Across the world, many of today’s parents aspire for their children to achieve English proficiency in order to participate fully in today’s global society—one where English is the essential language of commerce and daily activities.
Recognized as a departure from traditional English teaching, the Rise program exemplifies the kind of instructional innovation needed to cultivate English language skills for today’s global society.
To develop young children's English skills for both communication and academic purposes, four key factors include:
Language: Proficiency in Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, vocabulary, and grammar forms a solid foundation for building the elements necessary for a child's development.
Subject-based English: At RISE, English is taught through subjects like Math, Science, and Language Arts without applying any translation. This approach helps children understand and retain lessons more quickly and for longer durations. It also enhances their range of vocabulary across various subjects.
Higher Order Thinking Skills: The method of cultivating higher-order thinking helps children after receiving a problem to:
Leadership Training Program: Cultivating advanced leadership skills to empower children to be proactive, confident, positive-minded, capable of taking charge, solving problems, and effectively guiding and leading teams.
The environment at RISE fosters learning inside and outside the classroom. RISE helps children approach lessons naturally and without constraints. RISE consistently creates a dynamic learning environment for children to explore expanded knowledge and logical thinking, fostering lifelong learning habits. Additionally, RISE regularly organizes outdoor activities to provide children with real-life experiential learning opportunities, applying learned knowledge to everyday life.
Barry O’Callaghan, CEO, Rise Global