New adult touch typing class in Dundrum starting Tuesday 3rd of September 2019 from 7 to 9 pm in St Tiernan’s Community school. The course is self paced course so will cater for beginners all the way up to advance.

Searsol is pleased to announce that we are offering a new adult touch typing class in our Dundrum Centre in St Tiernan’s Community School.

Our touch typing class offers the following:

• Experienced tutor with years of teaching experience
• Suitable for any adult that wants to learn how to touch type
• Work at your own pace
• Learn a life skill for personal or professional use
• Reports available to show weekly progress
• Increase your words per minute
• Improve your productivity

The class is scheduled to start on Monday 2nd of September at 7pm and runs for two hours.

Searsol are offering the first session free for you to come up and experience the course yourself. Places are limited so early booking is advised. You can book the free trial online by ringing Searsol on 016303384 or emailing us at info@searsol.com.

The course is self paced course so will cater for beginners all the way up to advance.

Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new after school typing course centre in Clonakilty, Co. Cork. The course will take place in Darrara College, Clonakilty, Co. Cork . The course centre will be operated by Donal Deasey and he can be contacted on 086 389 1767.

He is currently offering a free introductory first session trial of Searsol’s after school typing courses for any child who is eight years old or older that may be interested in trying out our typing course. The centre is starting on the Wednesday 6th of March and will run on every Wednesday from then on at 4.30 or 5.30 pm.

Our typing course is specifically designed to develop typing skills for children. Searsol has provided after school typing courses over the last eight years in Ireland and have a high success rate of students that have successfully learnt how to touch type.

During the course, the student will learn how to type correctly assisted by a qualified tutor. This course would suit children that have learning differences like Dyslexia or Dyspraxia but also suitable for any child that wants to learn how to touch type and have gained an exemption to use a laptop for exams.

To book your free trial place you can contact Donal on 086 389 1767 or book a free trial at https://searsol.com/course-booking-first-session-free/

Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new after school typing course centre in Carrigaline, Co. Cork. The course will take place in Scoil Mhuire Lourdes, Ballea Road, Carrigaline Middle, Carrigaline, Co. Cork. The course centre will be operated by Donal Deasey and he can be contacted on 086 389 1767.

He is currently offering a free introductory first session trial of Searsol’s after school typing courses for any child who is eight years old or older that may be interested in trying out our typing course.The free introductory first session trials are taking place in early March and will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 pm.

Our typing course is specifically designed to develop typing skills for children. Searsol has provided after school typing courses over the last eight years in Ireland and have a high success rate of students that have successfully learnt how to touch type.

During the course, the student will learn how to type correctly assisted by a qualified tutor. This course would suit children that have learning differences like Dyslexia or Dyspraxia but also suitable for any child that wants to learn how to touch type and have gained an exemption to use a laptop for exams.

To book your free trial place you can contact Donal on 086 389 1767 or book a free trial at https://searsol.com/course-booking-first-session-free/

Searsol is offering a new additional Saturday morning typing class in our Dundrum centre. The course will take place in St Tiernan Community College. We will operate two classes which will start on Saturday 3rd of February at 10.30 pm or 11.30 pm. Searsol is currently offering a free introductory first session trial of Searsol’s after school typing courses for any child who is eight years old or older that may be interested in trying out our typing course.

Our typing course is specifically designed to develop typing skills for children. Searsol has provided after school typing courses over the last eight years in Ireland and have a high success rate of students that have successfully learnt how to touch type. During the course, the student will learn how to type correctly assisted by a qualified tutor. This course would suit children that have learning differences like Dyslexia or Dyspraxia but also suitable for any child that wants to learn how to touch type and have gained an exemption to use a laptop for exams. To book your free trial place you can contact Searsol on 01-6303384 or book a free trial at https://searsol.com/course-booking-first-session-free/

Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new after school typing course centre in Bantry, Co Cork. The course will take place in Gaelscoil Bheanntrai, Bantry, Co. Cork. The course centre will be operated by Mairead Cronin and will start on Monday 5th of February 2018 at 2.50 pm.

She is currently offering a free introductory first session trial of Searsol’s after school typing courses for any child who is eight years old or older that may be interested in trying out our typing course.

Our typing course is specifically designed to develop typing skills for children. Searsol has provided after school typing courses over the last eight years in Ireland and have a high success rate of students that have successfully learnt how to touch type.

During the course, the student will learn how to type correctly assisted by a qualified tutor. This course would suit children that have learning differences like Dyslexia or Dyspraxia but also suitable for any child that wants to learn how to touch type and have gained an exemption to use a laptop for exams.

To book your free trial place you can contact Searsol on 01-6303384 or book a free trial at https://searsol.com/course-booking-first-session-free/

Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new after-school typing course centre in Leixlip, Co Kildare. The course will take place in Confey Community College, Leixlip, Co Kildare. The course centre will be operated by Searsol and will start on Thursday 28th of September at 4 pm and 5 pm.

Searsol is currently offering a free introductory first session trial of Searsol’s after school typing courses for any child who is eight years old or older that may be interested in trying out our typing course.

Our typing course is specifically designed to develop typing skills for children. Searsol has provided after school typing courses over the last eight years in Ireland and have a high success rate of students that have successfully learnt how to touch type.

During the course, the student will learn how to type correctly assisted by a qualified tutor. This course would suit children that have learning differences like Dyslexia or Dyspraxia but also suitable for any child that wants to learn how to touch type and have gained an exemption to use a laptop for exams.

To book your free trial place you can contact Searsol on 01-6303384 or book a free trial at https://searsol.com/course-booking-first-session-free/

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Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new after school typing course centre in Naas, Co Kildare. The course will take place in KWETB, Jiggingstown Commerical Centre, Old Limerick Road, Naas.

She is currently offering a free introductory first session trial of Searsol’s after school typing courses for any child who is eight years old or older that may be interested in trying out our typing course.

Our typing course is specifically designed to develop typing skills for children. Searsol has provided after school typing courses over the last eight years in Ireland and have a high success rate of students that have successfully learnt how to touch type.

During the course, the student will learn how to type correctly assisted by a qualified tutor. This course would suit children that have learning differences like Dyslexia or Dyspraxia but also suitable for any child that wants to learn how to touch type and have gained an exemption to use a laptop for exams.

To book your free trial place you can contact Searsol on 01-6303384 or book a free trial at https://searsol.com/course-booking-first-session-free/

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Searsol is pleased to announce the opening of our new after school typing course centre in Malahide, Co Dublin. The course will take place in Malahide Community School, Broomfield, Malahide, Co. Dublin . The course centre will be operated by Jackie Andrews and will start on Saturday 30th of September at 11am.

She is currently offering a free introductory first session trial of Searsol’s after school typing courses for any child who is eight years old or older that may be interested in trying out our typing course.

Our typing course is specifically designed to develop typing skills for children. Searsol has provided after school typing courses over the last eight years in Ireland and have a high success rate of students that have successfully learnt how to touch type.

During the course, the student will learn how to type correctly assisted by a qualified tutor. This course would suit children that have learning differences like Dyslexia or Dyspraxia but also suitable for any child that wants to learn how to touch type and have gained an exemption to use a laptop for exams.

To book your free trial place you can contact Searsol on 01-6303384 or book a free trial at https://searsol.com/course-booking-first-session-free/

What is the benefit of having a typing speed of 10, 25, and 40wpm?

For most people, learning to type is as much about developing a typing speed as it is about discovering what fingers to use on alphabet keys on the keyboard. After all, while typed copy allows for a more professional printed presentation of your work, what would be the point of typing if it did not also offer you a means of producing work quicker than it would take you to write it?

The great thing about typing is that not only can it help you speed up your work output, but it is also so much easier to do than writing. Whereas with writing you have to hold and control a pen in your hand while guiding the copy or paper you are working on with the other hand – typing requires nothing more than placing your fingers on a keyboard and pressing characters as you need them.

Typing also allows you to maximise the use of your hands, as with proper touch typing, you use all your fingers on both hands to type your words on a screen. Writing, by contrast, requires you to use your entire hand in just one movement at a time, so that for those who find writing difficult, it can be a struggle just to form the letters and words.

Trying to write properly also forces your attention onto the very act of writing, with the result that all you are thinking about is the very act of forming words. Typing instead frees you up from having to worry about shaping letters and moving your hand along a page, so that you can think creatively about the content of what you are writing about.

Typing has so many other advantages – it is convenient, it makes it easy to share documents, you can print up your work and it also looks so much better than written work.

TYPING SPEEDS

The real beauty of typing is the speed at which it can help you put words on paper. Typing is so much faster than writing, once you grasp the proper touch type skill, whereas writing, in fact, becomes more and more illegible the faster you attempt to write.

Therefore writing is limited in scope as a means of producing written work and it is no small wonder that typing is now regarded as a valuable skill children need and that since 2013 American children have been required to learn how to use a keyboard and printer.

In terms of typing speeds for children, at the national school level, a typing speed of 10wpm is generally regarded as sufficient in order for students to be able to present their work without errors.

As children grow older and move to higher grades, faster speeds are recommended in order to keep up with the pace and volume of their educational work.

Generally, a typing speed of around 20-25wpm is recommended after Junior Cert, rising to 30wpm and above at Leaving Cert level.

Students who do not learn proper touch typing and become self-taught two-finger typists will also find they fall behind as time goes on because these so-called Hunt and Peck typists are expected to achieve a maximum speed of just 30wpm under this method.

When you consider that a typing speed of 45wpm and higher is required as a basic skill in many jobs and that an average professional typist types at up to 80wpm, you can see just how useful proper touch typing proves in the real world.

Given that a speaking pace of between 150-160wpm is the rate at which a person can be comfortably heard and understood by an audience and that conversational English is spoken at around 110-150wpm, typing at 80wpm or more should enable you to catch every second word of what your teacher or lecturer says in school or college. Think how useful this would prove for your study notes!

The reality is that once your touch-type training really kicks in, the whole system clicks into place until, suddenly, you find yourself typing faster and faster, so fast you can hardly keep up!

Naturally, the more time you practice touch-typing, the quicker your typing speed becomes. Eventually, you will achieve a maximum typing speed to suit you and your work so that whenever you have to type anything, you will be able to do so at a high speed.

STUDIES ON TYPING SKILLS FOR CHILDREN

Some research carried out around typing skills for children reflects the fact that typing is hugely beneficial as an educational tool.

For example, in Australia, educational scholar Carol Christensen, who offered a group of 35 13-year olds touch-typing classes, 20 minutes a day over eight weeks – reported that the quality of writing and prose produced by the children rose significantly, as compared to other students who were not taught to touch-type.

Ms Christenden noted:

“By facilitating students’ ability to put letters and words on the page, they increased their ability to produce text that was creative and original, more technically accurate, more logically sequenced and better organised, and showed greater pragmatic awareness and sensitivity to audience.”

Another research project took place in Massachusetts, USA, where tutor Michael Russell divided a group of students between grades 4 and 8 and had them write essays on a keyboard and by hand.

He found that students that who had typed, produced longer essays, used slightly better English, and developed topics more comprehensively. The grade 8 students who typed fastest of all (around 32wpm) had the highest scores of all.

FAST TYPING FOR FAST LIVING

In a nutshell, typing is an ideal skill to have in modern society as we now live in a fast world where people want to act and think and produce work as fast as possible. Typing at speed makes this possible so that, once you learn to type as fast as you think, there will be no stopping you! So if you want to learn how to touch type why not book a free first session at one of our nationwide typing centres. To available of this offer is select the book free trial from our website https://searsol.com/find-centers/