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At EnglishCentral, we make it easy for you to learn English through a topic that interests you. Now, it’s even better with the release of our new leveled courses. For each topic on EnglishCentral (Academic, Business, Media, Social, Travel, Young Learner English) AND for each level, there is a course for you. Just select your […]
Youtube is now something we are very used to. People spend hours every day “consuming” video. This is changing the world of education and most schools and programs are using or creating video curriculum for their students. This recent research report really emphasizes this fact and clearly shows how beneficial video is for education. As […]
Here are some amazing facts about video that every teacher should know, think about and understand. Video is becoming the new textbook and facts bear this out. Take a read and join the video teaching and learning revolution! Of course, view some of these facts and others on video! Also now the 10th aniversary of […]
EnglishCentral is a platform on the forefront of the new “learning revolution” (as so labeled by Sir Ken Robinson). A couple recent articles in the news have highlighted a few things we do well and emphasize. We’d like to share them with you and they reinforce our pedagogical principles quite well. 1. The Value and Ascent […]
Using video in the classroom isn’t simply a case of pushing the play button and then sitting back, feet up. There are a number of things teachers must consider every time in order to effectively use class time. This week and next, our Director of Education, David Deubelbeiss will give 2 webinars highlighting best practices […]
Our Director of Education recently spoke at a few conferences about “The Video learning/teaching revolution”. Here is his presentation with quite a few examples of EnglishCentral videos highlighted. Also includes some best practices and tips for using video in the classroom. Click on the images to go to video examples.
We are excited about all the new students adopting and using EnglishCentral, the start of this school semester. Here’s our new promotional video showing how one student has benefited by using EnglishCentral to learn English. Enjoy!
Change can be intimidating, especially with technology. But it really shouldn’t be if the new features and designs are intuitive and designed well. Technology really isn’t that hard to use, if we just “go with it” and let the product help us along. This funny video highlights this point so well. EnglishCentral has become even […]
Here is one story about a teacher and how they had success teaching with EnglishCentral. Sign up now – it’s free for teachers. Please share and let other teachers know how we are transforming English language teaching. Also see our Academic overview presentation highlighting our academic product.
We’ve written lots here about how video is the next textbook and how video will be the predominant way we connect and learn in the future. Not just because video is our product but because of the way things are going. This Presentation highlights the ascendancy of video very well and we’d like to share […]
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