Englishtown (website)
Englishtown (also known as EF Englishtown) is an online English school offering E-learning for adults[2]. A division of EF Education First, Englishtown has worked with 1,200 companies and has 15 million users.[3]
History
Englishtown was founded in 1996 by CEO, Bill Fisher[4], and is headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland with a research and development center in Shanghai.
Partnerships
Englishtown was chosen as the Official Language Training Supplier to the Beijing 2008 Olympics[5] and the 16th Asian Games 2010[6]. Englishtown has been named the language training supplier for the 2014 FIFA World Cup[7].
Awards and recognition
Englishtown won the following awards :
- Interactive Media Award (IMA)[8]
- Comenius-EduMedia-Award[9]
- Human Resource Executive ®’s Top Training Product of the Year Award[10]
- Distinction Winner – Mobile Apps and Websites, Education[11]
- Learning Impact 2011 Gold Awards - Established Initiatives[12]
- 2010 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards Bronze Medals - Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Global Training & Compliance Training[13]
- E-Learning Award Silver Winner of Best online or distance learning programme – Education[14]
- Red Herring 100 Asia Top 100 Tech Startup[15]
- W³ Awards Gold Winner of General Website Categories – Education[16]
- 2010 WebAward Outstanding Achievement in Web Development[17]
- Davey Awards 2010 Silver Winner[18]
Related Companies and Organizations
Englishtown is a part of EF Education First. Founded in 1965, EF is now the world's largest private educational company, with a group of 15 subsidiaries and non-profit organizations centered around language learning, educational travel, cultural exchange, and academic programs.
See also
References
- ^ "About EF – Company Fact Sheet", EF Education First. Retrieved on 2010-10-22
- ^ "Englishtown, Inc.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek", Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "EF Opens Four New International Language Centers Abroad, to Meet Young People's Demand for Hip and Exotic Study Destinations", 2010-10. Digital Journal. Retrieved on 2010-10-22
- ^ "Leadership ABCs Bios - Bill Fisher", The American Chamber of Commerce People's Republic of China. Retrieved on 2010-10-22
- ^ "English First (EF) selected as Official Language Training Supplier of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games", 2007-03-02. Beijing 2008 Olympics. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "EF named Asian Games Language Training Service Supplier", 2009-07-20. Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "EF Education First to be Official Language Training Provider for 2014 World Cup in Brazil", 2009-11-18. AsiaNet. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "EF Englishtown Wins Prestigious Education Award", 2010-07. Checkpoint Learning. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ Cox, S. "World’s largest online language school wins prestigious award", 2010-7-25, The Education Weekly. Retrieved on 2010-10-22
- ^ "Best of the Bunch", 2010-09-16. Human Resource Executive Online. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "17th Annual Communicator Award of Distinction Winners", 2011-03-16. The Communicator Awards. Retrieved on 2011-11-14
- ^ "IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces the 2011 Learning Impact Award Winners", 2011-05-24. IMS Global Learning Consortium. Retrieved on 2011-11-14
- ^ "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology for Global Training", 2010-04-12. Brandon Hall Group. Retrieved on 2011-11-14
- ^ "The E-Learning Awards Winners 2010", 2010-07-01. The E-Learning Age. Retrieved on 2011-11-14
- ^ "2010 RED HERRING ASIA WINNERS ", 2010-02-10. RED HERRING. Retrieved on 2011-11-14
- ^ "2010 W³ Awards of Gold Winners", 2010-04-11. 2010 W³ Awards. Retrieved on 2011-11-14
- ^ "THE WEB MARKETING ASSOCIATION IS PROUD TO PRESENT THIS 2010 WEBAWARD", 2010-06-8. Web Marketing Association. Retrieved on 2011-11-14
- ^ "2010 DAVEY AWARDS 2010 Silver Winners", 2010-08-19. Davey Awards. Retrieved on 2011-11-14
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