Top Quality English Education from High Calibre Professionals
View(s):Are you looking for high quality English education delivered by top quality instructors through an institute with international recognition? Do you need assurance that the institute will give you personalized attention to ensure your growth?
Childrens Programme
The Rainbow Institute of Communication and English is ready to cater to your needs. The institute has been set up recently by a group of Sri Lankans with strong professional and academic credentials. The team is committed to empower children, youth and adults with communication skills in English, with programmes carrying globally recognized benchmarks.
This is a timely initiative mooted by national university academics, senior teachers and corporate trainers who have set up the Rainbow Institute of Communication and English (www.rainbow.lk), affiliated to City and Guilds, International, UK. It is located at No 44, 1/1 A, Haig Road, Bambalapitiya.
The institute is headed by Manique Mendis, a leading Communication specialist, with more than twenty five years of senior management experience in local and international organizations and Sandra Fernando, a literary personality with long experience in teaching in International schools in Sri Lanka and overseas, providing leadership for quality assurance benchmarking and academic development. The well known academic Dr Mahim Mendis, a British Chevening Scholar with postgraduate research
Rainbow Institute training for youth in Anamaduwa, sponsored by CEAT
degrees from UK, USA and Singapore is the chief educational adviser.
English for diverse ages and diverse needs
The Rainbow Institute is offering English courses to a wide range of groups such as young learners, college students, English teachers, school leavers, house wives, job seekers, managers, executives, shop and office workers, clergy and politicians.
“Our objective is to equip Sri Lankans with English communication skills to maximize their potential in the highly competitive local and global environments. We adhere to international benchmarks of City and Guilds , UK and are subject to a continuous quality control process. We have selected a team of instructors with strong academic and professional qualifications and rich experience. All our instructors have a strong sense of personal commitment to ensure the growth of the standard of English of each individual learner ”, explained Dr Mahim Mendis.
The Teaching methodology adopted at Rainbow, is the hands on, active engagement approach. Practical application of learning has proved to be the most effective way for learners to absorb concepts and develop their skills. Classes are confined to small groups.
The Young Learners courses, for children between the ages of six- 13 years of age, are offered in two categories. The first focuses on spoken English, whilst the second focuses on Reading, writing and listening skills.
The Diploma, comes in six levels, starting from very basic level and concluding with the mastery level. It is a combination of two City and Guilds courses: the spoken course and general course focusing on reading, writing and listening skills.
Training Journalists in the Southern Province
The Access Certificate of English Language Teaching is a six month course which includes a foundation in the theory of English Language Teaching, and teaching practice in real classrooms. It offers a prestigious City and Guilds qualification to current teachers of English, those who want to become English teachers and teachers of other subjects who want to shift to English. It also provides a unique opportunity for corporate trainers to improve their skills and get globally endorsed certification.
The Business English Courses are offered at three levels: for clerical, executive and managerial level staff. These courses are offered at the institute’s premises and also conducted for groups of employees in their organizational premises.
The course for politicians is an innovative programme designed to equip Sri Lankan politicians to win public confidence by bringing out their inherent strengths with a strong intellectual and moral foundation, whilst improving their skills in English.
Vacation Workshop for Children
Rainbow is flagging off it’s programmes, with an exciting vacation workshop for personality development of children between the ages of 6 – 12 years. This event is scheduled for four half days, from 26- 29 August and is tailored to provide learning through fun and games.
The workshop features fun- filled activities revolving around art and craft, speech and drama, training on grooming and etiquette, music, singing and educational games. Highlights are making of personalized photo – frames, tie- dying of T shirts and decorating cup cakes . The grand finale is a concert open to parents.
Free of charge
The Institute, is providing free of charge, a range of extra- curricular activities. These are geared to develop the personalities of learners and improve their communication skills in an English learning environment. Activities include a public speaking club, reference library, career guidance clinics, guest lectures, debates, competitions and mock exams.
Rainbow Institute of Communication and English is a project of the consultancy and training company, Rainbow Resources Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
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