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Want to know what happens in our lessons? Here's the answer!

We speak from the very start
Every lesson starts with a warm-up that helps break through the language block. It can take many forms – a short chat, role-plays, 5 Second Rule, Dobble or Taboo. Believe it or not, these seemingly simple games open people up amazingly well. Thanks to them, you focus on the game rather than on the words you're saying along the way.

Language games – and more

Language games? We have loads of them. Want an exact number? Definitely more than 100. Given that a school year has 35 weeks of lessons, we could play 3 new games in every single class.
But we also play Uno, Ludo and War! In other words, we do exactly what we do every day… just in a different language! That's how a language stops being "school language" and becomes everyday and natural.

We teach what you actually want to say
We don't wait for the "right level" before introducing a word.
Because what if you want to say that:

– you had waffles for breakfast,

– you drank chamomile tea,

– or you went to the optician?

If we stuck strictly to levels and the vocabulary they cover, a beginner would have to say they ate bread instead of a waffle, drank mint tea instead of chamomile, and went to the doctor instead of the optician. And that changes the situation completely!

In Polish, "grammar" (gramatyka) has "gra" – a game – in it, so it can't be that boring
It would be a lie to say there's no grammar in our classes. It's an inseparable part of any language, and you can't express yourself correctly in a foreign language without it. We just have our own way of doing it.

With older children we practise conditionals using Little Red Riding Hood, and for tenses we make up stories, so the children get involved and see that something happened, something is happening, and something else is yet to happen. We don't make them learn the terminology – "When I say that every day I brush my teeth and feed Stefen (he's a dog), I say 'I brush', 'I feed', and that's it. But today, just this once, I'm also feeding Patryk (my friend's chameleon), so I'll say 'I am feeding'." That's exactly how children learn to tell the tenses apart.

Our own materials
We create our own materials, tailored to our students' needs, bearing in mind that

– some love mermaids,

– others love football,

– and others still want to prepare for an exam.

We watch what our students need and choose the next topics based on that. We also tailor them to where we live – Poland, Gdańsk and, closer to home, our neighbourhood, Przymorze. It has its own distinctive topics that you won't find in any textbook, but that are part of our everyday lives.
If you have ideas of your own, let us know – we'll gladly create a lesson on the topic.

Drama and theatre improv
In our classes we use elements of drama and theatre improvisation. We create scenes, act out real-life situations and practise real conversations.
This way our students are ready for real situations: on holiday, at the after-school club, on the playground or at work.

We may not be able to board a plane together and chat with a flight attendant, but we can create our own Languart cabin – so you're ready for long-haul (language) flights!

Drama and theatre improv also train your creativity. Classes are far more interesting when you can step into the role of a boss, a waiter or a doctor and decide for yourself what these characters are like.

Mistakes are part of learning

We treat mistakes as a natural part of the process. Everyone makes them. Maybe instead of being afraid of them, it's worth growing to like them a little? Over time there'll be fewer and fewer of them! We promise!

We know you're here to make fewer mistakes and to feel more confident speaking. You can choose whether you want to be corrected while you speak or to go through your mistakes after a task. Step by step, the mistakes will become less and less noticeable. The most important thing is not to let the thought of them paralyse you. We really love the saying "Connection, not perfection" – after all, language is for communicating, not for being perfect.

Results
Our students get rid of their language block very quickly. Even people who describe themselves as "hopeless at languages" admit that the block was much bigger in their heads than in reality, and that regular lessons helped them get rid of it.

Warm-ups, games and language activities build confidence and create a less school-like atmosphere. Learning a language becomes fun rather than a chore. Could anything taste better than an ice cream you ordered yourself in a foreign language?

Theatre, role-plays and dialogues help our students take their mistakes less seriously, which lets them spread their wings – because nothing holds back progress like our own fear. Playing a character puts some distance between us and our mistakes – after all, the words come from the character's mouth, not ours.

Thanks to dialogues from everyday life, our students are ready for the situations that await them and can prepare for them language-wise.
Theatre improv, in turn, means small talk stops being paralysing, and teaches you to react naturally in situations nobody can predict.

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