With our one week intensive touch typing course starting this half term, I thought I would do a little Q&A of some common questions I get asked:
๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐?
How far they get through the course depends on so many factors; their age being just one of them. Generally the older they are, the more of the keyboard they will get through. All learners will complete the home row and top row keys with many moving onto and completing the bottom row keys. We offer follow on courses for students that havenโt quite finished.
๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ?
Yes of course they are very welcome. We work in small groups of just 3 students to one tutor so there is lots of hands on help. If a student needs lots of help, we do recommend that parents assist on the first day or so.
๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ?
You just need a computer or laptop but you do have to install a programme so Chromebookโs arenโt suitable.
๐โ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐
We have a lot of fun in our virtual Zoom room. The tutor is there to keep the students engaged and help them through the course but we also make time for some games away from the typing programme. Students are encouraged to take regular rest breaks as well. We often suggest a run around the garden to let off some steam!
๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ – ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป?
Itโs always a good idea to start from the beginning just so we can make sure they are using the right fingers and their accuracy is good. If they are confident on the keys, they should progress quite quickly and hopefully they can work on some advanced typing exercises on the last day.
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ ๐?
We try and mix the groups by age but also place students together that we feel would work best together. Everyone works at their own pace so thereโs no pressure or competition.
If youโd like to find out more, please get in touch!