How much do online English lessons for kids cost in Kazakhstan?

How much do CurioKids lessons cost in Kazakhstan?

What you pay depends on how many lessons a week you want for your child. Starter gives 1 lesson a week, Growth gives 2 and Accelerator gives 3. Whichever you pick, the lesson itself doesn't change: a real teacher, live on video, with your child alone for 25 minutes.

Accelerator works out lowest for each lesson, and Starter is the smallest payment. There is no separate charge for books or the classroom.

Do families in Kazakhstan pay in tenge?

Yes. Prices for Kazakhstan are set in Kazakhstani tenge, because the country you pick when you open your parent account decides the currency. What you see on the plan is what your card is charged, so a card issued in Kazakhstan pays in tenge with no conversion.

Card payments go through Stripe, and CurioKids never sees your full card number. If you pay with a card from a bank abroad, that bank may convert the tenge amount at its own rate.

What does a plan pay for?

Every plan includes the same: live, 1-to-1, 25-minute lessons with a real teacher for children aged 4 to 12, in the CurioKids online classroom with video, an interactive whiteboard, lesson slides and games. Most children start with Phonics Starter, our 52-lesson reading course, then move through CEFR-based levels Pre-A1, A1 and A2. Teachers give feedback after lessons, you follow progress in your parent dashboard, and there is no charge for materials. See our curriculum and safety pages.

Many children in Kazakhstan already read Kazakh and Russian in Cyrillic, where several letters look like English ones but sound different. The reading course takes English letter sounds one at a time, so a confident Cyrillic reader learns which sound each English letter makes. The curriculum is CurioKids' own and isn't tied to school exams in Kazakhstan.

How does 4-weekly billing fit the school year in Kazakhstan?

Schools in Kazakhstan generally start the year in September and finish before a long summer break, with shorter holidays during the year, including around New Year and in spring. Your child's school can give you the exact dates. Because CurioKids bills in 4-week periods rather than calendar months, a short February or a long month makes no difference to what each payment buys.

Plans bill every 4 weeks, not by calendar month, so every billing period has the same number of lessons: 13 payments a year. Every plan can be paid weekly instead, and paying every 4 weeks costs less than four weekly payments. You're charged when you subscribe and then at the start of each billing period. Your price is locked on your subscription, so future price changes don't affect you. You can change plan or cancel anytime, and cancel a single lesson up to 2 hours before it starts.

Going to grandparents for the summer, or away for the Nauryz holidays in March? Cancel the single lessons you'll miss and keep your plan. Some families in Kazakhstan move to Starter in the busiest weeks of the school year and back up once things calm down.

When would lessons happen in Kazakhstan?

When you book, every lesson time is shown in your local time, so you never have to work out a difference. Kazakhstan doesn't change its clocks, which means a slot chosen in September is still at the same hour in February. On school days, many families choose a 25-minute lesson between roughly 4pm and 8pm, after school and before dinner.

Saturday and Sunday mornings suit children whose weekdays fill up with homework, sport or music, and a lesson at home saves a winter trip across town. For tips on picking a slot, see our guide to online lessons across time zones.

Which plan suits a child in Kazakhstan?

A good starting point is how much English your child meets alongside Kazakh and Russian, and how full the week already is:

• Starter, 1 lesson a week: a child who already gets some English at school and mainly wants regular speaking time, or a week already full of clubs and homework in two languages.
• Growth, 2 lessons a week: a child starting to read in English, who needs the gap between lessons short enough to keep Cyrillic and English letter sounds apart.
• Accelerator, 3 lessons a week: a child who hears little English at home and wants to move faster, provided they still enjoy it and aren't worn out.

Nothing is fixed: start with one plan and adjust once you see how your child gets on. Our guide how many English lessons a week does my child need? helps you decide, and online English lessons for children in Kazakhstan explains how English sits beside Kazakh and Russian.

How does the cost compare with language centres and tutors in Kazakhstan?

Parents in Kazakhstan usually weigh a few options: group courses at a language centre, a private tutor who comes to the home, extra English classes through school, or lessons online. They charge in different ways, so line them up on what your child actually gets:

• What one lesson costs once you divide the fee by the number of lessons, and how long each lesson is.
• How many children are in the room, and how many minutes your child spends speaking English.
• Whether you pay per month, per course or per lesson, and what happens if your child misses one.
• Any registration, textbook or placement test fees added to the course price.
• The journey: time spent driving or waiting, and what it costs, especially in winter.

Group courses often cost less per hour because the fee is shared, while a 1-to-1 lesson gives your child the teacher's full attention. Our guide 1-to-1 or group English classes: which suits my child? sets out the trade-off.

Is the first lesson free for families in Kazakhstan?

It is. Set up a parent account, add your child and book the lesson, with no card asked for. Over 25 minutes the teacher chats with your child, finds out what they can already do in English and records where to begin, for children aged 4 to 12. If you decide not to go on, you don't need to cancel anything and you won't be charged.

Lessons open one country at a time. If they haven't opened for families in Kazakhstan yet, you'll see a waitlist in place of the prices above. Read what to look for in a free first lesson to get the most from it.

Where can I see the prices and join the waitlist?

Visit our Kazakhstan page to see how lessons work and, once lessons for families in Kazakhstan open, to book your child's free first lesson; until then it has a waitlist, and we'll let you know when you can book. Once they open, the prices for Kazakhstan also show any current offer and its terms. For school, English at home and lesson times in Kazakhstan, read our guide to online English lessons for children in Kazakhstan.