How about vipkid's enlightenment English class?

Official website introduced the curriculum system of Vipkid based on CCSS of the United States, and it is rumored that its curriculum was developed according to Wonders textbooks of primary schools in California of the United States, which has not been verified.

Course 1 level * * * is divided into 8 levels, and the course corresponds to sword 1 level to pet level. Each level has 12 units, and each unit has 12 classes. The sixth class and 12 class are online assessments, and 12 class will also let students make a special presentation on the content of this unit.

There will be an English proficiency test after registration to determine the learning level. Allen starts with level 3 unit 1, and parents can negotiate with the class teacher to adjust the grade. Allen skipped Level 4 and is currently at Level 5. Vipkid also provides reading ability assessment, and the assessment results are based on the well-known reading grading Lance assessment system in the United States. After Allen went to Level 5 unit2, he measured the level equivalent to Level 3, and the Lance index was about 500-700. After the test, you can adjust your learning level according to the results.

Both the English proficiency test and the reading ability test are very long when signing up. I understand that the idea of the system is to always do the problem from the simplest level, and if you can't do it at any level, you will get the result. Many problems take a long time. The reading ability test was about 1 hour. Allen did it for 29 minutes, but he really didn't want to do it. The following are the questions for reading ability assessment:

course content

The 12 unit at each level is 12 different themes, which are close to kindergartens and primary schools in the United States and are the contents of children's daily contact. Each topic has teaching objectives, and every three units have a stage objective, but these objectives are written in the teaching syllabus of the unit, and will not be distributed to parents unless they contact the class teacher actively. This is the theme and teaching goal of Band 4.

The standards that each unit still has the ability to meet are broken down in detail.

Because the skill objectives of each unit include listening and speaking skills, self-spelling, high-frequency words, reading, sentence patterns, grammar, mathematics, sociology and so on, the course content also includes so many aspects. Each class is ***25 minutes. Excluding the pleasantries at the beginning and the end, the estimated lecture time is 20-23 minutes. Every aspect of the content is peer-to-peer, and the course is wide and loose. What I feel is a mass of cotton, and the content of each point will not be very solid. So I didn't use it instead of offline courses.

Teachers and scheduled courses

Vipkid publicity only employs foreign teachers from North America, and the overall teachers are good. At present, there are many online children's English courses on the market, some of which offer non-teaching and North American foreign teachers, and the price is about twice that of the former. We don't have many Vipkid teachers, and the choice is relatively fixed.

Teachers in each class need to make their own appointments. You can make appointments with different teachers according to your class time. Every Monday at noon 12, appointments are open, and generally good teachers need to grab them. Some parents don't like this. If you have a long class with a teacher, he will make a priority appointment, that is, you can make an appointment for his class at the same time next week without waiting for Monday. But you can't choose the time at will in this way.

At first, we tried several teachers, and basically we looked at the evaluation appointment. Try to choose a child's favorite teacher and try to steal his class every week. If you don't get it, switch to another teacher. Being able to adapt to different foreign teachers is also a kind of gain in class.

Tariff standard

Vipkid entered the market early, its share should not be low, and the tariff is not cheap. After using the conversion of time in each class, it is more expensive than the offline courses we took.

This is the price for the first registration. You just need to look at the main courses. The picture book class is that the teacher reads a picture book online, and unlimited people can follow it. On average, there are about 130- 160 classes, but each class is only 25 minutes. If you re-register, the price should be the same, but more courses will be given away.

I like it.

I fucked Vipkid for several reasons. First, my starting point is only to improve my listening and speaking ability, and the effect is good from this goal. Allen can chat with foreign teachers at will every day. Of course, what the foreign teacher said is also suitable for his level, and it is not super difficult. Secondly, we met a very good teacher, and 80%-90% invited her to class. In just 25 minutes, in addition to the content of the courseware, she has been doing extended reading for Allen. Allen likes Star Wars. She bought related picture books and toys. Even if she gives Allen a short reading time in each class, the children will be very happy. The picture shows the teacher holding a book in front of the camera for him to read, and they will also discuss stories. The small screen is full of teachers' intentions.

I also like Vipkid's winter vacation classes and summer vacation classes, one of which is "free talk". One topic in each class, the teacher will guide the free expression of opinions. In addition to improving oral English, such exercises are helpful for reading pictures, speaking and writing in the future, and can also improve children's English thinking.

Finally, in addition to English skills, we also gained the expansion of foreign cultural knowledge. Allen's favorite Star Wars can be talked with every foreign teacher for a long time, as well as NASA and MIT. These are probably known to most American children. Allen often says that the XX teacher of Vipkid is my good friend when eating and doing things. He likes or dislikes this thing, and he also talks about going to the United States to play with teachers or inviting teachers to China, and then going to study at MIT. This kind of harvest is very valuable.

XRS online school

If the course content of Vipkid is fluffy as cotton, then the English course of learning and thinking online school is like a piece of iron. It should be said that all its course contents are as solid and heavy as iron.

In English course, we only studied and thought about the natural spelling of Grade 0 and Grade 2. Each class lasts about a week, one class a day, and each class lasts for one and a half hours. Self-taught spelling level 0 is an urgent need for spelling skills when Allen is studying. He always asks questions about words and pronunciations. At that time, natural spelling was not taught in offline courses. After studying and thinking, simple reading is enough. You can basically guess the meaning of new words by spelling pronunciation. With the improvement of reading, I recently learned self-spelling level 2, which is about the spelling of letter combinations.

The two courses, Learning and Thinking, have a long class time and a large amount of information, mainly explaining skills. After the 7-day course, there will be an exam, and the teacher will also summarize some test-taking skills. This kind of course is not suitable for 0-based children, just sitting for an hour and a half is a challenge for children. Learning and thinking also have its advantages. The course may not be as compact as any online course. One category is dry goods, which can be used for selective key assaults.

Write it at the end

Online and offline courses have their own advantages and disadvantages, depending on the needs and study plans of parents and children. At present, it is mainly offline courses. After all, the pace is moderate, Chinese and foreign teachers have coverage, and the children are very happy in class. Supplemented by online courses, Vipkid will continue this year, only for improving listening, speaking and expanding interest-related knowledge. In the course of Vipkid, I only ask him to simply finish online homework after class (about 5 minutes each time), and at other times he will choose to expand reading related to chatting with the teacher. Learning and thinking are not long-term considerations, and they will only be used when English skills need to be broken or consolidated.

There are many ways to learn English now. You can choose different content combinations to use, as long as it suits you best.