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Everybody know that language learning is most effective when learners enjoy themselves and participate fully in lessons. Everybody also know that children learn best when their parents are interested and involved in their learning.

How the teacher teaches:

Teaches your child with others of a similar age and level.
Uses a variety of materials to help your child learn, including course books, games and other challenging projects and activities.
Gives your child lots of opportunities to use the language they are learning by speaking with other children, and by practising a range of skills - this helps build their confidence and improves their grades at school.
Uses a range of different activities in each lesson - this helps children stay active and focused throughout the lesson. Different children learn in different ways – some through seeing, some through listening, some through moving around - so a variety of activities will make sure all children learn well.

Assessment and progress. From the teacher - use continuous assessment (skills/participation) and mini-checks (language) to monitor your child's progress and actively encourage them to work on their own learning. At the end of each course, young learner students get an end-of-course certificate of achievement. From the parents - talk to your child’s teacher if you have questions or concerns about your child’s progress or participation.

Homework. From the teacher - gives your child homework every week to support what they have done in class, checks the homework in the next lesson. From the parents - make sure your child does their homework before their next lesson.

Keeping your child happy - the behaviour policy. The rules: follow instructions; listen to teachers, staff and other students; let everybody contribute and take part in classroom activities; keep everybody safe. From the teacher - teaches children that everybody is welcome and important at the British Council; teaches children about good classroom behaviour; speaks to your child when their behaviour is disruptive and explain to them why their behaviour is a problem. If your child's behaviour does not improve, the teacher will speak to you about this and if they continue to behave badly, the teacher may ask you to stop sending your child to classes. Only discusses your child’s behaviour with you (not other parents). From the parents - work with the theachers to help your child follow these rules.

Keeping your child safe - the child protection policy. From the teacher - looks after your child from when they arrive until you collect them; only lets your child go home alone if you have told the teacher they can; only lets your child go home with the people you have told the teacher about; speaks to you if your child has hurt himself. From the parents - bring and collect your child on time, let the teacher know if your child will be absent for one or more lessons.

Keeping your child safe - the mobile device guidance. At the British Council UAE, students must use their mobile devices responsibly: mobile and smartphones, tablets, notebooks, laptops or any other technology that is able to access the internet. Mobile devices are allowed in the teaching centre, but the British Council does not accept responsibility or liability for any lost, stolen or damaged devices.

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