for beginners who have little contact with English, or have a basic understanding of grammatical structures, and can understand some situational conversations. B1 Intermediate, B2 Upper-Intermediate, C1 Advanced and C2 Advanced are advanced learning courses, ranging from limited forms of expression in everyday life discussions, to understanding complex and lengthy literary works, fluency in various types of conversations, accurate expression and polishing, with a total of 10 levels to be studied, all taught by external teachers.
Before taking EF courses, you will also take a test, which is based on EF's EFSET standard English test. EF's curriculum model is still a combination of online and interactive offline teaching, and the SMART 15 learning system is based on three major areas: Learn→ Try→ Apply. The first part of Learn, which is mainly completed online, is divided into 6 units for each level, each unit includes 3-5 hours of content, focusing on consolidating basic courses such as grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, and mostly using video videos covering real life and work scenes to create a question bank, and the learning experience is relatively easy to educate.
After completing Smart Online, you will receive three class tickets, which will unlock the second section, Try. Try includes Face to Face (small classes of 1-6 students), Workshop (practice tutorials for 1-25 students), Group Class (online group conversation classes for 8 people) and Private Class (1-on-1 online private conversation classes). In face-to-face classes, the teacher usually explains for 20 minutes, and the remaining 30 minutes are discussed with each other. The time and space constraints of online group conversation classes are relatively low, and the classes can be attended at every hour and half-hour after the online connection is launched, and each class is 40 minutes long; The workshop is also a good opportunity to practice output, and there are 3 classes a day in the morning, noon and evening. Face-to-face classes and 1-on-1 group conversation classes require reservations, and since EF does not set up offline VIP classes, it is much easier than Wall Street English's class rush war, and online 1-to-1 classes only need to be booked 1 day in advance, and each class is 20 minutes.
EF's Apply link is very rich, divided into two modules: LifeClub and CA. CA is a discussion in the business context, focusing on workplace socialization; LifeClub is held daily at EF Shenzhen's 6 learning centers or off-center venues, and on weekends and even up to 8 activities a day, such as wine tasting, live CS, speech clubs, baking music and other fun activities in a real language environment, students have plenty of opportunities to practice speaking flexibly.
EF course fees are not calculated by class hours and levels, but are measured in years, and you can learn about 6 levels, and each level takes about 2 months. Compared with Wall Street English's fee-by-class fee, the annual learning cycle is more suitable for diligent and time-rich students, and it is a more cost-effective choice to do more questions and make more appointments, which can basically go to 1-2 more levels.
However, EF is also immune to the whirlpool of controversy. If you want to take a foreign teacher's class, you must get a class ticket, but if you want to get a class ticket, you must spend a lot of time on online courses, and you cannot make an appointment for face-to-face classes if you do not complete the prescribed online courses. Smart Online video lessons may be out of sync with face-to-face lessons. The 30 minutes of discussion in face-to-face classes are mediocre due to the inconsistent level of students; There are also cases where the course consultant is only responsible for the first month; The absence of a VIP class also leads to a lack of privacy. At the same time, the common problems of the performance of large institutions such as difficulty in refunding fees and exaggerated publicity still exist in EF, when the contract involves the "management fee" of withdrawal and refund, prohibiting consumers from transferring courses to third parties, and renewing the contract without refund, etc., be sure to keep your eyes open, pay attention to the problem of standard contracts, and consider carefully when signing the contract, consumers should be clear that no matter how the institution promises, everything is subject to the contract. EF promises to give a full refund within 30 days if you are not satisfied with the course, there is also a problem of difficulty in refunding within 30 days, and it is even more difficult to refund after 30 days, if consumers need to make a refund, please be sure to pay attention to the time.
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