DynEd and LiveEnglish Help Portuguese Companies Increase their English Language Effectiveness and Reduce Training Costs.

Products used:
New Dynamic English Dynamic Business English Functioning In Business The Lost Secret English by the Numbers

DynEd International, Inc., has provided educational consultancy and worked closely with company training departments, training organizations, and Ministries of Education in a variety of countries throughout the world. One such collaboration has been at LiveEnglish, where, according to LiveEnglish, students are experiencing up to a 50% reduction in the time required to reach the level of the Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) in English.

LiveEnglish, based in Lisbon, Portugal, has implemented a multi-method English training system built around DynEd's core CBT solutions. Customers study independently on DynEd's networked multimedia and consult as needed with a LiveEnglish language professional. After reviewing each student's detailed study records in the DynEd Records Manager, the language tutors are able to effectively coach learners in the areas where they most need help. This combination of CBT with support from language professionals has become the strategic training solution of choice in many Portuguese corporations and at the LiveEnglish language institutes.

The success of the LiveEnglish and DynEd Learning Solutions is a result of the strong pedagogical underpinnings of the program for language learning, combined with flexibility and cost-effectiveness. DynEd's networked multimedia and records management enable employees to study at their own pace, anytime and anywhere. When studying at home or on the road, students can e-mail study records to tutors anywhere in the world. Convenience leads to increased study frequency, which in turn results in an accelerated language acquisition process. The occasional meetings with tutors and other trainees provide crucial opportunities to practice, personalize, consolidate, and extend the learning into the industry-specific language areas trainees require. This combination of directed self-study and classroom follow-up minimizes total training time, and face-to-face employee-trainer time, significantly reducing overall training costs.

In a recent interview, LiveEnglish's Director, Maria Concepcion da Gracia said, "We have training contracts with some of the largest and most recognized companies in Portugal, and are pleased to say that all these companies continue to renew their contracts. This success can be credited to our hard work and to the LiveEnglish's methodology where DynEd courseware plays an essential role. DynEd has been a great help from the outset by providing LiveEnglish not only with superb materials and training, but also great professional advice in the organization of our curriculum and programs. The Portuguese corporate market has been very receptive, especially organizations where time management, cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and customized solutions are important issues."

Maria went on to say, "Our data over the last 4 years shows that students using this powerful combination of software and LiveEnglish tutoring achieve the Cambridge FCE in up to half the number of hours it takes by other published methods."

Trainees benefit in particular from DynEd's revolutionary scope and sequence that builds language in an ever-increasing spiral from the beginning to the advanced levels, leading to true language mastery. Each title in the Business English Advantage Series (BEAS) -- New Dynamic English, Dynamic Business English, The Lost Secret, Functioning in Business and English by the Numbers— offers motivating content diversity while still adhering to this powerful, integrated curriculum.

English training can be deployed using individual CD-ROMs or enterprise networks, and includes computer-adaptive Placement Tests and Mastery Tests, and a comprehensive Records Manager system that enables trainers and learners to get started quickly and achieve their goals sooner.

LiveEnglish is an effective, flexible, motivating, customized and cost-effective solution for the learning of the English language in corporations and in schools. LiveEnglish, based in Lisbon, Portugal, is a multimethod system for the learning of English as a foreign language. It employs several carefully-selected methods and strategies in order to improve learning at all levels, by generating environments capable of providing participants with a wide range of experiences that will facilitate the learning of English. The LiveEnglish concept integrates different synergistic components to boost the effect on the development of English language skills which, in turn, increase the motivation of the student. LiveEnglish uses DynEd courseware as a powerful and irreplaceable method to develop students'' English language skills from early stages to advanced levels.

Mr. Domingos Pesquita
Director
LIVE Center Saldanha
Praca Duque de Saldanha, n.1 - 3 C
1050-094
Lisboa, Portugal

Phone: 351-21-351-1600
Fax: 351-21-351-1609

e-mail: dpesquita@hotmail.com

For more information on DynEd Solutions, please contact us at info@dyned.com.