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From the moment that Tatjana (Tanja) Petkovic heard about the Helen Doron method for teaching English to young children from veteran teacher trainer Rita Falter, she knew she had found her dream career. Fuelled by a lifetime passion for English, music and dancing, and armed with excellent English and a degree in business management, Tanja […]

English as a Foreign Language for ages 3 months to 19 years For people who love children and are passionate about the English language, teaching English to young learners is a natural path to follow. Since English IS the international language, it is always in demand and pretty much recession-proof as a career choice. Because […]

Helen Doron, Founder and CEO of Helen Doron Educational Group, visited Shanghai recently to reaffirm the company’s commitment to the China market by outlining an aggressive expansion plan. Six new learning centres are slated to open by March 2013; the company will also expand and diversify its local operational management team to support the company’s […]

To the contrary— in fact, children can learn many languages at the same time, become completely bilingual or even mutilingual and there are only benefits from doing so. Teaching young children how to speak a second language is good for their minds, report two Cornell linguistic  researchers, amongst many other academic studies. Helen Doron explains […]

One of the features that makes the Teen English programme so successful is the use of a wide variety of media to help students absorb English naturally. For pre-teens and teens, there is no better method than through song. It seems that adolescents are obsessed with music, rhythm, and even the meaning behind the lyrics. […]

Since linguist and educator Helen Doron pioneered her groundbreaking methodology for teaching English to very young children, children around the world have benefitted from learning a second language the same way they learn their mother tongue. A recent study commissioned by the European Commission, Directorate General Education and Culture agrees with Helen Doron’s findings: 1. […]

Greater grasp of one’s first language including a bigger, richer vocabulary Most of the time we use our first language with little thought to grammatical rules or constructions. This is perfectly natural, but the experience of learning a new language can bring greater understanding and perhaps even better grammar to our first language. Knowing the […]

Although the benefits of teaching children a second or even third language have been supported in the media for several years, I have noticed that lately there have been a number of articles and studies substantiating starting even earlier—even before the baby has mastered their mother tongue. In fact, a new study suggests that babies […]

Despite struggling economies throughout the world, Helen Doron English launched a grand total of 108 new Learning Centres in 26 countries around the world in 2012. During these challenging economic times, this is a real accomplishment—but it just goes to show that parents everywhere realize the value of making sure their children are fluent in […]

Thousands of young students learning English around the world will benefit from a new global collaboration between a department of Cambridge University and Helen Doron Ltd., a leading provider of education for children. Under the agreement, the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL) will collaborate with Helen Doron English, whose exclusive English learning programmes […]