SKILL Barueri - Alphaville

Skill Barueri - Alphaville is an English language school in Barueri, Brazil. The school offers English language courses to students who want to improve their speaking, writing, and reading skills in English.

All pedagogical practice at SKILL is based on the educational principles of Socio-Discursive Interactionism, a theory first proposed by the Russian psychologist Vygotsky, which aims to prepare the student to build a better world in their relationships with others of different socio-cultural backgrounds. Thus, in the SKILL, knowledge is constructed from shared actions promoting cooperation and harmonious and peaceful coexistence with cultural diversity in a globalized world. Within this modern perspective, a crucial point of our approach, the Genre-Based Approach, is characterized by working with different genres of texts and genres, which Bahktin defines as social rules established by a group, which makes it possible to perform a certain goal -- for example: shopping, giving presentations, storytelling or eating in a restaurant.
 Thus, we propose that our students draw comparisons between different authentic parts of daily life with regard to the specific context in which they are normally produced. Students learn to adapt their language according to genders, the degree of formality and other factors. This result in forming a more aware individual, who is more perceptive of the world around them, which makes it possible to relate better in unexpected situations. Reserve today!