Helen Doron

Helen Doron (born 5 November 1955) is a British linguist and educator who lives in Israel. She is the founder of the Helen Doron Educational Group which offer English classes to young people.[1] The various Helen Doron learning centres are linked to each other through a franchise network which is based in Misgav.[2] She lives in Hararit.[3]

Helen Doron
Born (1955-11-05) 5 November 1955
London, UK
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Reading Linguistics
OccupationLinguist and educator
Known forFounder of the Helen Doron method of education
ChildrenThree

Biography

Doron grew up in London.[3] She studied linguistics and the French language at the University of Reading.[3] She taught at the University of Poitiers in France before completing her MA in Linguistics. After a few years she developed her own methodology, known as the Helen Doron method.[4] The Doron method teaches English, often using music.[5] There is also listening, watching teacher's body language and gestures and student repetition involved in the method.[6] In a study published in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, the authors found that the Helen Doron Early English courses were "one of the most famous and successful courses in teaching English as a second language to pre-school children in the Czech Republic."[7] The Doron learning process was also studied in Poland, with several young English learners.[8]

Helen Doron began teaching in 1985, using cassette tapes she made herself with songs, poems and stories in English.[3] In 1990, the first learning centre was opened. The first franchise opened in Austria in 1997.[3] In 2000, approximately 15,000 children in Israel took part in Helen Doron classes from the franchise.[9] In 2002, in Germany and Poland, there were 8,000 children involved and in Hong Kong, Indonesia and South Korea.[3] Other locations include Spain and several planned areas in Latin America.[10]

gollark: £150 for a good one for modern i9s, I assume. Probably more.
gollark: And then new every component ever since we don't use PATA and PCI.
gollark: You'd need a new board, obviously.
gollark: Can't.
gollark: They assumed they'd be able to do 10GHz but I think Dennard scaling stopped or something.

References
  1. Brinn, David (6 January 2013). "Ella Climbs the Artistic Peak". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
  2. "English exported to Turkey". Israel Business Today. 4 June 1993. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via Highbeam Research.
  3. Hoffmann, G.K. (13 December 2002). "The Business of English". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
  4. Doron, Helen (1 September 1993). "Teaching English to Infants and Primary Schoolchildren in Israel‐‐A Special Project". Educational Media International. 30 (3): 119–123. doi:10.1080/0952398930300302. ISSN 0952-3987.
  5. Zohar, Gil (11 March 2006). "Accent on Tolerance". Toronto Star. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via EBSCO.
  6. Jakubowski, Marek; Gryniewicz-Jaworska, Michalina (2013). "The Concept of Advisory for Parents Looking for a Language School for Their Baby". Advances in Science and Technology – Research Journal. 7 (20): 94–99. doi:10.5604/20804075.1073080.
  7. Klimova, Blanka Frydrychova (21 October 2013). "Teaching English to Pre-school Children". Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences. 3rd World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational Leadership. 93: 503–507. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.09.228.
  8. Scheffler, Paweł (1 March 2015). "Introducing very young children to English as a foreign language". International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 25 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1111/ijal.12035. ISSN 1473-4192.
  9. Shaviv, Miriam; Solomon, Gur (17 November 2000). "Is Hebrew Over the Hill?". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
  10. "Helen Doron English abrirá nuevos centros en Latinoamérica y Europa en 2016". TeleCinco (in Spanish). 29 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.