English lessons for kids in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
For several decades, RTL English has been taught in schools, tutorial centres & at home both as part of the curriculum and as a supplementary activity. RTL English is growing in popularity worldwide, so why not join tens of thousands of parents, tutors & teachers around the world and teach your son or daughter RTL English today?
Teaching your son or daughter to use English proficiently might very well be the key to their success at school in Pennsylvania, at exams, in their career and beyond.
Teaching English to your son or daughter might be the key, not only to their success in school in Pittsburgh, but also their sense of self-worth, both in Pennsylvania and beyond.
- Early & advanced English skills will make your child smarter.
- Early & advanced English skills will improve problem solving.
- Early & advanced English skills will improve planning, and abstract thinking skills.
- Early & advanced English skills will help develop complex idea comprehension.
- Early reading can help children compensate for modest levels of ability in other areas. (*Ref)
ON A PRACTICAL LEVEL, HOW IMPORTANT IS EARLY READING?
- Your son or daughter’s reading ability & vocabulary at 3 years old might predict his or her success in school in Pittsburgh when they are 6 to 7 years old (*Ref).
- Your child’s reading ability at 6 to 7 years old might predict his or her success at 17 to 18 years old (*Ref)!
- Your son or daughter’s reading ability at 7 to 8 years old might determine his or her graduation from senior school in Pittsburgh (*Ref).
ON THE OTHER HAND:
- Children who can’t read fluently by 7 to 8 years old are four times more likely to leave school without a diploma/results than proficient readers (*Ref).
and:
- Children who are not taught Phonemic Awareness, & therefore have to rely on memory have difficulty beginning to read and continue to have difficulty with new words.
BUT, SURELY SCHOOL WILL TEACH MY CHILD TO READ? SO, WHY DO I NEED TO BOTHER?
If this is what you are thinking, then you should know that you cannot rely on schools, including those in Pittsburgh …
- In the USA, almost 70% of children at school who are aged 9-10 years old cannot read proficiently (*Ref)!
- And, of those children, 33% of them read at only a very basic level, and 34% are reading at a very poor level (*Ref).
- It’s not much different in the UK, where over 100,000 children leave school illiterate(*Ref).
- Or in Australia, where 33% of students aged 11 years old fail to meet literacy benchmarks (*Ref).
- Or in Canada, where 42% of the entire adult population is only semi-illiterate (*Ref).
NO, YOU CANNOT RELY ON SCHOOLS.
But, why not?
- Teachers don’t always appreciate the basic building blocks of language & reading
- Teachers often don’t know how to teach English language concepts
- There just aren’t enough qualified teachers
- Classes are too big
- Kids don’t get enough one-on-one attention from teachers in the classroom
- Schools aren’t using the correct teaching systems – i.e they rely on rote learning or sight words
- Schools are overwhelmed and have tried to shift some of the burden of teaching onto apps and computers
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A FACT THAT:
Being illiterate is a guaranteed ticket to a dead end.
YOU NEED TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION – TODAY!
BUT HOW?
You can begin by teaching English to your child.
By Teaching your son or daughter to read your child will develop early reading skills that will help put them years ahead of other children in Pennsylvania. So, if you’ve decided that you want to become a proud parent of a happy & smart son or daughter, then you owe it to your child to teach them to read and improve their English.
WE HELP PARENTS TEACH ENGLISH TO CHILDREN
RTL English™ offers 600 easy-to-teach & downloadable English lessons for parents to teach to their child at home. Our lessons will help your child to catch up, keep up & get ahead! Our workbook lessons also challenge more advanced students; so whatever your son or daughter’s ability, there’s sure to be an RTL English workbook that’s suitable for them.
THE RTL ENGLISH CURRICULUM CONSISTS OF FIFTEEN YEARS (LEVELS) OF TEACHING MATERIALS WHICH INCLUDE 600 WORKBOOKS COMPRISED OF FOUR THOUSAND WORKSHEETS & 19,000 TEACHING NOTES AND WILL SAVE YOU OVER 2,000 DAYS OF LESSON PREPARATION TIME!
Foundation Stage
Includes Level 1, 2 & 3.
Suitable for kids aged 3-6 years old in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Elementary Stage
Includes Level 4, 5 & 6.
Suitable for kids aged 6-9 years old in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Intermediate Stage
Includes Level 7, 8 & 9.
Suitable for kids aged 9-12 years old in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Upper Intermediate Stage
Includes Level 10, 11 & 12.
Suitable for kids aged 12-15 years old in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Advanced Stage
Incl. Level 10, 11 & 12.
Suitable for kids aged 15-18 years old in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Winning Awards Since 1996
With 24 years of research, development, dedication and experience, RTL English is committed to offering the best possible start to English language learners worldwide. RTL English is part of the Ready To Learn group, an international educational organisation with students worldwide.
Elaine Shannon founded Ready To Learn in 1996, and is an internationally respected author, language expert and School Principal with more than 40 years of specialist experience. Elaine & her team of instructional designers, linguists and educational experts developed the RTL English Curriculum.
What Happens In A Lesson?
- Each lesson is designed to last approximately 60 minutes. Normally, your child will spend 55 minutes participating in learning activities, and 5 minutes completing an achievement exercise that’s used to reinforce the lessons’ learning designs & objectives.
- Each lesson is accompanied by an RTL English lesson workbook. The workbook consists of six worksheets of instructional content and one reinforcement exercise page.
- You will use the workbook & teaching notes to guide and lead your child through the variety of learning activities in the workbook.
- Although all of our workbooks follow a similar format, each one is slightly more challenging than the last in the sequence. As a result, your child will be able to advance in small manageable steps & acquire English language skills that will last them a lifetime.
- There are 5 learning stages, 15 learning levels and 600 lessons in the RTL English curriculum.
- Your child will need to complete 36 lessons to finish one learning level – which lasts approximately 1 academic year.
What Will My Child Be Taught?
It depends on your child’s age and their English language ability. To find out what your child will be taught, please click the grey button & then click the book cover that’s closest to your child’s current age → Lesson Workbooks
The RTL English Curriculum teaches all the communicative functions and language forms your child will need to succeed in school, exams and beyond, including:
- Phonemic Awareness
- Alphabetic Principle
- Systematic & Explicit Phonics
- Fluency with Text
- Proficient Grammar Knowledge
- Creative Writing
- Expanded Vocabulary
- Advanced Comprehension, and
- Confident Speaking Skills
The RTL English Curriculum: Kids 3 to 18 Years Old
Whatever your child’s age or English language ability, there is sure to be an RTL English course (aka ‘level’) that will help your son or daughter learn or improve his or her English. This is because our curriculum provides 15 years of learning for child aged 3 to 18 years old & teaches all the communicative functions & language forms your child will need to have a richer, more successful educational experience. RTL English will also supplement your son or daughter’s learning at his or her school in Pittsburgh.
The RTL English Curriculum consists of 15 years (levels) of teaching materials which include 600 workbooks (comprising 4,000 worksheets & 19,000 teaching notes) and saves over 2,000 days of preparation time.
Level 1
Kids: 3-4 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 2
Kids: 4-5 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 3
Kids: 5-6 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 4
Kids: 6-7 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 5
Kids: 7-8 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 6
Kids: 8 -9 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 7
Kids: 9-10 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 8
Kids: 10-11 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 9
Kids: 11-12 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 10
Teens: 12-13 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 11
Teens: 13-14 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 12
Teens: 14-15 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 13
Teens: 15-16 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 14
Teens: 16-17 years old
36 lessons. 36 workbooks. 252 worksheets. 1134 teaching instructions.
Level 15
Teens: 17-18 years old
8 lessons. 8 workbooks. 56 worksheets. 252 teaching instructions.
Can I See A Lesson Workbook?
There are 600 workbooks like the one below. Lesson 19, Level 1 below suits children between 3 and 4 years old. To see an example of a lesson workbook that is likely to suit your child, please click the grey button & then click the book cover that’s closest to your child’s current age → Lesson Workbooks
What Method Do You Use?
- We teach using a Step-by-Step method. The content of each lesson is determined by an 8-page workbook that’s slightly more challenging than the last in the sequence. Lessons ‘scaffold’ and build upon the learning of the previous lesson. As a result, students advance in small, manageable steps and acquire English language skills that enable them to achieve better results in school, exams & beyond..
- Sequenced instruction is organised into 5 developmentally appropriate stages, 15 levels of increasing difficulty and 600 lessons. Each lesson provides one hour of learning per week and follows a workbook that consists of six worksheets with instructional content and one reinforcement exercise page.:
- Each lesson is accompanied by a workbook follows a similar plan:
- Page 1 :: Communication/ Discussion/ Topic orientated
- Page 2 :: Grammar/ Language
- Page 3 :: Phonics/ Vocabulary
- Page 4 :: Reading (Ongoing Story)
- Page 5 :: Story Comprehension/ Language
- Page 6 :: Grammar/ Language Exercise
- Page 7 :: Achievement Exercise / Assessment
- Depending on your child’s age and their English skills, instruction will typically consist of a variety of activities including speaking, listening, letter-sound correspondence, sight words, guided oral reading, text comprehension, creative writing, grammar and critical thinking.
- You don’t need to prepare anything or create teaching materials for an RTL English lesson. It’s all been done for you. Each page of this workbook contains teaching notes to enable you to guide and lead your child through the learning activities. Once your son or daughter has finished their lesson, record their achievements in the progress report form and then simply print the next workbook in the sequence.
Will My Child Learn Phonics?
- Yes! We teach synthetic & analytical phonics which includes 44 basic phonemes, 22 beginning blends and 15 ending blends.Our students learn and practise phonics throughout our Foundation, Elementary, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate stages. Our Advanced stage uses phonics to teach pronunciation.
- We pay particular attention to blended consonant sounds (that are located at the beginning and end of many words). We teach vowels first and then consonants. As soon as possible we teach children to read. In practice this means after students have learnt 5 vowel sounds and 2 consonants they can read a few words by themselves. Children are also taught how to decode words, so from the very beginning they can see new simple words and know how to read them.
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