Learn English or French online when you want, how you want, where you want!
When you learn English online with EC, lessons will be delivered through Zoom.
Zoom has everything teachers need to create engaging learning environments, from content and assignments to collaborative classrooms and chats.
You will find your Zoom lesson links in your MyEC calendar once you register your MyEC account. You will receive information on how to create your MyEC account after you book your course.
If you have any issues logging into your MyEC or you do not receive the email mentioned above, please contact us at info@ecenglishlive.com
Yes! Online English classes will follow the same EC curriculum and use the same National Geographic Learning books as in regular classes. This curriculum is supplemented by our online learning platform MyEC.
Yes! We run a free 45 minute trial lesson every Tuesday at 12:00 and 18:00 London time. To sign up simply let us know you’d like to attend by clicking on this link https://ecenglish.com/en/english-courses/learn-english-online/ to book your Tuesday session FREE of charge!
Yes. In order to send you the booking confirmation with your credentials and access to EC Live, you will be asked to pay in full. Please note that this process will take a minimum of 48 hours when paying by card and up to 7 days when paying by bank transfer. We kindly ask you to consider this when choosing the start date of your online course.
We accept payment by credit/debit card (VISA, MasterCard) using an online payment link we will send you, or by international bank transfer. The full payment must be made within 24 hours after receiving the invoice. Please note that you will only be able to start your course when we send you the credentials and access after receiving the full payment, and this process will take a minimum of 48 hours when paying by card and up to 7 days when paying by bank transfer. We kindly ask you to consider this when choosing the start date of your online course.
Once we have received full payment, we will send you the booking confirmation, log in instructions, username, and password. This process will take a minimum of 48 hours when paying by card and up to 7 days when paying by bank transfer. We kindly ask you to consider this when choosing the start date of your online course.
Yes, you can, but your course will stop week by week as well and you will break the flow of your learning experience. We highly recommend booking a minimum of 4 weeks at a time. If you are not sure if our online English course will fit your needs, kindly contact us and request a trial lesson!
• Course eBooks powered by National Geographic Learning
• Access to our qualified English teachers
• EC Live Premium: 90 minutes of face-to-face live online English teaching, Monday to Friday
• EC Live Standard: 90 minutes of face to face live online English teaching, twice a week
• EC Live Business English Skills: 90 minutes of face to face live online English teaching, twice a week
• 30 minutes a day of structured collaboration with your classmates before each class
• Full access to MyEC with many self-study resources (over 1,500 grammar exercises and 200 Flashpoints – up to date articles or videos on a current news topic with a set of exercises around them)
• Regular assessment, designed to help you progress.
• Ability to upgrade and add private one-to-one lessons
Pre-lesson task – (15 minutes)
Helps you come to the classroom feeling confident and ready to speak about the lesson topic.
Online Session (90 minutes)
The teacher tells you the objectives and goals for that lesson, you will study with your partners to learn grammar, vocabulary, and skills. The post-class collaborative activity will be set up so that you will practice using today’s language in real-life context.
Post-lesson task (30 minutes)
After the online lesson the teacher will give you a collaborative task to do with your partners.
This task will help you to practise what you have learnt. You will also think about how you can use your new language and skills in your life outside the classroom.
The online classroom will have a maximum of 10 students (8 for Business English)
You will have a variety of lesson times depending on the programme.
All of our academic team are experienced and qualified English teachers.
All our teachers meet the qualification requirements of the British Council accreditation – CELTA or equivalent is the minimum qualification.
We will ask you to complete your placement test through MyEC a few days before your starting date, and we will assign you to the according level depending on your results.
All of them! Your attendance will be monitored. If you are below 80% attendance the Director of Studies will speak to you. This includes your pre- and post-session tasks – your teacher will check these have been completed and if they have not been, you will be marked absent for half the lesson.
If you are not prepared for your online session or if you do not hand in your post-session activity, you will be marked absent for half the lesson.
You can contact the Director of Studies immediately. If you miss a lesson due to your technical issues, we will not make this lesson up but we will give you an overview so you can self-study.
Yes, we will ask you to complete your placement test through MyEC a few days before your start date, and we will assign you to the according level depending on your results.
Yes, you will have access to the MyEC learning platform for three months after you finish.
Yes, we have assessment built in to all our courses. These assessment processes are designed to help our students maximise their progress.
We must receive all bookings with payment by the Wednesday before the course start date (on Monday). This allows you to join a Friday induction session before your Monday classes. Any bookings received after the Wednesday deadline will have your induction on Friday the following week.
Assessments are completely personalised and you are tested on teacher recommendation based on your participation in class and on collaborative tasks.
We offer all of the same things on our French course as our English course, aside from a few small differences. French students also study using local learning materials, rather than National Geographic Learning materials and they don’t have access to MyEC during or after their course.
Holidays when no classes will be held are the following: Good Friday, Easter Monday Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
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