One on One English

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CertifiedEducation quality

03/2020

English as a Second Language

One On One English is an online tutoring platform connecting EFL teachers with learners in Southeast Asia.

One On One English engages learners to confidently and competently speak English through gamification and microlearning. Learners interact with content through an adaptive educational app and attend live lessons via Learning Experience Platform (LXP). 21st Century Life Skills, a pairing of soft skills and critical-thinking skills, is explored through a Project-Based Learning (PBL) performance task in every unit. All courses are aligned with Cambridge English exams, CEFR standards, and Pearson's Global Scale of English (GSE). Learners can study at a pre-A1 CEFR level through a C1 CEFR level using the One On One English EFL curriculum and learning method.

Age groups

Elementary

Middle school

High School

Languages

Vietnamese

English US

Platform

Browser-based

Desktop Windows

Desktop Mac

Registration

Required

Offline play

Internet required

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Pedagogy

Educational Quality

Learning Goals

The pedagogical analysis covers how the product supports learning of the identified skills. The student’s role is assessed by four contrary pair parameters, which are selected to cover the most essential aspects on the use of the product.

Passive

Active

The interaction in lessons is based flipped classroom idea; the students will familiarize with the topic on pre work lessons, then have the online lessons with the teacher and also do some homework. The solution provides digital feedback as points and badges, and during the live sessions, the teacher makes sure the student is engaged. Both the video lessons and the platform activities call for different types of production from the student.

Rehearse

Construct

The solution aims to keep up the user's interest during the progress: It proceeds in a straightforward and simple structure, which easy to embrace for young learners. In addition to learning and practicing with new material, during the face-to-face part the solution supports learning through creative tasks. Students are given ample opportunities to apply knowledge gained from previous lessons. This might come in the form of writing a short story or expressing personal experiences or opinions.

Linear

Non-linear/Creative

The solution has pre-determined lesson objectives (as is appropriate for learners at this stage of second language acquisition), but still contains exercises which allow students to apply knowledge in a largely independent manner, such as writing a short story. During video lessons, teachers can tailor their presentations as needed to better suit a particular student's learning style. The online lessons and the quality of the teachers is a great strength, which allows personal support.

Individual

Collaborative

The collaboration between the teacher and the student is active and very seamless during the online lessons. The digital execution of the lessons and the pedagogical solutions to overcome the 'screen in-between' the teacher and the student seem to be working well. Therefore the technology doesn't create obstacles but really enables private teaching sessions with native English speakers despite the real-life distances.

The following are the high educational quality aspects in this product.

The product utilizes the concept of flipped learning in the lesson activities.

The structure is well-planned with the pre-work, online one-on-one live lessons and after lesson work with revision homework (non-digital).

Lesson content is well-structured, and the solution goes beyond basic language production and comprehension to also help students develop higher-order thinking skills in English.

The supported learning goals are identified by matching the product with several relevant curricula descriptions on this subject area. The soft skills are definitions of learning goals most relevant for the 21st century. They are formed by taking a reference from different definitions of 21st century skills and Finnish curriculum.

Subject based learning goals

The solution is inline with CEFR framework for second language learning and works best for rehearsing content up to CEFR level B1

Soft skills learning goals

Learning to know and respect human rights

Learning to face respectfully people and follow the good manners

Learning to understand people, surroundings and phenomenons around us

Getting familiar with different cultures

Learning about different languages

Supporting student to build their own linguistic and cultural identity

Encouraging to build new information and visions

Learning about cultural aspects and to respect different cultures

Learning about different countries and their characteristics

Practicing to notice causal connections

Learning to build information on top of previously learned

Learning to combine information to find new innovations

Practicing to notice links between subjects learned

Enabling the growth of positive self-image

Practising visual recognition

Practicing to observe spoken and written language

Practicing memorizing skills

Practicing letters, alphabets and written language

Practicing to use foreign language as a communication tool

Learning the basics of spelling

Learning to plan and organize work processes

Practicing to argument clearly own opinions and reasonings

Learning to listen other people’s opinions

Practicing to work with others

Practicing communication through different channels

Practicing to express own thoughts and feelings

Practicing to give, get and reflect feedback

Using technology for interaction and collaboration

Using technology for interaction and collaboration (also internationally)

Practicing keyboard skills and touch typing

Learning to plan and design own written content and textual representations

Practicing logical reasoning to understand and interpret information in different forms

Learning to understand and interpret diverse types of texts, from vernacular to academic

Learning to understand and interpret diverse types of texts

Practicing to create questions and make justifiable arguments based on observations

Practicing persistent working

Practicing to take responsibility of one's own learning

Practicing to evaluate one's own learning

Learning to notice causal connections

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