Learning Programs

Robert Baker is an experienced bridge teacher who has developed these lessons and used them for several years in his classes. He runs regular courses for adults as well as teaching privately in the West of England. As well as being a Full Member of EBUTA he is an EBU Life Master. These programs are endorsed by the English Bridge Union

If you would like to purchase any of the following learning programs please < Contact Robert > and for information on pricing, please see the < Price Details page >

The lessons listed below have been designed for use in two different situations:

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For Students, they provide a user-friendly lesson on a given topic. Each lesson is complete in itself, or can form part of a series which, together, cover the entire range of bidding, play or defence.

The lessons are designed to be entirely compatible with the courses run by the English Bridge Union Teachers’ Association and also the series of “really Easy” books published by the EBU.

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For Teachers, these presentations are ideal for use either in a classroom environment (with the use of a data projector) or in front of small groups of students using, for example, a laptop computer. They are designed to cover the syllabus laid down by EBUTA.

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For a sample of these courses, please download the < Sample Presentation > This is part of a lesson on HELVIC (a “wriggle” after partner’s 1NT is doubled).

The learning programs:

♣ Bridge for Absolute Beginners
 
 ♦ Standard English Bidding: The Uncontested Auction (1)
 ♠ Standard English Bidding: The Uncontested Auction (2)
 
 ♥ Competitive Bidding (1)
 ♣ Competitive Bidding (2): Useful Conventions
 
 ♦ Declarer Play (1): Play in Notrumps
 ♠ Declarer Play (2): Play at suit contracts
 ♥ Declarer Play (3): More on play
 
 ♣ Defence (1): The Basics
 ♦ Defence (2): Further techniques

The presentations will run on most PCs or Laptop computers, and come with a PowerPoint viewer so that no additional software is required (the lessons will run on all versions of PowerPoint, although best results will be achieved if PowerPoint 2003 is used. For a free PowerPoint viewer, please < click here for download > from Microsoft.com