YES INSTITUTE
Creativity is an essential
part of learning
We believe that children learn best when they are active and engaged.
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Cambridge certification
for your future Cambridge qualifications are designed specifically for school-aged students, giving them regular milestones to keep them motivated.
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Learn the language,
not just words.
We prepare our students for a world where English is the predominant language.
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We learn, We play,
We grow
We use captivating and innovative English teaching methodology.
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Kids love technology
and digital learning
Classroom teaching and complementary activities to do at home.
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ABOUT YES INSTITUTE
About Us
YES INSTITUTE has been recognized as an official centre for the preparation of English exams certified by the University of Cambridge. We have also just recently become a Cambridge Learning Partner, one of only 13 schools in Portugal.
We offer various types of courses according to your needs. From the most elementary to the most advanced.
A1 – Beginner
Very basic everyday phrases, slow and carefully articulated speech, with long pauses, very short and simple texts, familiar names and words.
A2 – Certification
Basic personal, family or work-related language, enough to meet needs, with slow and clear speech, short and simple texts on family matters.
B1 – Intermediate
Main points on common topics at work, school or travel, general and specific details with a clear speech, factual texts on subjects of interest.
B2 – Upper Intermediate
Main ideas of complex texts, standard language spoken, live or broadcast, texts with wide vocabulary and high degree of autonomy.
C1 – Advanced
Prolonged speech on abstract topics, with relative ease, longer texts and their implicit meanings, details in complex texts, even if they are not related to their own specialty.
C2 – Proficient
Virtually everything you hear or read, easily, the entire language spoken in a fast native rhythm, abstract and structurally complex text, as well as literary writings.
To have a second language...
Is to have a second soul
Charlemagne
Knowledge of languages is...
The doorway to wisdom
Roger Bacon
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things,
BUT learning another way to think about things
Flora Lewis
YES INSTITUTE NEWS
News
Yes Institute News and Notices
26 YEARS
1995-2021
This year we are 26 years old since we started teaching English in Valença do Minho. A historic landmark that fills us with pride.
New Website and Web Platform
A space for our students to learn online
We are pleased to announce our new online space for everyone. An informative website, which also has a distance learning web platform.