English as Second Language & EIKEN
Students attending Sunshine Kids Academy are fully immersed in an environment where English is the spoken language; a full-time enrolled student receives 20 hours per week of English learning. In addition to speaking and reading, our classes also carry out activities aimed at improving students' writing skills. For students who plan to take official proficiency tests, we offer classes specifically designed to prepare students for EIKEN.
Our lessons, also available for Eiken, focus on grammar, pronunciation, and reading comprehension. We support students wishing to improve English proficiency or retain their level.
ESL - Beginner (EIKEN | 5)
Level 5 is the first target level for beginner English students. Students should be able to understand and express themselves in elementary English.
h Reading: Can recognize the letters of the alphabet and punctuation marks. Can understand basic English words, phrases and sentences.
h Listening: Can understand basic English words and phrases and set expressions.
h Speaking: Can use basic English words, phrases and set expressions.
h Writing: Can write the letters of the alphabet, basic English words and use punctuation marks.
What SKA offers:
SKA's EIKEN Grade 5 classes are a combination of ESL and international schooling, where students learn approximately 600 words and simple grammar through fun conversations with Native and Native-level English instructors. We focus not only on passing the exam, but also put importance on speaking skills as one of the steps to achieve our main goal of Grade 3.
ESL - Prep (EIKEN| 4)
Level 4 is the next level after Level 5. The material is elementary-level, but is one step more advanced than Grade 5.
h Reading: Can understand simple texts, signs and notices.
h Listening: Can understand simple constructed sentences and instructions.
h Speaking: Can produce speech and ask questions using simple constructed sentences.
h Writing: Can write simple constructed sentences and messages.
What SKA offers:
Native and Native-level English instructors teach over 1280 English words and basic English grammar, encourage conversation and make learning fun. We focus not only on passing the exam, but also put importance on speaking skills as one of the steps to achieve our main goal of Grade 3.
ESL - Prep (EIKEN | 3)
Grade 3 is a compilation of the basic skills acquired for Grades 5 and 4. An interview test is included to measure students' speaking ability.
h Reading: Can recognize the letters of the alphabet and punctuation marks. Can understand basic English words, phrases and sentences.
h Listening: Can understand basic English words and phrases and set expressions.
h Speaking: Can use basic English words, phrases and set expressions.
h Writing: Can write the letters of the alphabet, basic English words and use punctuation marks.
What SKA offers:
Grade 3 is a combination of all the content from Grade 4 and Grade 5. Students will learn 2580 English words, grammar, reading comprehension, listening and speaking at a Junior High School level. All taught in a complete English speaking environment by Native and Native-level English instructors.
As an international school, we also offer private lessons as preparation for interviews where students may practice everything they have learned up to that point.
ESL - Prep (EIKEN | 2)
*Available upon request.
