DOORS’ youngest student was 1 year 4 months old. Toddlers can read before age 2. Putting in simply a total of 45 to 60 minutes daily in 2 to 3 short sessions playing card games and other reading assignments, our students can speedread more than 100 word-cards with no picture after 8 weeks before turning 2. Some can read more than 120 books and any new level 3 Ladybird books within 30 minutes at 2½ years old. Please read “PARENTS’ FEEDBACK” under TESTIMONIALS on DOORS Website.
The first ‘breakthrough’ to read new words reflexively after hearing Tutor’s clues without any illustration can sometimes be within 30 to 60 minutes after starting the DOORS Method.
Besides laying the phonic foundation, the number of books read can be 3 to even 8 times the number of hours spent at the DOORS Method Learning Centre. For example, after an average of 20 hours’ lessons, a student could have read 3 times more than 60 new books and even started dictation of words and sentences to develop spelling skills, besides finishing the DOORS I program of 41 Text-lessons and 150 card sentences. Many students at the age of 3 years 2 months old could read any new level 3 or 4 Ladybird books within 30 minutes after merely 29 hours, that is ~7 months’ study with us.
Our students normally achieve a reading and writing level which is 2 or more years above their peers in less than 18 months.
Many students can write compositions with decent spelling skills and proper letter size after spending 12 months with us. Such preparation will enable children to handle primary study easily. Please read DOORS STUDENTS’ COMPOSITIONS written by students younger than age 4 under TESTIMONIALS on DOORS Website.
We have proven results in difficult cases helping children with delayed reading and writing skills. On record several primary students were all promoted by their schools instead of repeating another year at the same grade after studying exactly 6 hours with us for eachcase. One student got the Principal Award identified as ‘the fastest improved student’ also after 6 hours at DOORS.
When a child reads, DOORS Tutors take the opportunity to teach Grammar, introduce a broader vocabulary base with related vowel sounds, and show different meanings and grammatical functions of words via sentences, besides Homonyms, Synonyms and Antonyms. Students also need to apply and consolidate newly learned vocabulary in corresponding readings.
Almost all students enrolled at DOORS are referred solely via “Word of Mouth” and there is often a waiting list.
Students achieved 94th and 99th percentile scores on SSAT examination for applying to Prep-schools in the United States after 1-year (about 45-hour) study of our advanced vocabulary materials.
There are many testimonials by parents posted on the DOORS Website. The following are 2 samples:
A British Dad wrote 8 years after his child’s tenure with us, to thank DOORS for teenager Calypso's 9/9 score in GCSE exam in the U.K. which he credited to the 17 hours’ DOORS classes she took at 8 years 2 months old.
Mom Rachel attested in her Chinese letter that the DOORS program can be taught by any Tutor, with a helper supervising her child’s DOORS homework successfully. Satisfactory progress was as expected.
Student Lianne was diagnosed with Autistic features at age 4, and she barely knew 26 alphabets when she joined DMLC at age 6. Starting also with playing reflex card-games to learn single words, Lianne read 88 books including level 4 Ladybird books, started dictation and also making sentences after25 hours. Even 2 years after41.5 hours’ tutoring and reading 153 books, the DOORS Phonic System laid lasting English proficiency foundation in Lianne, that enabled her to pass her English subject at ‘regular’ (not special) school. You can read Lianne father’s letter of appreciation posted on the DOORS website.
Student Matthew sent his thank you letter about getting 99% SSAT after one year DOORS Vocabulary classes. He studied at Phillips Academy Andover before graduating from Columbia University and is now working in New York city in the States.
