アゴラの学習プログラムは、すべてのカリキュラムがこのイマージョン教育を基本とし、１００パーセント英語で授業をしています。アゴラの英語イマージョン幼児園（AKG）は２０００年に始まり、二歳半以上の子どもたちがたっぷり英語に漬かって生活しています。彼らは小学校に入るまでに３３６０時間以上も英語に浸っているのです。卒園生は、アゴラグレードスクール（AGS）に入ります。このAGSのプログラムは、海外でしばらくの間生活していたことのある帰国子女の方にも最適です。そして一般の生徒向けの英会話クラス（ALS）は、赤ちゃんからシニアの方までいろいろなレベルのクラスがあり、こちらも授業のすべてを英語で行っています。短時間の会話クラスでも、１００パーセント英語での授業なのでたくさん英語に浸ることができます。English immersion is definitely the best way for Japanese children to learn to communicate in English. Canada pioneered such programs in the 1960’s as a means for children of English-speaking parents to learn French. It has proved very successful especially for children living in communities where only English is used. In these special programs at primary and secondary schools French is used as a teaching tool thus "immersing" the children in the language. Subjects such as math, science, social studies, and music, and other activities such as meals or everyday tasks, are conducted in the foreign language. Children may not understand all the details at first but have a natural ability, which quickly disappears as they get older, to fill in the gaps.
AGORA’s language program is based on this model for its entire curriculum. AGORA’s English Immersion Kindergarten (AKG), established in 2000, immerses children in English from the age of two and a half. By the time they enter elementary school they would have lived through over 3360 hours of English. Upon graduation these children enter the AGORA Grade School program (AGS) which is also a perfect match for returnees, children returning from extended stays abroad. Finally, the language school division (ALS), catering to the general public, covers the full spectrum from babies to seniors and conducts all its classes entirely in English. Though the language exposure is reduced ALS students also benefit from total immersion during class time.
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