Helen Doron

Helen Doron
Born London, UK
Nationality British
Education University of Reading Linguistics
Occupation Linguist and educator
Children Three

Helen Doron 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 currently lives in Galilee.[3]

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 in a fun way, 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 center 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]

References

  1. ↑ Brinn, David (6 January 2013). "Ella Climbs the Artistic Peak". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "English exported to Turkey". Israel Business Today. 4 June 1993. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via Highbeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hoffmann, G.K. (13 December 2002). "The Business of English". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Doron, Helen (1993-09-01). "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. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ Jakubowski, Marek; Gryniewicz-Jaworska, Michalina. "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 (2013-10-21). "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 (2015-03-01). "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?". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 19 January 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Helen Doron English abrirá nuevos centros en Latinoamérica y Europa en 2016". TeleCinco (in Spanish). 29 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

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