Help your child to speak and write better English!

The British Council organises English courses for young learners throughout the year. A positive attitude to learning a language is an essential component of long term language acquisition and with this in mind, our courses have been designed to promote an enjoyable, stimulating and productive learning environment. Our teachers take every opportunity to develop their pupils’ interest in the language through motivating activities in an authentic English-speaking learning environment. Simply stated, your children will learn English, and learn to love English. At the same time the learners will develop their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills with the resources and expertise that the British Council has to offer.

Summer School
Make full use of the summer holiday and help your child to improve their English! Summer courses are two or three hours every weekday starting 10:15 or 14:00 for three weeks.

School Year Courses
Our school year runs from September till June. Our school year courses involve four hours study per week:

			2 x 2-hour lessons per week, in the morning or in the afternoon: 10:15 to 12:15 or 15:00 to 17:00.
			1 x 4-hour lesson, Saturdays, 09:00 to 13:00 or 14:00 to 18:00

Young Learner Term Dates 2008

School term	Registration period	Course start date	Course end date
School year term 2	4 to 9 February	11 February	8 June

Course Fees
Fee per term of 56 hours: 900 Leva

Fees include a set of coursebooks and workbooks

Young Learner Courses and Levels

Course	Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Level	Age group (years)	Optional June Exam of Cambridge University
Pandas	A1.1	5 - 9	None
Monkeys	A1.2	6 - 9	YLE Starters
Kangaroos	A2.1	6 - 9	YLE Movers
Junior Intro	A1.1	9 - 12	Starters
Junior 1	A1.2 - A2.1	9 - 12	Movers
Junior 2	A2.1 - A2.2	9 - 12	Flyers
Junior 3	B1.1	9 - 12	None
Junior 4	B1.2	9 - 12	None
Senior 1	A1.2 - A2.1	12 - 17	None
Senior 2	A2.2 – B1.1	12 - 17	Keystage English Test (KET)
Senior 3	B1.1 – B1.2	12 - 17	Preliminary English Test (PET)
Senior 4	B2.1	12 - 17	None
Senior 5	B2.2	14+	First Certificate in English (FCE)
Senior 6	C1.1	14+	None
Senior 7	C1.2	14+	CAE

Enrolment
Bring your child for a placement test during a registration period. The test will take approximately 40 minutes. Our teaching staff will then advise you on the best options for your child and our Customer Services team will process your registration.

Why choose a British Council Young Learner Programme?

			Your child will be taught by a fully-qualified, English-speaking teacher
			Our structured level system allows for maximum progress in classes with students of similar ages and ability

We offer:

			Resources and expertise from the British Council’s worldwide network of Young Learner centres
			Preparation for the spring/summer sitting at the British Council Examinations Centre for an internationally-recognised University of Cambridge English Language examination
			End-of-term reports and certificates, which are tied to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), devised by the Council of Europe. The CEFR is recognised as a measure of language competence by educational institutions and authorities across Europe.
			Up-to-date teaching and learning resources
			Comprehensive social programme consisting of parties, competitions and activity days each term
			Comfortable, modern, safe premises in an easily accessible central location