Population: 2-12 years old
Recommended for: 2-6 years old
Disney's name can be said to be known to everyone. Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, Snow White...... The classic cartoon characters are loved by children all over the world, bringing countless joys to our childhood.
Disney English is a direct training brand of The Walt Disney Company, with more than 35 years of experience in English language training and organizations in 50 countries around the world, and opened its first campus in China in Shanghai in 2008. In Beijing, Disney currently has a total of 6 campuses.
Disney's English program follows its usual joyful style. With the help of well-known cartoon images and multimedia teaching facilities such as interactive whiteboards, children can immerse themselves in the story and learn the target words and sentences unconsciously. The curriculum is divided into 3 types according to different age groups. The exploration class (2-3 years old) focuses on basic life cognition, the basic class (4-6 years old) focuses on basic sentence patterns and simple storylines, and the advanced class (7-12 years old) focuses on stories and games. 12-15 students per class; It's all about storytelling, storytelling, and interactive games. In addition to English, Disney also focuses on developing children's social skills. During the class, the foreign teacher's body language is rich and exaggerated, and he tries his best to encourage the children to express themselves. Many parents said that their originally introverted and shy children became afraid to speak loudly and even sing in front of everyone after attending class for a while.
Like EF, Disney's foreign teachers are recruited from foreign headquarters (Walt Disney in the United States) and sent to China, and they are all full-time teachers with work visas. After obtaining the TEFL or TESOL professional certificate, Disney will also fund teachers at their discretion to obtain the TEFL-C certificate specifically for children's English education in order to obtain professional children's English training qualifications. Teaching assistants in China are required to have a bachelor's degree or above, and have learning experience in children's educational psychology to be able to take up the post.
Disney has 4 semesters in a year, with a total of 96 class hours, 2 class hours per week, each class hour is 60 minutes, and you can choose to take it twice during the week or once on the weekend. These 60 minutes include a number of games and learning sessions, each session of 5-10 minutes, and the teacher will keep the child's attention by constantly switching learning situations, so there is no need to worry about the child not being able to sit still. In addition, there will be a 15-minute warm-up time before each class, and the foreign teacher will lead the children to sing, dance, and speak English loudly to make them enter the state of English thinking. After class, there is a short "parent-teacher meeting" to inform parents of the day's learning content, so that they can help their children consolidate their learning through Disney's self-developed app when they return home. If you and your child miss a class for any reason, Disney also offers a chance to make up the class once per semester for free.
Backed by the powerful Walt Disney, Disney English also offers generous benefits to students. All students will receive a discount at Disneyland; When they are born, they will give children dolls or other peripheral products with Disney cartoon characters; Sign up and receive a gift. Of course, such favorable conditions also determine its high price. At Disney, the tuition fee for a year is about 27,000 yuan, which includes textbooks and all activities. Full refunds are available within 2 weeks of the start of the course. However, some parents reported that the refund process was long, so they need to read the relevant terms carefully when signing the contract.
Overall, Disney has done a very good job of nurturing children's English thinking and interests. However, there is a lack of training in local test-taking skills in China, and there is limited help for children's English learning in primary and secondary schools. In addition, Disney's lively style is very attractive to children, but it can seem a little childish to older students. Therefore, if you want your child to be able to express themselves boldly and naturally in English, rather than the beautiful marks on the test papers, Disney is undoubtedly a good choice.
