Population: 3-18 years old
Recommended for: 7 years old and above
Founded in Switzerland, EF Education First has developed in more than 50 countries around the world and is the world's largest private English education institution. Since entering the Chinese market in 1993, it has now opened about 200 campuses across the country, turning China First into the second largest market for EF Education First after North America.
EF's children's English courses are the most subdivided among the many training institutions, fully matching the different learning needs of children aged 3-18 at different ages. The curriculum is generally divided into English for Kids and English for Kids. Among them, children's English is subdivided into early childhood English exploration course (suitable for 3-6 years old) and children's English take-off course (suitable for 7-9 years old); Youth English is further subdivided into the Youth English Breakthrough Course (suitable for 10-14 years old) and the Youth English Leading Course (suitable for 15-18 years old). The children's English course focuses on cultivating children's interest in learning and building a language foundation. The English course for young children is in line with the English syllabus of junior and senior high schools in China, and professional tutoring for IELTS and TOEFL exams will be provided at the advanced stage. Each link is step-by-step, and the content of the course is explained in great detail.
For example, the Children's English Exploration Course (Small Stars) focuses on cultivating language sense and improving social and cognitive skills, with Chinese and foreign teachers taking turns to teach and create English scenarios through songs, movements, interactive games, multimedia and other means, so that children can practice speaking in a real context and build self-confidence in expression. The course has launched 4 sets of lesson plans, corresponding to the cognitive abilities and learning habits of children of different ages, and the classroom content can be consolidated through its self-developed iLab online learning system after class. In addition, EF is also one of the few brands that focuses on reading and writing matching. With its self-developed Efekta™ learning system, children can master about 500 words in the whole curriculum, which can effectively connect to the primary school curriculum. At EF, there are 2 classes of 1 hour per week, and you can choose to take them in 2 times or finish them all at once, depending on your time.
EF's strong faculty ensures the quality of its courses, and all of EF's foreign teachers are recruited from the Swiss headquarters and then sent to China. Most of them are from English-speaking countries, don't worry about impure accents, and hold TEFL and TKT certificates. The former is one of the internationally recognized general English teacher qualifications, and the latter is a certificate of English teaching ability for non-native English speakers. Among them, the teaching requirement is a bachelor's degree, and in the mixed children's English training market, such a teacher configuration can be said to be rare.
In Beijing, EF has opened 15 children's English campuses, most of which are in popular business districts, and the transportation is very convenient. With first-class software and hardware facilities, EF's tuition fee is naturally not low, about 16,000 yuan/year, but the specific price will be given in detail after taking the child to the site for a level test. In EF's publicity, it may be mentioned that there will be an unconditional refund within two weeks of the start of the course, but many people have reported that the EF refund process is very difficult, and parents are advised to ask clearly before paying, and carefully read the course contract and refund details.
