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Most parents know that learning English from the very start is very important for their children. This need inspired us to create a course that helps kids aged 7 and 8 to prepare for the Cambridge Young Learners of English at the Starters level.

The "Start with English" course can also be used as a support tool for learning English at school every day. With "Start with English", kids that begin their education in primary school can develop and consolidate their knowledge of English. The great advantage of the course is that it features funny and amusing animations, colourful scenes and interesting characters that will make learning of English and preparing for the YLE Starters exam a positive experience for the child.

Learning with the program

Learning:

It is worthwhile helping your children learn English from the very start and encourage them to check their skills. According to the experience of the authors of the Cambridge Young Learners of English exam, gaining this certificate is a giant step for children. The certificate can boost the kids’ self-confidence and motivate them to continue learning. The course includes a basic scope of English vocabulary and grammar subjects based on the requirements for the Cambridge Young Learners of English exam at the Starters level. Colourfully animated lesson cover 19 subjects and include various types of exercises, dialogues and exam-type tasks that help the kid learn elementary words and grammar structures.

All the material in the course was recorded by British native speakers. Instructions are available both in Polish and English.

The program includes

• 19 animated lessons with a variety of subjects, in an increasing order of complexity; lesson topics: Alphabet, Animals, Toy Shop, Funny Town, Numbers, Colours, Body Parts, Clothes Shop, Adjectives, Family, Holiday House, School, Robot Fair, Fruit, House, Birthday Party, Sports, Our Day, Favourite Food
• 1,000 exercises of various type that help learn new words and grammar structures, based on the SuperMemo method
• 280 words to learn
• 170 dialogues that show grammar subjects in context and use the words from a given lesson
• 28 grammar topics with examples of use, charts and tables
• 1 simulation of the Young Learners of English exam at the Starters level
• dictionary (280 entries)
• 40 colouring pages that can be printed out.

With the SuperMemo method, the program analyses the learning progress and chooses words that need to be reviewed. All the characters and items are animated and the funny animations additionally attract children to learn with the course.

Colouring pages

You can print out and colour each scene from the course and mock exam. To download a colouring page, simply click the image and it will open as a pdf file ready to be printed out.

System requirements:

PC computer, Windows® XP SP2 PL/EN, Windows® Vista PL/EN, Windows® 7 PL/EN,
processor Pentium 2GHz or faster, 256 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive,
sound card, 500 MB of free disc space to install the course.