True Stories

We love hearing about how LCF Fun Language clubs influences children and their families. Learning a new language has so many more benefits than just learning new words - a whole new way of looking and interacting with the world can open up.

Here are some more true stories sent to us by our teachers, who are clearly very passionate about their jobs:

A little 3 year old who started this year is making tremendous progress! His mum wanted to give it try and see how he would respond to a new language. This little boy simply remembers everything! His pronunciation is perfect, his focus in class unbelievable and his parents extremely proud. They have been very supportive and help him a lot. At home, they spend 1h a day trying to speak French together, they have bought French books, they label furniture etc.. The whole family is involved and loving it

One of my parents in particular is amazed at how much her pre-schooler has absorbed. He often recalls vocab in class in a way that some of the older participants don't (the other partcipants are school age). He was apparently on the beach with his Mum recently and got chatting to a man who is French and had heard him calling out some French words. The man was very impressed with the child's knowledge and enthusiasm (this only after a few weeks learning).

Overall, I can say that most children I have taught have shown growth in an areaof their childhood development. The language/cultural awareness is first to come to mind, of course, as it is so rewarding to perceive children's visual enlightment when they understand what the teacher is saying in a foreign tongue! Socially, children flourish within the clubs and it is a nice feeling to think that their initial common similarity was the interest and curiosity of learning another language.

An 8 years old with academic/learning difficulties was extremely withdrawn when she first started learning french with us. It was a pleasure to see her slowly open up, be receptive and interested with a smile on her face. Her mother reported that her attitude at school had greatly improved as well.

There was a girl who was very shy and whispered to the class in the first two terms when I asked her to repeat the word I said. Last term, she was changed. She was happy, eager to learn. Her mum was very happy and appreciated very much what we have done for her.

A new girl joined a group who had been learning French for a while. She was a beginner, and despite not always finding it easy to remember she continues to enjoy herself more and more. She is becoming increasingly confident, both as she speaks French, and as she interacts with the others in her club. Her mum asked her "is this as fun as choir?" She replied "its MORE fun!". LCF is helping her to learn French, but it is also giving her a great chance to grow and learn in all sorts of ways, and it is so rewarding to be able to provide this opportunity for her!

A little boy came to me early into term 2. His parents had made a big decision to pull him out of a large private school and home school him instead.He was extremely nervy when he first attended my school age French class. Now every week he runs up the stairs to class, his parents say it is the highlight of his week! He giggles, joins in and smiles hie way through class! He comes armed with a multitude of linguistic questions and loves hearing about the new vocabulary and sounds especially when he can link them with other vocab (both French & English) that he knows. It's such a pleasure to see how he has grown in confidence and how LCF has brought not only new learning, but fun, contact with other children and self esteem to a this young child.

I have a 12 year old girl who was hesitant to join the group. She was shy and inhibited. After a few lessons she was surprised at how much fun she was having and didn't feel embarrased to participate in all the activities. She is now a very willing club member and enjoys coming to the language club every week.

I have a 6 year old girl in one of my sessions who was very shy when she started last term. Although she had some prior knowledge of French she didn't really say much. She even sat out of games and she said she didn't want to join in. By not pushing her into participating, but encouraging her to "help" me run the games, she is now talking a lot more in the second term and is joining in with most of the activities.

I have one child with a French Canadian mother. Apparently since joining the class she has shown much more interest in speaking French at home and loves to practice the new vocabulary she has learned with her mother.

The children are very proud of them self because they are feeling more confident as the are progressing very quickly

I have a student who is very shy but his mother is encouraging her son doing group activities. For the first course this child was not talking and was going in the corner of the room and not. After 5 French lessons, he is singing with us, and last week he received the medal of the LCF Student of the week as he make a lot of progress and everybody love him in the group

I have a new little boy who has had no Italian experience at all -he was just keen to learn the language. He started in the middle of term 3 and has done so well - he is always having a go even when he is not quite sure. His enthusiasm is fantastic!! His mum tells me that he goes home after class and can't wait to get to the computer so he can look up Italian words and pictures and he is only 5!!!

I have brothers in my class who are consistently late for band practice, but always on time for Italian! They enjoy coming to school early and being part of our club.

I was not aware of it, but one child in my French group was dyslexic and lacked self confidence because of this. Because the way the classes are run at beginners level, with almost no reading or writing - just listening and repeating - her confidence grew enormously and she was not in any way held back by her dyslexia. I didnt know this until her mum came and thanked me at the end of term and said that she had become almost a different child and was full of confidence and enthusiasm ! It had made a huge impact to her and her whole family !

A 3 girl enrolled in one of my clubs. She suffers from high anxiety and portrays caracteristics of autism. She would remain silent in her school class, unwilling to look at people in the eye and was socially withdrawn. She was so dependent on another adult that her mother had to sit near her during the first two lessons. However, she soon she spoke some French and demanded to participate.

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