Better Your English Online

Ok – So why is your course different?

Our course is different because it’s based on two things – each individual student and the great tools that internet provides.

Can you explain a little more – there are plenty of “online courses”?

Yes there are – and they all have one thing in common. They are imitation courses i.e. you follow modules or units or whatever, essentially doing the same as if you were working in a textbook with the same old tired exercises. What we have done is to design an online course and use the internet to it’s full potential.

Before the internet, language learning could be broken down into either face 2 face learning, correspondence courses or self-taught. Each of these has major drawbacks.

Face 2 face learning, although obviously the best option, has a major problem and that is the organisation of time. If you miss one or two classes you are essentially going to be playing catch up for the rest of the course.
And you WILL miss classes – it’s more or less impossible to do class every Wednesday night at 19:30 for a million reasons and it’s difficult for a language school to timetable make-up classes for all of their students. The same goes for in-company classes. Also if you only do one class a week and have no further contact with the language and there are other people in the class (which means your practice time is drastically reduced) and who are not at exactly the same level, you can be expecting to study for 100 years or so.
The classic correspondence course had the same drawbacks regarding contact with the language plus the additional problem of literally no pronunciation correction.
Self-taught courses have the above problems, and while they resolve the time problem – they have an even bigger one – motivation. It’s hard enough to go to class on a cold Wednesday night but to put in hours week after week on your own with no encouragement is incredibly difficult.

These are the challenges provided by “traditional” language courses – what are the BYE Online solutions?

Our course is Face 2 Face (via internet) so you have all the advantages of “going” to a class with a real teacher and as you are the only student, the timetable is organised for you and ONLY you. The everyday contact with the language will be provided by us based on YOUR INTERESTS using the wealth of podcasts, videos, news services and information available on the internet. You probably don’t have the time to sort through all the great resources out there – but we know where they are and will tailor them to you. In this way, you will have real contact with authentic (and up to date) language which reflects your needs and interests – not some boring, generalised textbook stuff, but the real, living language.

But I can do all this myself – why do I need you guys?

While it’s true that if you really are incredibly self-motivated and have plenty of time you could follow an online course and find resources, what we give you is our experience, analysis, feedback and constant REAL TIME support.

When you start the BYE Online course, the first thing that takes place is our analysis of your English skills. This will take the form of conversation (via Skype) for your speaking and listening abilities, and writing for grammar and use of English. We will identify your problem areas and prepare your course based on these issues, your language needs, your timetable and your interests. But this analysis is not just a one off. It’s an ongoing and intrinsic part of our programme and we aim – in an intensive 3 months – to identify and resolve your problems.
We will be motivating you through conversations, reports and your own personal podcasts. You will be using both British and American English and having conversations with teachers from both countries to ensure that you have no problems with either comprehension or expressions. Contact with other accents will be provided via podcasts and videos.

We are going to be supporting you 100% because we know from experience that if you are successful in your language learning with us you will become our best advertisers.

Your course is expensive

Expensive is relative – how much is it worth to you NOT to go & study in an English speaking country for 3 months? How much is it worth to you to GET that job because your English is better than that of the other applicants?
There is a saying in English “you get what you pay for” and what you are getting is all our experience, skills, motivation and understanding of your needs in a course that is tailor made for you. The majority of online courses are cheap because you are just interacting with your computer, doing exercises that you could do in a book. These courses are designed to happen remotely and are cheap because the objective is “bums on seats” – 100’s or 1000’s of people paying a cheap price. How good can these courses be?
The BYE Online course is designed for you, only 10 of you at a time. That way we can work with you individually and in real time. The internet has given us the ability to remove geographic and time constraints – that’s what we mean when we say an online course.

So say hello to BYE Online, where you ARE the course.