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  Lovely identical twins Laura and Sarah Stickler, 17 and their bubbly little sister, Julia, grew up immersed in the world of Helen Doron English, as their mother Sonja is a dedicated franchisee in their hometown of Vienna, Austria. Laura recently returned from a year as an AFS exchange student in the United States and […]

Buying an educational franchise is a lot like getting married. There is a great deal you need to know before you say, ‘I do.’ After all, you’re making a long-term commitment which requires a large investment. Just as you spend time and energy learning about your life partner, so too should you invest in learning […]

Elizaveta Biba (Liza) is the director of the Helen Doron Learning Center in Tirana and the national representative of Helen Doron English in Albania. Originally from Russia, Liza has been learning English throughout her life, “through the Russian school system, a private course with native speakers and studying in UK and working in USA for […]

Ella, my four-year-old daughter, began learning the violin through the Suzuki method, which emphasizes the importance of teaching young children to play musical instruments before learning to read notation. The method is based on the idea that music is a language and that children should learn to play music in the same way they learn […]

Laura Stickler, 17, from Vienna, Austria, is from a new generation of Helen Doron teachers who is following in her teacher/franchisee mother’s footsteps. She recently returned from a year as an AFS exchange student in the U.S.  and has begun training to be a Helen Doron teacher. Her twin sister Sarah is taking advantage of […]

Innovative centre spearheads Helen Doron Educational Group’s planned expansion in Asia The Helen Doron Group, international leaders in teaching English as Foreign Language (EFL) has launched its first educational centre in Dongtan, South Korea. Building on the success of the company’s kindergartens launched in 2014, the state-of-the art centre incorporates the first Helen Doron Baby […]

Helen, you are best known for the pioneering work you have done creating a unique methodology for teaching English to young children but what about teens that have just started learning English? There are teens who need basic content that is appealing and geared to their interests and their intelligence. What do you recommend?  I […]

  Isabella is yet another inspiring example of a Helen Doron teacher trainer who took advantage of the international franchise’s opportunity to train in one location, and then work in her choice of 35 countries!  Isabella was born and raised in Italy, currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand, and is married to a man from China. The lovely […]

Can children learn English after a long and full academic school day?  As a parent, you want the very best for your child. But every family has a different idea as to what the optimal balance between in-school and after-school activities — and every child has his own comfort zone and capacity for learning. How […]

Raneen Gharzuzi, from Tarshiha, Israel has experienced the Helen Doron English world from all angles: as a franchisee, as a teacher and as the proud parent of three Helen Doron students. The multicultural mom’s native tongue is Arabic, which is the language spoken at home and she also speaks fluent Hebrew and of course, English. […]