Private lessons for children and teens

Turkish: do not let your child growing up in the Netherlands lose their Turkish

They speak Turkish at home but cannot read or write it; phone calls with grandpa in Turkey are a struggle and they express themselves more easily in Dutch. That is the story of the second and third generation in the Netherlands: speaking stays, reading and writing fade. In one-to-one lessons your child moves, at their own age level, from letters to syllables and from short texts to their own sentences. The gain is more than language: the bond with family, the option to take Turkish as a final exam subject later at secondary school, and a bilingual future.

Dutch: close the gap in the school language, explained in Turkish

A child new to the Netherlands moves from the taalklas into a regular class, but homework, reading texts and the doorstroomtoets stay hard for a long time; truly mastering the school language takes years. The teacher at school cannot explain it in Turkish; we can. In the lesson we work on that week's school topic, vocabulary, reading comprehension and writing, and you hear in Turkish where your child stands. The goal: a child who no longer has to say "I don't understand" in class and moves forward on their own strength.

English: from zero or to strengthen the English learned at school

Whether you live in Turkey or in the Netherlands, English opens doors at school, at university and at work; but a child who stays quiet in a full classroom does not progress. In one-to-one lessons your child dares to speak: our teacher, a graduate in English Language Teaching, explains in Turkish, practises in English and keeps attention alive with games and visuals. The goal may be a school grade, preparation for an international school or simply speaking with confidence; the lesson is built around it.

The same price and the same method for all three: the lesson is built around the child's age and level, after the lesson the parent gets a short note, and progress is followed together. Our teacher Ekin Aynacı lives in the Netherlands and has taught languages to children, teenagers and adults for ten years.