Since the English language and pronunciation will become even more important in the future, it may be worth preparing your child for all of this in advance. Accordingly, it is hardly surprising that more and more Families are looking for the right language learning solution. With the many providers on the market today, this can be quite difficult. Both online and offline, there are numerous offers that advertise special successes. However, to give you a better overview of what exactly to expect, we would like to summarize the most important providers below.
Preply
Preply is an online-based language learning service that has decided to take a different path than most of its competitors. Instead of offering online courses to improve English, Preply focuses on 1:1 conversations and lessons between teachers and students.
The focus of the individual learning units can be set individually and tailored to your child's strengths and weaknesses. Also interesting here is the potential improvement in pronunciation through direct dialogue with the teacher. Less advantageous, however, is the website navigation, which can sometimes seem a bit dated.
Udemy
Udemy is another online provider, but compared to traditional providers, it does not focus solely on languages. Udemy is an online platform that offers online courses on a wide variety of topics and questions, which gives you the chance to help your child expand not only their English but also subject-specific knowledge. This is particularly interesting with regard to school and university.
Accordingly, at Udemy, for example, you can also watch courses on cooking, fashion, sports, and more, or specifically address the pronunciation of English terms as well as certain nuances in pronunciation. A disadvantage here is the lack of more interaction between teacher and student, because only watching the courses is offered. Another disadvantage can be the sometimes completely different structure of individual courses, because at Udemy everyone gets the chance to upload something.
Rosetta Stone
The classic among language learning platforms is Rosetta Stone, because they have been focusing on offering language learning courses there for many years. Accordingly, there are not only over 25 foreign languages that you can learn at Rosetta Stone, but also a comprehensive selection of topic-specific courses that also differ from one another depending on the language level.
At Rosetta Stone, you have the chance to access tried-and-tested courses that have been helping many people around the world for several years. There are also specially adapted courses for children. Less advantageous at Rosetta Stone, however, is the fact that these courses are sometimes really old and, on the other hand, the price tag could possibly burn a small hole in your pocket.
In addition to the three online solutions presented for improving your child's English pronunciation, we do not want to withhold the analog versions for this from you at this point. Nevertheless, you should note that, especially in the context of the current pandemic, certain restrictions and possibly even infection risks can occur with the use of analog offers.
inlingua
Inlingua is a well-known chain of language schools in Austria that has been operating for several years and has opened numerous branches in Austria in cities such as Salzburg, Vienna, and others. Here, too, the focus has been on offering a wide variety of courses, which are intended to ensure that as many subject areas of the English language as possible are covered.
Good here is the direct contact with the language teacher, who can act as a direct contact person for the children while learning the foreign language. In addition, the class sizes are also acceptable and offer good on-site learning. What one must still mention as less positive in terms of inlingua is the fact that these courses are also comparatively expensive. In addition, you or your child are tied to a schedule and you always have to visit the same place and cannot access it during vacation.
LISA! Sprachreisen Austria
Another well-known and widespread provider of language learning solutions is LISA! Sprachreisen. For many years, the focus there has been on close cooperation with cities and language schools abroad in order to send people from Austria abroad not just for a vacation, but to learn a foreign language. Accordingly, there are also offers that go to the United Kingdom or the USA.
With this approach, your children can experience both cultural and linguistic immersion in another, English-speaking culture, which can remove inhibitions, especially at the beginning of learning English. In addition, there are many different possibilities on site, which may make it interesting as a vacation alternative for your child. Nevertheless, one should not forget that this also involves a lot of costs and organizational effort. Furthermore, you should also not forget that your child is then tied both locally and temporally and this cannot happen during school time.
EF Sprachschule
Last but not least, there is another well-known language school, the EF Sprachschule. Like other providers, EF has long focused on offering different language courses. And here, too, there is the chance to achieve direct contact between teacher and students. Through this, your child's strengths and weaknesses can be encouraged or improved.
The group sizes are usually small and you also have the chance here to register your child for different thematic focuses. Where there is light, there is also shadow, because here too you should not forget that your child is firmly tied both spatially and temporally, which perhaps makes planning easier, but can lead to disadvantages in terms of spontaneity. And the prices should also be considered in advance.
As you have seen, there are now numerous options both online and offline for how you can help your child improve their English pronunciation. Depending on individual taste and your child's preferences as well as time flexibility, you can use different solutions to reach your goal.
In any case, it makes sense in advance for you to find out together with your child how they learn particularly well in order to subsequently choose the right option and be able to achieve good learning success.
