Base vs. Supported

Each Kumuni course comes in two versions: a Base version and a Supported version. There is no difference in content between them: a student learning with the Base version will learn exactly what a student learning with the Supported version will learn.

The difference comes in how much support Kumuni offers the school, hence the name. In the Supported version, teachers get access to the critique and commentary of Kumuni’s language mentors (explained below) and receive any and all updates that may happen over the course of the school year as they happen. Teachers also get access to custom-made Master Guides.

In the Base version, suitable for schools that already have language teachers, teachers do not get access to language mentors’ critique and commentary, nor to the custom Master Guide, and only receive Kumuni course updates at the beginning of each school year.

You are able to purchase Base and Supported seats in any combination you want. If you have teachers for French and Spanish, but not for Japanese or Mandarin Chinese, you can purchase the Base French and Spanish courses and the Supported Japanese and Mandarin courses.

Intensive Courses

The Intensive language courses bring students up from having no knowledge of the language to functioning at a Grade 11 level, combining the core Language I and II material. (Students get full credit for Language 11, not Beginner’s Language 11.)

Students do not receive as much practice as they would if they did Language I and II, so for students with a real interest in learning the language, they should stick to the slow and steady path and do Language I and II. The intensive course is only for those students who need to get up to a Grade 11 level quickly. These will mainly be students who have recently learned they need a Language 11 course to apply for a certain university and don’t have enough time to do Language I and II, but it could also apply to students travelling in or moving to another country soon who need to learn the language quickly before they go there.

The Intensive courses are currently in development.