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In today’s world everyone recognizes the need for good communicative power in the English Language, which has become the lingua franca of the business and social world. Language for communication and interaction is the ability to use the right words in appropriate language in a given situation. This means being exposed to various significant life situations and learning to communicate effectively in that context.

English Smart has been specially designed by Dr.VASANTHI VASUDEV to develop confidence in both oral and written communication in various life related situations like

• Speaking about oneself
• Communicating with friends
• Traveling, going to a bank
• Attending an interview
• Attending a party, etc.

Specifically speaking, English Smart uses life related fun based situations to develop :

• Fluency and confidence in oral communication
• Versatility in written communication
• Comfort in contextual vocabulary
• Creativity in writing
• Application of English Language skills to develop the intelligence's

The program uses real life situations, pictures, reading comprehension's, writing exercises and listening comprehension's, so that the child is able to speak and think in English fluently and effortlessly. The course has been designed using successful teaching methodologies, practiced globally, to teach foreign languages to children.

ALOHA English Smart Program consists of 4 stages. They represent the child’s progress in the use of English Language skills from ‘Self’ to world.

Stage 1 - Personalization

‘Me, Myself & I’

This stage aims at developing English skills for dealing with situations related to the self. Here Children are made to describe things that pertain to them- such as their hobbies, their ambitions, goals, a day of their life in home or school or so on.

Stage 2 - Socialization

‘My immediate society’

This stage aims at developing communication skills for dealing with situations related to the child’s immediate society. Here children are asked to communicate about their family, their friends, their neighborhood, school, city and so on.

Stage 3 - Globalization

‘My World at large’

This stage aims at developing the child’s English skills to understand and engage meaningfully with the world at large. In this stage, children are given exercises that stimulate them to communicate about their country, social drawbacks and so on.

Stage 4 - Intellectualization

‘Ideas, Feelings, Thoughts’

The final stage of the program empowers the child to deal with the abstract world of ideas, feelings and thought.

ALOHA English Smart benefits:

Situation Smart

Being exposed to the use of English language in meaningful situations.

Being able to respond to and contribute to interactions in English language in simple and important day to day situations.

Word Smart

Being able to understand the meaning of words, generally used in life situations and to be able to use them intelligently in oral and written communication.

Learning suitable vocabulary to deal with different life situations.

Speech Smart

Being able to express ideas and thoughts, that are needed to deal with various life situations with confidence, speed and fluency.

To speak with confidence.

Write Smart

Being able to write effectively and clearly, to communicate essential information in practical situations.

Being able to express himself/herself accurately, to avoid communication gaps.

Being able to use the English language for practical written communication - Creative Smart.

Being able to use the English language, to express various thoughts and emotions with comfort and style and being sensitive to the aesthetic use of the language. Being able to think creatively, using the power of English.

Proficiency in English will result in improved mastery over the academic curriculum and therefore, naturally in improved academic performance.

Course Information

The program spans for 2 academic years with 4 stages, each lasting for about 5 months. Each month has working sessions of 6 hours, that is one and half hours to working sessions per week.

The English Smart program is open to children with basic English knowledge, from the age group of 6 - 14.

About the creator of the course

Dr Vasanthi Vasudev has a multi-dimensional experience of over 20 years in the field of Teaching, Educational Management/Principal ship and Training to which, she combines her unique skills in Quality Consulting and Technology based learning.

After a stint as college lecturer, she moved into educational management. She worked as a Principal of a reputed CBSE school in Chennai for 7 years and led the school to rapid growth and popularity. In 1998,Vasanthi received the Best Principal CBSE Schools award -conferred by the Wisdom International, Chennai.

Vasanthi is also a Registered QMS Auditor. Along with her team members has been working as a Quality Consultant with educational institutions, to develop Quality Management Systems and to prepare them for ISO 9001-2000 Certification.

Vasanthi also combines her pedagogic expertise with hands on work, in the field of technology-based learning.

Vasanthi is a Learning specialist. She has been involved in numerous action research projects, concerning innovative teaching and evaluation styles, that focus on the learner and on whole brain development. Her area of Action Research has been on Brain Based Learning and she has developed many new - generation products for optimizing brain potential for children and adults.

The experience garnered over years of interacting with students, combined with an understanding of curricular subjects, helped to develop a counseling model, based on brain based learning preferences and she uses this model to help students to arrive at career options.

Vasanthi is now an independent consultant to IL&FS ETS and she also develops and implements program on their behalf. In addition to this, she shares her knowledge and experience with other leading educational institutions, in her capacity as a consultant.

She has developed and has successfully implemented programs in Lawrence School, Lovedale, Good Shepherd International School, Ooty, Vidya Mandir Mylapore, Chennai, India International School & India International Institute of Management Jaipur, Annamalai University and many others.