Get UP – Spoken English for Children

 Vision: To enable children (between the ages of 4 and 10) to speak basic English within 10 months by utilizing their natural ability to learn and speak a language. Thus, improving their self-confidence and creating job opportunities for them in the future.

Goal: By 2030, enable one million children, mainly from poor families, to speak basic English. This goal will be achieved by:  

1. Making our Spoken English materials available free to all schools.
2. Recording live classes and promoting them on social media and on broadcast TV to reach rural areas that do not have Internet access.
3. Giving incentives to children from rural areas to learn spoken English.

How to use the Course Materials

Level 1: It is mainly for preschoolers (between the ages of 4 and 6).  It should be completed in four months with a 30-minute class 6 days/week. (Roughly one topic in three days.)

Level 2: It is for older children (between the ages of 6 and 10) but they can also start with Level 1 if they do not know the basic English covered in Level 1.

Classroom Setting: A small classroom with one computer connected to a large screen and Internet is needed. All lessons are taught by a qualified English teacher. A separate classroom may also be utilized by older children for self-practice.

Use Children as Teachers: Encourage senior children to teach Spoken English to new children.

Teacher Support: Teachers must go through the Guidelines for Teachers and the Teacher Resources.

LEARNING SHOULD BE FUN!

Simply repeating words and watching endless videos can get boring.

“Children are more likely to be curious when presented with music, games and total physical response activities, and therefore are more likely to learn and retain knowledge.”

Use your own imagination to improve learning. Learning a language is child’s play.

We can improve the lives of children everywhere by teaching preschoolers Spoken English, along with soft skills and life skills such as mindfulness, basic health, nutrition and hygiene, courtesy and tolerance, simple exercise and sport, self-control and willpower, public speaking and goal-setting, and a sense of responsibility and humor. This can be followed with math and coding for older children. 

 – Zafar Khizer, Get UP