Principles of IFL language instruction

In our opinion learning a language is similar to learning to walk or, maybe, to run. It is very much like a physical activity. The more you practise, the more proficient you become. The thing is how to practise. The answer is simple - if you want to get the desired results, your practice must be perfect. And our goal is to organise this perfect practice for you.
Before you learn you have to unlearn your old habits of learning the language.
Q. How do I learn in the classroom?
A. First you listen, read and translate (hear, see, understand), then you read, listen and repeat (see, hear, copy), then you respond (say, reproduce), then you use (communicate).
Q. How do I learn grammar?
A. Not by doing grammar exercises and by learning the rules but by reading specially designed texts, by asking and answering specially designed (not necessarily special) questions, by listening to and singing the songs, by playing games, by making mistakes, by correcting them either with the teacher’s help or by yourself.
Q. What are the learning outcomes?
A. You almost completely lose your awful foreign accent. The melody, rhythm and tempo of your speech become more natural, you produce more grammatically correct utterances, you understand foreign speech much better or even completely, people start admiring your perfect language.
Q.  What to do if I am too shy to speak?
A. Using our approach, when it comes to real-life communication, you will have a solid base of language skills that will eliminate your shyness at all.
Q. How long do I have to learn?
A. Our school approach is that language learning lasts a lifetime. Of course, the length of your formal language training may be quite short – a month or pretty long – for example, five years. But even then there will still be a lot to learn and a lot not to forget.
Q. What if this method does not suit me?
A. Our method is not written in stone and will never be. We are constantly developing it to make it suitable for different learning styles and different intelligences.