Kids’ English

Plenty of Arabic-speaking parents notice it around age five. Their child says “ben” when they mean “pen,” or “fan” when they mean “van,” and a quiet worry creeps in: is this just part of learning English, or is something actually wrong? And the next worry follows close behind: in a trial lesson, how am I […]

A trial lesson goes by fast. One moment your child is nervously saying hello to a teacher on screen, the next the session is wrapping up and a consultant is asking what you thought. If you didn’t know what to watch for, you’re left with a vague impression: it seemed nice. For a decision that

A lot of Saudi parents feel a small knot in their stomach the first time they leave their child alone in front of a screen with a teacher they’ve never met. It’s a fair worry. Your child is young, the teacher is a stranger, and the whole thing happens in a language you may not