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English home-schooling
I am hoping to keep up with my kids English language education as they been studying in English upto G3. Currently they are following the normal education system in Dutch and doing great. However, I dot not want them to fall behind in their main langauge and would like to know your ideas/suggestions where I could enrol for formal English Exams and obtain necessary text books/resources for G4, G1 students. thank you so much.
Usually the question flows in the other direction...suggestion: don't home school in Belgium...unless you are doing it for Religious reasons or because your children don't fit in with other children. You say that English is their "main language"....but that you are homeschooling them. Something here doesn't quite make any sense to me at all. They are being homeschooled in Dutch?? If so, stop and arrange a bilingual homeschool "situation" with like-minded parents. Additionally, you've not given ANY comprehensive information about your situation, what ages are the children, why are they here, how long will they be here ? etc etc etc
The most obvious place to go for advice on English language lessons, resources and exams is the British Council.
The British Council neither sponsor nor guide on English lessons for British children or anglophone children in Belgium.
No idea what G4 or G1 are as they are not the names of Flemish school year groups.
If you live in Belgium, your children can take IGSCEs and A levels at any UK exam board centre such as ACE in Auderghem or ISF Waterloo in Rhode-Saint-Genese.
Hi Christine. I think you have confused everyone here. What nationality are you? What is your language at home? It sounds as if the kids started their education in English and that you are now living here and that they are at a local Dutch school? Will they do all their education here? What age are they?
Dutch schools are very good and judging by the quality of most Flemish people’s English, keep them there. If you want to keep their English going well, encourage them to read English books, watch English TV, there are plenty of Dutch channels showing English programs and BBC 1 and 2 on Telenet. If you live around Brussels, there are English scout groups, football clubs, theatre groups etc. Consider sending them on one of the many summer camps in the UK.
The link you have been given for the British Council does give advice on learning English. If you call them, you will probably get friendly answers or advice.
I hope this helps.
Are you actually in Netherlands, as the school classes are known as "Groep 1" and "Groep 2" etc?
If you are in the Netherlands, there is a sub group of Amsterdam Mamas, the major anglophone chat group in the Netherlands, the education sub group is called "Dutch Education Group (from Amsterdam Mamas)".
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dutcheducationgroup/?ref=br_rs&fb_dtsg_a...
From their own website:
"People from all over the world learn English with the British Council. In Belgium we do not offer face-to-face teaching, but we have a wide range of free online resources to help you learn."
It's not clear what ages the children are, but the British Council has resources covering all ages from quite small / through teenage / to adult. It is a great place to start if you are looking for general free resources and guidance for English Language learning.
https://www.britishcouncil.org/english
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/parents
What's G3?
We need to know what language(s) you speak at home and to what standard.
Very few newly university educated Belgians do not speak reasonable English - what's the rush?
I also choose Britishcouncil for my child. As for me, it is the best English school
Britishcouncil is not a language school!
This is not difficult to be honest, because there are a lot of opportunities even on the internet. I tried college papers for sale at https://edubirdie.com/college-papers-for-sale so you may try similar to this too. English is a very popular language so you should have no problems with homeschooling.
