The Hope Kolkata Foundation is changing the lives of the children living on Kolkata’s streets. They strive to provide the necessary resources to give these children a new life. The Hope Kolkata Foundation currently funds over 60 projects for street and slum children and their families in: education, healthcare, child protection, nutrition, drug rehabilitation and vocational training. They even provide training and skilling opportunities for the children in their protection homes. These resources are essential to ensure that children can eventually support themselves through life. Amongst a vast array of resources, the Foundation also provides EnglishBolo™ to its beneficiaries. 

English has become essential for accessing a host of career opportunities. In fact, in order to even pursue college, people need to know English. However, accessibility to good English education is scarce. The availability is even weaker for displaced and vulnerable youths.  The EnglishBolo™ program is an affordable English learning platform. It combines self-learning lessons and online English classes with the flexibility and ease of a phone app. 

Our partnership with Hope Kolkata Foundation began in August 2019. Currently, 50 girls between the ages of 12 – 16 living in a home provided by the Hope Kolkata Foundation, are using the EnglishBolo™ program. The users have had a positive reception to the program with a majority of them highly engaged. We look forward to a continued relationship with them in the future! 

Implementation

The EnglishBolo™ 100-day program provides a learning model that provides structured and consistent learning and practise with the convenience of flexibility for accessing lessons and teachers for each user. 

The program structure:

1. An assessment test that will place the user into a program most suited to their level. 

2. 100 short ‘learn yourself’ lessons. One lesson every day is the intended way to use the program. Each lesson ends with a short quiz for some additional practice. 

3. After 8 lessons, a user can sign up for an online teacher class. Teacher classes are an important supplement for spoken English practice. These classes help users develop confidence.

4. Each user gets to choose the day and time of the class. A user needs a good internet connection and a pair of headphones to successfully take the class. Each user gets 10 online classes for the duration of the program. 

5. At the end of the program, each user takes a test and receives a certificate.

Learn English with EnglishBolo™ 

EnglishBolo™ is a joint initiative of EnglishHelper and Schoolnet. 

It is an AI-powered English learning app designed to help learners improve their spoken English. The 100-day program blends 100 self-learning lessons and 10 live online English classes. The program is currently being used by vocation trainees, college students, young job seekers, working professionals and others.

Download the EnglishBolo™ app and learn anytime, anywhere!

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