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WELCOME. The GlobalEnglish Corporate Learning Service™. The Leading Solution. for Learning English. The Leading Solution. for Learning English Online. About GlobalEnglish. Introduction Fred Grainger, President and CEO, GlobalEnglish Corporation GlobalEnglish
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WELCOME The GlobalEnglish Corporate Learning Service™ TheLeadingSolution forLearning English The Leading Solution for Learning English Online
About GlobalEnglish • Introduction • Fred Grainger, President and CEO, GlobalEnglish Corporation • GlobalEnglish • Premier online English Language Instruction and Assistance • Headquartered in Silicon Valley with 6 offices in Asia, Europe and Latin America with students from over 100 countries • Founders, executives and investors collectively built four of the world’s most successful education software companies (Broderbund Software, Learning Company, Sensei Software, Interactive Learning Products and Hyperglot)
Why English? • English is an essential skill in the global economy. • Much of the information that drives the global economy is delivered in English • International trade, deregulation, and privatization create a global marketplace where competitive edge depends on how well companies interact in the worldwide arena • 40% of the world’s gross domestic product is generated in countries where English is the native language • “Fluency in English can be responsible for a raise of US $530 per month in the salary of an executive.” (Group Catho-Brazil)
Why English? • English Proficiency Represents One of the Largest Unfulfilled Needs of Young Professionals • English is the greatest enhancer of lifetime earnings power • Imperative skill required for 21st Century knowledge worker • English is a major knowledge currency and a requirement for advancement • Japan: IBM President, Takuma Otoshi – “I set the criteria for the promotion. Section manager candidates must have TOEIC score over 600…” • Germany: The Daimler Chrysler official language is English • France: Spokesman for Alcatel Corporation, Christophe Lachnitt –“As business goes global, so does the language of business. It is hard to find a European multinational where English is not the official corporate language.”
English Language Instruction • More than $50 billion spent annually • Large and fragmented market • Current solutions inadequate • Significant unfilled need • More than one billion non-native English speakers around the world require the English language each day • They work, live and travel in an English-centric world
The GlobalEnglish Mission To Be the Worldwide Leader in On-Line English Language Instruction and Assistance for Non-Native English Speakers
The GlobalEnglish Corporate Learning Service • Premier web-based training solution using state-of-the-art multimedia coursework to help employees develop relevant business English skills • Over 700 hours of in-depth English language instruction that includes pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening activities • Listening and Speaking Emphasis. • Goal is conversational fluency • Extensive native language support in Japanese, German, Latin American Spanish, Spanish, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Portuguese, French, Korean and Italian • Powerful administrative and reporting tools make it easy to track employee progress
Please join me tomorrow to hear…. • Why you would choose GlobalEnglish over traditional classroom instruction • How cost effective the GlobalEnglish Corporate Learning service is for your corporation • Why GlobalEnglish offers the most effective English language learning experience • Why other corporations, such as IBM Japan, Telecom Italia and Deutsche Telekom chose GlobalEnglish PLEASE INSERT TIME & LOCATION OF FRED’S MEETING NEXT DAY
DAY TWO: ONE HOUR PRESENTATION 40 minutes slides/20 minutes Q&A Segue slide…
WELCOME The GlobalEnglish Corporate Learning Service™ TheLeadingSolution forLearning English The Leading Solution for Learning English Online
GlobalEnglish Addresses Corporate English Language Requirements to Compete in a Global Economy • Countries that speak English now generate more than 40% of the world’s Gross Domestic Product • Because so much of the information that drives the global economy is delivered in English, fluency in English becomes one of the primary imperatives for success in the Information Age
The Online English Language Instruction Market in Brazil • Approximately 27 million English students in Brazil (according to market research by Fohla de Sao Paulo) • Around 7 million Internet users in Brazil • In Brazil there is an average difference in $530 salary between English and non-English speakers (according to market research from CATHO online)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Convergence of Four Significant Revolutions: • Globalization • Distance Learning • Internet • Pedagogy and Technology
GlobalEnglish Offers Corporations…. • Premier English language instruction for your team • Consistent, effective, dependable curriculum for all employees • Flexible, 24/7 web-based training • Access to real-time reporting tools to: • Track employee progress • Quantify the return on investment • Easy Administration • You will spend almost no time coordinating and scheduling learning sessions. • Tremendous cost savings and flexibility—no travel or classroom costs • Employees spend fewer hours away from the office • Service is easily accessed from individual desktops
Why choose GlobalEnglish “E-Learning” over traditional classroom instruction? Studies show that E-Learning provides a more effective learning experience than a classroom…
E-Learning Provides a More Effective Learning Experience • Students retain 25-60 percent more material with the interactive, self-paced structure of online courses. • Materials are available anytime, anywhere, so students can review lessons easily, according to their own schedules. • Learners are more comfortable completing practice exercises and asking questions in a private online environment. • Interactive, multimedia experience reinforces learning by accommodating different learning styles • Content delivered in smaller units promotes greater understanding and longer retention of material
GlobalEnglish Addresses Global E-Learning Requirements…….
Capability Individual Needs Assessment Superior Educational Content Anytime, Anywhere Access Engaging User Experience Regular Reinforcement Collaborative Online Community Centralized Administration Scalable Technology Integration with IT Systems The GlobalEnglish CLS Checklist for A Successful E-Learning Program* *Source: Merrill Lynch Global Growth Group
Capability Individual Needs Assessment Providing as much feedback as possible so learners can see their progress GlobalEnglish Features GlobalEnglish Placement Test is adaptive Review Tests Explanations for answers as to “why” the correct answer is correct. Exit Tests TOEIC Test Prep Center E-Teachers Differences in individual learning preferences are accommodated Individual Needs Assessment
GlobalEnglish Offers Your Employees…. • Success meeting their English learning goals with the most effective, engaging course instruction and extensive support and practice tools available. • Employees will: • Learn more rapidly. • Be prepared for handling real-life conversations in Business English. • Excel at learning with ongoing feedback and personal support from GlobalEnglish teachers and personal tutors
Employees will Learn More Rapidly • The GlobalEnglish multimedia content—with complete sound, voice recognition, animated video and Flash™ technology—provides employees with a rich learning experience. • Optimal Learning Format. Students retain: • 20% of what they see • 30% of what they hear • 50% of what they see and hear • 80% of what they see, hear and do concurrently The GlobalEnglish Service Allows Learners to See, Hear and Do Activities • Detailed answer explanations in native language for all grammar points, functional language and vocabulary
Employees Will Be Prepared for Real-Life Business English Conversation • Employees will acquire real-life English skills by practicing business-related language in hundreds of learning scenarios, including: • meeting with a client, • delivering a presentation, • or conducting a negotiation • Task-based activities require the user to perform real-world tasks such as presenting information at a meeting.
Employees Will Excel at Learning • 24/7 teacher support with immediate answers to student’s questions • Individualized support: • Personal Tutor Designs a custom study plan based on each student’s English learning goals • Recommends lessons • Keeps track of student progress
The Company We Keep…. Select Corporate Customers Avantel, DaimlerChrysler Deutsche Telekom, GemPlus, Haansoft, Clarion, Kenwood Electronics, IBM-Japan, Yanmar, SAP,NEC, NTT, Siemens, Telecom Italia
What Other GlobalEnglish Corporate Customers Are Saying…. • Telecom Italia: World’s fourth largest fixed-wire telephony product and service provider serving nearly 6 million customers throughout Italy • In March 2000, Telecom Italia deployed the GlobalEnglish Corporate Learning Service as its company-wide standard for English language instruction • “Web-based training is the wave of the future and GlobalEnglish is at the forefront, with cutting-edge technologies and proven methodologies for teaching English online,” Mr. Marco Coletti, President of Telecom Italia Trainet subsidiary.
What Other GlobalEnglish Corporate Customers Are Saying…. • Deutsche Telekom: Europe's largest telecommunications company and the fourth-largest carrier worldwide • Deutche Telekom selected GlobalEnglish as its provider of online English language instruction for its German employees, following a hugely successful pilot program • “Our staff is now able to complete a multilevel English course, adapted to their individual learning speed and conveniently close to their place of work. Another big advantage of the GlobalEnglish service is its focus on learning for daily business situations." —Willi Elz, head of internal teaching platforms for Deutsche Telekom.
What Other GlobalEnglish Corporate Customers Are Saying…. IBM JAPAN • IBM Japan has a total of over 21,000 employees, focusing on Information Management Systems, Software, Communications systems, and services that meet increasingly diverse customer needs • IBM Japan adopted the GlobalEnglish Corporate Service for new-hires to help them increase their TOEIC scores • GlobalEnglish Service” includes much functionality...We do not need to commute to English schools. This will really help busy people to save their time. I think GlobalEnglish is one of the showcases of “e-business” we are now heavily promoting. --Takuma Otoshi, President, IBM Japan
Home Page • Your Gateway to All GlobalEnglish Services
Courses • 700 Hours of Instruction • Business English • Focuses on functional business skills: telephone, presentation, meetings, negotiation • General English • Focuses on conversational, everyday English: starting a conversation, making plans, meeting people, expressing sympathy
Test Center • GlobalEnglish Placement Test: • Tests grammar, listening and reading • TOEIC Test Preparation • Study tips • Practice tests • Significant relationship between the GlobalEnglish Business Placement Test and scores on the standardized TOEIC test.
Placement Test • Determines entry level for GlobalEnglish course • Grammar, listening and reading exercises • Adaptive: • The most accurate way to determine appropriate level • As users get questions right, the questions get harder and vice versa
Course Outline • 50 hours of instruction • Each assignment: • Approximately 3-5 hours long • Student learns and practices all elements of learning • Assignments are broken down into 10-20 minute activities • Focuses on measurement and individual feedback with exercises after each activity and review tests after 5 assignments
Presentation of Activity • Teaches principles in an interactive way • Interactive, multimedia experience reinforces learning by accommodating different learning styles • Subtitles in English or native language • Entire script print out
Reading Practice • Learners can click on new words for explanation
Immediate Practice • Learners can see not only what the correct answer is, but why it is correct • Unique to GlobalEnglish • Another example of individualized feedback • Explanations can be viewed in native language
CommunicationPractice • Invites the student to listen as well as speak • Business context • Listening practice: • Learners can always slow down what they have heard. • Playback of entire conversation • Expression “hints” available
My Page • Personalized page for students to: • Manage coursework and study schedule • Build custom word lists • Provides status on course assignment progress • Individualized study recommendations from Personal Tutor • Students enter password and profile information here
Progress Reports • Real-time access to usage and progress data, so managers and employees can track activity. • Monitor test score improvement over time, view daily activities, track the number of assignments completed. • Managers can review: • Activity level of employees • Rate at which they are moving through the curriculum, • Monitor usage on a monthly basis.
AdministrativeReports • Allows corporate administrators to: • Manage employee participation • Post messages • Change employee profiles • Assign group managers as local administrators
What You Can Do Now…. • I am available to answer questions • Contact Roberto Carupos, GlobalEnglish, INSERT TITLE roberto.caropreso@globalenglish.net • INSERT Roberto’s phone • Help your organization learn about GlobalEnglish. • Experience the service • www.GlobalEnglish.com/tour • Contact us • www.globalenglish.com/corporate • sales@GlobalEnglish.com