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Teachers, do you know we have a dedicated page that will help answer most of your questions about using EnglishCentral as a teacher? On the page, view questions based on categories. Of course, if you don’t find an answer there, please contact us directly. Students or teachers can use our Help Page for more answers, […]
Schools have started using our Go Live! 1 – 1 Tutor service, providing valuable extra speaking practice for students about specific video lessons. Also using our free level test, available to all registered students. Now teachers are able to get reports about their students’ tutor sessions. They can see when students have scheduled sessions and […]
EnglishCentral got some very nice publicity last week around our acquisition of Langrich, a company focused on 1:1 live tutoring in Japan. The coverage on TV Tokyo did a great job comparing our online learning platform — which includes our speech recognition technology (Intellispeech℠) for self-learning as well as our new GoLive! tutoring — to […]
EnglishCentral’s Intellispeech℠ system assesses learners’ speaking ability as a combination of 3 elements: Pronunciation Score Fluency Score Completion Pronunciation Score previously measured learners’ speech across 39 phonemes. In its latest version, Intellispeech℠ measures performance across all 64,000 possible triphones (combinations of phonemes). This change dramatically improves the accuracy of the system. Fluency Score is still […]
We are leaders in speech recognition for English language learners and “push the envelope” providing outstanding resources for both teachers and students. Did you know you can get our full set of pronunciation tips videos on our Youtube channel? All in one handy place. Students can do the activities and mini courses for each sound/phoneme […]
Are you an online independent teacher or a “teacherpreneur“? If you are, don’t think that EnglishCentral isn’t suitable for you to use. We actually cater to both big schools and universities as well as the individual teacher who may be teaching online or at their home or office. EnglishCentral offers academic discounted pricing to individual […]
EnglishCentral’s Intellispeech℠ system assesses learners’ speaking ability as a combination of 3 elements: Pronunciation Score Fluency Score Completion Pronunciation Score previously measured learners’ speech across 40 phonemes. In its latest version, Intellispeech℠ measures performance across all 64,000 possible triphones (combinations of phonemes). This change dramatically improves the accuracy of the system. Fluency Score is still […]
We are super excited about our latest release. A new look and dynamic interface will improve the user experience of all teachers and students. In addition, students now get a free level test. Just click the button beside any video and schedule a convenient time. Students will get a Level Test Report and a recommended study […]
EnglishCentral is constantly being evaluated by professionals in the field. One recent study is by Shane Dixon of Arizona State University titled:”Evaluating the Impact of an Online English Language Tool’s Ability to Improve Users’ Speaking Proficiency under Learner- and Shared-control Conditions
BOSTON, MA , March 27, 2015 – EnglishCentral, the global leader in combining speech assessment technology with online video English education, announced today the availability of phoneme speech feedback in its latest version of the mobile app. The EnglishCentral app provides an innovative learning experience for acquiring conversational English. It allows users to watch videos […]
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