How much do online English lessons for kids cost in Sri Lanka?

How much do CurioKids lessons cost in Sri Lanka?

Three plans, one kind of lesson. Starter gives your child 1 lesson a week, Growth 2 and Accelerator 3, and each lesson is 25 minutes, live and 1-to-1 with a real teacher in the CurioKids online classroom.

Choosing more lessons a week lowers what each lesson costs; Starter has the lowest payment overall. You pay nothing extra to use the classroom or to hear back from the teacher.

Do families in Sri Lanka pay in rupees or dollars?

Plans for families in Sri Lanka are priced and charged in US dollars. The currency is set by the country you choose when creating your parent account, so choose Sri Lanka; each payment is then the dollar amount on your plan.

With a card in Sri Lankan rupees, your bank converts each dollar payment at its own rate, so the rupee amount on your statement may move a little between payments. Ask your bank whether your card works for online payments in a foreign currency. Stripe takes the payment, and CurioKids never sees your full card number.

What is included in a CurioKids plan?

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.

In Sri Lanka, where English is the link language between Sinhala and Tamil speakers, many parents want their child to speak it with ease, not only pass exams in it. A 1-to-1 lesson puts conversation at the centre, and for a child who reads Sinhala or Tamil script, the phonics course shows clearly how English letters and sounds work. Lessons follow CurioKids' CEFR-based curriculum and aren't linked to school exams.

How does billing every 4 weeks fit the school year in Sri Lanka?

Government schools in Sri Lanka divide the year into three terms with holidays in between, and the dates can change from year to year, so follow your child's school calendar. Full moon Poya days are public holidays every month as well. Billing every 4 weeks means each payment covers the same number of lessons, however terms and holidays fall.

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.

Over the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in April, many families visit relatives: cancel the lessons you'll miss and keep the plan. When tuition classes fill the weeks before term tests, drop to Starter for a while.

When would lessons happen in Sri Lanka time?

When you book, every lesson time is shown in Sri Lanka time. The country uses one time zone, five and a half hours ahead of UTC, and doesn't change its clocks, so a slot stays where it is from one term to the next. We suggest roughly 4pm to 8pm on a school day, after tuition if your child has it, or a Saturday or Sunday morning.

With many afternoons taken by tuition classes, a lesson at home, with no bus or three-wheeler ride, is easier to fit in. For more on picking a time, see online lessons across time zones.

Which plan suits a child in Sri Lanka?

Look at the language your child learns in at school, what is spoken at home and how much time tuition takes:

• Starter, 1 lesson a week: a child at an international school, or in a class taught partly in English, who wants regular conversation without crowding the week.
• Growth, 2 lessons a week: a child taught in Sinhala or Tamil who studies English as a subject and needs more chances to speak it.
• Accelerator, 3 lessons a week: a young child starting to read English, or an older child who wants to catch up quickly and has room in the week.

Many children hear Sinhala, Tamil and English; keep the home language strong while lessons add English. Plans can be changed at any time. How many English lessons a week does my child need? helps you choose, and online English lessons for children in Sri Lanka explains English at school.

How does the cost compare with tuition classes and home tutors?

Tuition classes are part of life for many Sri Lankan children, alongside tutors who teach at home, English classes at a language institute and lessons online. They charge by the month, by the class or by the hour, so set them side by side on the same points:

• The cost of a single class, worked out from the monthly fee if needed.
• Class size: a large tuition class leaves each child little time to speak.
• Whether lessons follow the school syllabus or your child's own needs.
• Extra costs such as registration, handouts or model papers.
• The journey there and back, and how much of your child's evening it takes.

A tuition class is often geared to school tests; a 1-to-1 lesson is geared to your child, with time to talk and read aloud. See 1-to-1 or group English classes: which suits my child? for the differences.

Is the first lesson free, and when can families in Sri Lanka start?

Yes, and no card is needed to book it. Create your parent account, add your child and choose a time. In the 25-minute lesson the teacher talks with your child, listens to them read and notes a starting level, so whether your child is new to English letters or already reading, the next lesson begins in the right place. If you don't continue, there's nothing to pay and nothing to cancel.

We open lessons one country at a time. If lessons for families in Sri Lanka haven't opened yet, this guide shows a waitlist in place of the prices; leave your details and we'll let you know when you can book. Our guide what to look for in a free first lesson suggests what to watch for.

Where can families in Sri Lanka see the prices?

Visit our Sri Lanka page to see how lessons work and, once lessons for families in Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka also show any current offer and its terms. For school, English at home and lesson times in Sri Lanka, read our guide to online English lessons for children in Sri Lanka.