Small Groups – You are welcome to join one of our small groups who learn with our exclusive methodology. (more information upon request)

Private Teaching (Groups or Individual)

Specific Subjects – You can study English via private lessons, 1-to-1 or in small groups, through a specific subject. (more information upon request)

The classes can include a variety of techniques: from dynamic reading (with or without instant translation) of a range of texts (articles, books, selected texts) to practical grammar (through our exclusive method).

THE PRACTICAL GRAMMAR METHOD:

For the teaching of the Practical Grammar,  a unique method is used:  a learning mechanism that was developed over 30 years ago by Ricardo Hoffmann, a professor and writer from Florianópolis/SC. It is a visual rational scheme (EVR), a set of geometric representative figures arranged on a chart. This chart/table is used as a tool to organize and accelerate the development of the student’s capacity to structure all possible constructions of the language (as well as its other concepts) along the course of study. This first technique is the one teaching the student to think/reason in English, favoring the conditions for using any one of all possible phrasal structures in English rather than, as often happens, just to communicate using three or four verbal structures.

THE READING TECHNIQUE

The Reading technique, is one that complements the Practical Grammar. It is a class where the teacher leads the students through the fluent reading and instant translation of texts. The material used can vary according to the group/student. The texts can consist of articles, biographies (simplified or original), texts of literature (also simplified or original, according to the student’s or the group’s level) and other texts. Texts related to travel and international subjects can also be used. In fact classes can be taught through a variety of subjects. With the Reading class the student will develop especially a good pronunciation, and the skill to communicate with ease as well as to broaden their range of vocabulary in the language.

CONVERSATION

Conversation is applied in order to verify what has been developed through the other two types of class, so that English can be spoken correctly, comfortably and fluently. In conversation, the choice for a specific sentence that can perfectly express what the student wants to communicate, must happen instantly.

The Hoffmann Method, by nature, is always modern. Such combination of a highly efficient system to teach the English language, with a learned reasoning straight in the language and with sessions of a special Reading Technique, if articles, magazine texts or even specific texts, has been contributing to  interesting classes and the certainty of achieving good results. There is the compromise with teaching in efficient time and updated techniques with a method that remains  modern, efficient and unparalleled.