I can be an actor too

Do you want to move your body and learn English?

Theme list for the ''I can be an actor'' program

The acting and English program includes:

  • Move your body: Drama 101
  • How to: Improvisation
  • Little kid, big feelings: Demonstrating emotions
  • Be a storyteller: Narrate your own story
  • Make your own puppet and dramatize (make sure to book the lesson Be a storyteller: narrate your own story first)
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The activities are

  • Independent, student-directed, and they encourage investigation, exploration, and discovery.
  • Focused on building digital skills by using interactive digital materials.
  • TPR-based - Total physical response aka learning by moving your body.
  • Contextual and communicative in order to promote acquisition of grammar structures.

The workshop themes can be adapted for all ages from 5 to 12 years old

The workshop themes can be adapted for all ages from 5 to 12 years old, but when you let your child select a theme, please make sure to ask your child if he/she is confident enough to participate and move. The programs are made to be selected by children, not parents to make sure that the children are completely engaged.

The workshop themes can be used with any ages because:

  • In the first individual workshops, the child will have a Cambridge level test aimed at children to determine the level of proficiency.
  • In the first few individual workshops the presence of the parent is advised in order to make the child more comfortable with the new learning environment.
  • The workshops are adapted to be easier or harder through varied activities in order to be individualized and to fit the child's proficiency level.

How is your child's progress measured?

Preschool

  • Knows the alphabet, counts to 10, knows colors and body parts
  • Knows or recognizes more than 60 words and phrases in English (animals, pets, food, toys)
  • Recognizes the refrains of common songs for children

Starters, Pre-A1

  • Participates in short dialogues about familiar things
  • Understands spoken English, sings songs, tells short stories
  • Understanding basic English content on the internet

Movers, A1

  • Understand basic instructions or takes part in simple conversations
  • Understands basic notices, instructions or information
  • Completes basic forms and writes notes, including times, dates and places

Flyers, A2

  • Understands simple written English
  • Communicates in familiar situations
  • Understands and uses basic phrases and expressions
  • Interacts with English speakers who talk slowly and clearly

Individual VS. group workshops and selecting a workshop theme

The main difference between the individual and the group workshops is that the group workshops are booked by the teacher, and the individual workshops allow the student to book a time they want.

Another difference is that the group workshops have a monthly theme selected by the teacher, while in the individual workshops the learner can select a theme they like and that interactive workshop material will be adapted to fit the child’s level.