English courses for Young Learners

The Young Learners Department at IH Barcelona has its own study programme, adapted to suit the ages and interests of the students.

We divide the programme into four sections:

• Very Young Learners (with classes for 6 to 7 year olds and 7 to 8 year olds)
• Children (8 to 10 years old)
• Juniors (11 to 13 years old)
• Teenagers (14 to 17 years old).

The table, above, shows the different levels for very young learners (Ps and Ks), Juniors (Js) and Teenagers (Ts), as well as how these levels correspond to our courses for adults (As), the Cambridge exams (Starters, Movers, KET, PET, FCE and CAE), and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) [ +info].

Progress tests and reports

Very Young Learners, Children and Juniors have little progress tests every term.

We use a continuous assessment system for Teenage groups.

Parents are provided with regular reports and there is a Parent/Teacher meeting in February/March.

We work with a task-based approach which which provides a stimulating environment for Young Learners to use English as a means of communication from the start.