In 2016, the Irish College of English invented a new kind of learning – Teen Interaction Programme. They recognised that International Teenagers wanted to interact with Irish Teenagers and that the benefits could be enormous but the challenge was how to achieve this and make it an effective learning tool within the camp structure. Irish Teenagers were trained by the school to go into classes and offer professional enthusiastic interactions with their students and the response was amazing. The International Teenagers looked forward to the Irish Teenagers coming into their classes and everyone was talking and interacting, fluency training was happening naturally and this is where it began. Since 2016, the Irish College of English has been developing this programme and it now plays a central role in all of its Junior Camps.

In 2019, Beyond Fluent was formed. Beyond Fluent recognised a changing environment for both adults and children, where English Language fluency and the ability of being able to speak like a native English speaker was becoming the benchmark. Beyond Fluent works with individuals and international companies to help people achieve their full potential without language barriers. Beyond Fluent Kids © and Beyond Fluent Teens © followed on from this with the challenge of shaping how younger learners develop their English Language Skills and achieve long term fluency. We combined our knowledge gained from the Irish College of English’s work with thousands of young learners through their International Camps and the success of the Teen Interaction Programme to create our new system within Beyond Fluent.

We hope students will find our system engaging , unique and above all that it will help them learn to love the language by living it and hence building fluency.