Testimonies & Case Studies
English Programs Reach Small Arab Villages: Israel
Mohammed Igbaria - Learning Centre and Area Franchisee:
Um-El-Fahum, Israel.
"I am an English teacher by profession and calling. I teach in the Arabic Sector of Israel's State Schools system. I have written two workbooks on the subject of teaching English as a second or even fourth language. I think of myself as a dedicated teacher. But I was far from satisfied with the results I was getting from the young people in my classes. Despite all my efforts, many of the children - from 12 up to the Schools exam age were poor in English and said they didn't like English.
Nothing I tried worked with them, we were getting 25-30% exam successes and that is no success. I was not happy; I had studied for 4 years how to do my job and had no satisfaction from it. Somewhere I heard about the Helen Doron Early English schools. My own children were very young and what I had learnt at University and Training College was pretty inappropriate for them. I found out more about Helen Doron, discussed it with my wife and decided to take the Teacher Training Course and then teach my own children.
I loved the course. It was so practical - so different from the 4 years of theory I had been taught at University. It was a great experience and opened new doors to teaching English. I learnt more about real teaching on this course than in my 4 years training. More than that, it had given me back my love of teaching again. I started with my own children and those of my family. Friends and neighbors brought their children.
In 2 months I was teaching 200 children! I recruited another teacher colleague and opened my Learning Centre. People came from all over. You must understand that we Arabs know the need for education. We all have the same dream, that no matter what we are, not just the Lawyers and Doctors and Teachers among us, our children will go to University and get degrees; especially degrees in English.
I send teachers out to small villages with only a few families but ALL the children come to our lessons. By the end of the first year I had 700 students. By the second year it was over a 1000. Last year we had 1500 and my aim by the end of this year is to have 2000.
The children naturally show great improvement in their school work but they are also so much more self-confident. It shows in their speech and their general behavior. And for me, I am again enjoying my work. Helen Doron Early English taught me how to link to and understand my students. Not to see them just as bodies on chairs but as real people.”
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