English for
Art & Design Education

 

We’ve thought about it, so you don’t have to.

Not ‘Make’ – Choose

Significantly improve your art students’ English abilities: stop making them take English lessons.

Offer professionally relevant English experiences which grow language skills for creative careers.

Implement a school-wide English-language strategy.

Engage Blue Noun Language Hub to deliver our 1% English Method to your students.

Even from Scotland, we keep language learning more real than any classroom!

You DON’T need an English teacher or an English classroom –  (your students will thank you for it!)

Impress with your English: hire us to deliver our 1% method to your students instead.  

The 1 Per Cent Method

Girl in wood on phone for online english course for artists

The 1% Method

Results to share with the world!

Overview

Students select from our 10-option English menu.

We ask them,

How do you wish to achieve 1% better English this term?

Features

A menu of language study options.

Clear & fair assessment criteria

1:1 support with English teachers

A core team of 3 x Artist-English teachers (& guest language specialists).

Blended learning options to save your student’s time and your school’s resources.

Advantages 

1 % progress is accumulative, over 3 x semesters per year.

(Does your current English tuition achieve this?)

 

Personalised coaching

Personal accountability

A lifetime of good English habits

No classrooms

No employees

Suits neurodiverse learners

Every student - progresses (no coasting for already good speakers).

Are you ready to give your students control of their English?

The 1 Per Cent Goal

With our system, 1% progress is a pass.

That’s it.

No grading.

No balancing obligatory English classes into a student’s end-of-term results.

Why Just 1%?

1 % progress is accumulative, over 3 x semesters per year.

(Does your current English tuition achieve this?)

Students will achieve much more than this by choice, not obligation. 

Our language hub has the capacity to deliver bespoke English tuition to just 3 international art schools each academic year.

The 1 Per Cent Method

“The single best way to improve your students’ English is to stop making it feel like school.” 

Ruth Pringle, 2023

Give your students the message:

English is for them and THEIR Future.

The 1% Method Trains Students to:

Be curious language learners

Be curious language learners

Find their voice in English.

Become autonomous language learners

We’ll keep them accountable and on-track.

The 1% system gives tailor-made language progress, with tools and habits that last a lifetime.