Results
Comparative acquisition table for beginners
The table below indicates the level attained in the four different skills associated with second language learning (speaking, listening, reading and writing) by learners accustomed to our pedagogical approach, which is at the heart of the creation of the Technique Leader Harrison©.
A Practical Example for Speaking and writing
Start level: beginner (A0-A1 CEFRL : Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Beginners are students who have either never learned or have learned very little English at school, which would equate to a UK first year secondary school pupil who has been briefly introduced to French in primary school today.
After 35 to 50 hours of lessons (one hour per week), 98% of our students are capable of verbally translating (or writing) the following document from the top of their heads without making mistakes, and without having seen the text before hand or being told to revise (thus 'blind'). After 3 attempts, 98% of students are capable of translating it orally without making mistakes in less than 5 minutes.
This text is an A2 level text, the level that only 15% of French school children attained at GCSE level after 5/6 years of English (approximately 975 hours of lessons) according to The European First Language Survey (2012).
*Learners who take a second foreign language in French secondary schools are often grouped together in small numbers of between 6 to 9. However, their linguistic capabilities are similar to those of learners studying English, grouped together in classrooms of 20 to 24 students. Thus, group size does not necessarily impact on a learner's ability to excel.
This signifies that, with our teaching method, a first year secondary school pupil would achieve the same level as a GCSE student at the end of their first year.
This also signifies that, with our way of teaching and the use of the Technique Leader Harrison©, all French school children would speak fluent English at A level or have a very good basic working knowledge of English at the end of their fourth year in secondary school.
The different levels of the Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages
