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Accents - developing and maintaining English

Now in 2 locations! Civray (86400) and Jarnac (16200)

Accents English Literacy Programme

• Are you concerned about your child's written English?

• Do you think your child may return to schooling in the UK?

• Would you like your child to study or work in an English speaking country in the future?

If so, keep their English skills up to scratch with our specially designed courses for English-speaking children aged 5 upwards.

The Accents English Literacy Programme provides English-speaking children with the opportunity to maintain and develop their English skills to the same level as their peers in the UK. Through the use of the latest materials from the UK, our experienced and qualified English teachers have developed a course which broadly follows the UK Revised Framework for Literacy but remains flexible enough to meet the individual needs of children growing up in France. Focus is given to the development and understanding of spelling rules and patterns, and to all aspects of English grammar. Children are also given the opportunity to develop their own texts to suit a wide range of purposes.  

Our courses cover:

• Reading
• Writing
• Spelling
• Grammar
• Comprehension
• Developing different writing styles (from poems to reports and instructions)
• We cater for children from Foundation year through to KS3 in prepration for the iGCSE.

Civray classes are scheduled for 2 hours on Wednesdays during term time with Jarrnac classes on Saturday mornings.

For more information, please contact Kathryn Dobson

Hear what our parents have to say about Accents:

" I would like to say a huge thankyou to all the Accents team for their hard work and dedication over the last year, the teachers are obviously highly motivated and passionate about teaching children and it shows. Prior to my child starting the programme, I had not encountered the Ruth Miskin method of teaching and have been really impressed by this effective, fun and fast way of learning to read and write. We are really lucky to have access to this programme in France so well done and keep up the good work! "  VP

"Having three children at very different literacy levels, I was desperate to find a way to keep their English up to the same levels as friends 'back home'. Accents has helped me to achieve this through their expert teachers and carefully chosen materials. I would recommend this course to any parent for whom English is important."   JD.

"When we moved to France with an 8 year old and a 4 year old we felt it important to keep the children up to speed with all aspects of the English language. My 8 year old daughter could read and we have kept this up, but found that her writing skills were falling behind. I was relieved to find Accents had started up near us. I enrolled my daughter. Although she has sometimes found it hard, as she has a slight learning disability, I do feel it has helped her immensely. For the future I feel it absolutely vital that her spoken and written language skills are excellent, the world is getting smaller and there are many more people who have the language skills to compete in the job market, every edge we can give our children is a bonus. Also in college she can take English as another language, this will be a great confidence booster as, hopefully, she will be near the top of the class. I have now enrolled my son, he is now 7 and really enjoying it. " LP