A Few Things About Knock English

Knock English is a small language school in Chalandri that has had a huge impact on the teaching scene since 2010.

Its modern teaching methods coupled with its uniquely innovative approach to foreign language instruction invariably lead students to success time and time again.

In Knock English, we firmly believe that the creation of an English speaking classroom environment is of the utmost importance, even from as early as Prejunior and Junior classes. Delivering almost exclusively monolingual lessons is nothing but beneficial to our students as they learn correct pronunciation, develop a neutral accent as well as enhanced listening skills early on.

A lot of emphasis is also put on the scaffolding of the productive language skills (i.e. writing and speaking) with a view to help students develop into confident and pleasant communicators with profound verbal and writing skills, and guarantee a high success rate in exams.

Having adopted a holistic approach, our school’s philosophy goes far beyond the conventional instruction, regularly embellishing the course material, exposing students to literary and cultural elements, as well as incorporating educational technology and game or project-based learning in the classroom. Our goal is to provide our pupils with a well-rounded education and see them grow into critical and creative thinkers – rather than mere foreign language speakers, equipped with the 21^st century skills and better prepared for academic and professional achievement.

To this end, the Knock English team consists of only university-educated and highly qualified teachers with extensive experience and a genuine passion for teaching.

Learning is no longer a drag for students – it is an educational journey!

Snapshots from our School Trip!

The gleaming entrance hall of Megaro Mousikis.

Finally the students of Knock English met Cinderello last Thursday and enjoyed every minute of it. It is always a wonderful sight to see students having a good time and, perhaps more importantly, being highly responsive and completely at ease in an English-speaking environment!


Below you can see snapshots from the lovely performance and the students' participation both on and off stage.

An Unusual Building I Like, by Melina

Our classroom is populated with many talented young artists and writers, it seems. After we had come across a couple of passages about some very bizarre buildings from around the world, Melina, an A Senior student, wrote a letter to one of her friends describing a very unusual building she knew of - an apple house! Read on and tell us in the comments below if you would like to live in such a house.  

Hi Angela, 

I have to write to you about this! In Germany, there is a very unusual home. It is a house in the shape of an apple. Yes, an apple! The apple house is a three-storey house. It has two bedrooms. There is also a kitchen and a living room, and three bathrooms. 

Outside, there is a beautiful garden with many flowers. The house is made of wood and metal. It isn't a home any more. It is a restaurant. You can buy any food now. You should see it. It is very strange, but I like it.

Bye, 
Melina 

Let's all sing Lambrini's song!

Lambrini, inspired by a song in the B Junior coursebook, wrote her very own lyrics about her likes and dislikes. She even accompanied her assignment with a cute little alien seemingly dancing to the upbeat music of the song. Lambrini manages to prove that, indeed, writing is lots of fun! 

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες για τη Θεατρική Ομάδα εδώ: 
http://www.englishtheatreclub.com

Knock English students meet Cinderello!

As you all know, on Thursday 28th January the students of Knock English will meet Cinderello, a boy in desperate need of their help, through an engaging interactive performance in English.

The play is about the predicament of this poor boy, bullied by his awful sisters and stepmother and lurching from one adventure to the other. 

Given that the play is performed entirely in English, the cognitive and language benefits are so many it is hard to know where to begin. 

First of all, part of the performance is interactive, meaning that the audience will be participating as well, rather than passively watching the play. This, in turn, translates into rigorous speaking practice and development of communication skills along with the listening skills. 

Secondly, by exposing children to an English-speaking environment other than that of the classroom, we can achieve our two-fold purpose. Varying our teaching approaches and constantly providing our classes with diverse stimuli and learning opportunities helps us cater to any differences in our pupils' learning styles (kinesthetic, visual, auditory, etc). What's more, we believe that kids will have the chance to reinforce past knowledge while at the same time being introduced to new vocabulary and language structures more naturally - learning without realising it!

But this school trip's purpose goes far beyond language instruction, since an additional goal of ours is to help students also grow as persons and provide them with a well-rounded education.

By following Cinderello's story, children will learn first-hand about how we can muster the courage and strength to face our problems or fears head-on, thus overcoming all obstacles that come our way. We are confident that the morale of the story will be immediately internalised by students, and better yet, reflected in their lives later on.

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Our Digital School Magazine - December 2015

Our first-ever digital school ‪magazine‬ (December 2015) is finally ready! You can find it published at http://issuu.com/knockenglish/docs/knock_english_-_school_magazine__de . Or you can just click on the image below.