Experts in English teaching
7Speaking strives to select and bring together only linguists who are capable of transmitting, clearly and simply, the fundamental knowledge necessary in learning English.
In particular, Claude Vollaire, professor of English, successful author of numerous English learning manuals.
He is surrounded by native Anglophone teachers, qualified to teach English as a second language.
A program
Practice, learn, apply!
Our program depends on practicing the language using real articles of Anglophone origin.
The theoretical learning phase is only introduced to assist a learner who feels the need for it but it does not replace the practical learning.
Nothing like the exercises we did at school, 7Speaking helps you understand and practice real English with famous people like John Kennedy, Steve Jobs or Brad Pitt.
This approach is very effective because it resembles total immersion, as would be experienced on a language trip: and you benefit from constant help with vocabulary, grammar and oral comprehension.
Quite different from static E-learning solutions, the 7Speaking formula is both original and effective due to the daily work done by our team of teachers who create and propose up-to-the-minute course materials (both audio and video).
The interactive and contextual aids that accompany all of our lessons enable you to assimilate all the subtleties of both written and spoken English.
Each learning phase is followed by a practical test on the knowledge acquired.
The student's level is re-evaluated during the correction of each test: this way students can monitor their own progress at any time.
With 7Speaking, the trainee is the master of his own training: he clicks on, consults, listens or listens again to whatever he needs to.
In order for the trainee to make continuous progress, the level of the course is constantly adapted in accordance with progress made.
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The internal dimension of motivation
Motivation has both an internal and an external dimension. The internal dimension is all about the content of the training.
"Making you do what you like to do because you'll do it better."
It is true that we learn better when we enjoy ourselves and when the subject we are studying is interesting to us.
Mayeul Foisil developed 7Speaking based upon this idea: offer to learners a course based upon materials with subject matters which are directly related to their personal and professional interests.
Thus a personalized program is created daily for each learner with regard to:
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• profession/job and field of activity (Finance, IT, Accounts...);
• personal interests (international news, cinema, travel, sport...);
• level and progress made.
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Combining Internet and telephone lessons enables us to multiply the effectiveness of each training method.
Knowledge acquired during the Internet lessons is strengthened during the telephone lessons and vice-versa.
Our teachers utilize the wealth of 7Speaking online resources to enrich and animate the telephone lessons.
Probably the single largest motivating factor is to be able to immediately use what has been learned in a professional setting.
This is the reason that 7Speaking proposes to our clients course contents created directly from:
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- their professional working environment (technical documents, reports, interviews with the managing director...);
- very specific professional situations: "Welcoming an English speaking customer to your branch", "organizing and running a teleconference", "helping a user with a specific problem".
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In this way the educational objectives of the English training are based upon the professional objectives given by the company.
The external dimension of motivation
This is the other essential dimension of motivation.
Internal motivation "the pleasure of learning" is necessary but is not always enough to motivate the student throughout the duration of the training program.
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It is important that the learner is motivated by a concrete goal, be it personal or professional. This objective must be achievable in a reasonable time frame. The commitment will generally be proportional to the importance of the goal.
This aspect cannot be managed by any teaching solution alone, no matter how efficient.
It is the very environment of the employee that should help to maintain motivation:
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• General Management must clearly state that a good command of English is a strategic goal;
• Human Resource Management must translate this strategic goal in the job descriptions and the career development plans;
• Training Managers must pass on reasons for the training system;
• Managers must integrate the monitoring of their employees' English skills into the performance reviews.
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To optimize external motivation, 7Speaking has developed a methodology, which relies upon an online audit system as well as upon a high-performing team of consultants.
Our consultants are able to counsel you on the motivational policies that your company can introduce:
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• Analysis of the actual professional needs of your employees as far as communication in English is concerned;
• Definition of motivating training objectives that are related to the current and future roles of the trainees;
• Choice of suitable teaching methods;
• Creation of course materials that come from the internal working environment of your company;
• Communication plan.
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Enthusiasm, attendance and perseverance
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Enthusiasm, attendance and perseverance are the result of a good motivation policy.
Enthusiasm is essential in the key, start-up phase of the training program.
When this dimension is underestimated the number of false starts is high, no matter what the training method.
Regular attendance is essential to the memorization of the training, each session strengthens the knowledge acquired in the previous sessions.
Last but not least, perseverance is the guarantee that the trainee will achieve the objectives that are fixed.
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