--- Forwarded Message from Communication Auralog <[log in to unmask]> --- >To: Otmar Foelsche <[log in to unmask]> >From: Communication Auralog <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Auralog Newsletter #12 - April 2003 >Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:40:55 +0200 :: [TeLL me More... ...about e-learning] [Auralog's e-learning newsletter] :: A u r a l o g , i n n o v a t i o n f o r l a n g u a g e l e a r n i n g B R I E F S FRANCE $DE From now on Pechiney will be using TeLL me More e-learning to teach its employees English. [Full article] The French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, has chosen Auralog's e-learning solution to provide an English language training course for its employees. [Full article] BELGIUM $DE Employees of GlaxoSmithKline will now be able to learn English thanks to TeLL me More e-learning. [Full article] USA $DE Princess Cruise, an internationally esteemed company offering luxury Cruises throughout the world has chosen Auralog... [Full article] GREAT BRITAIN $DE Language Solutions has chosen TeLL me More e-system's latest technology to provide creative and innovative training programmes to suit their corporate clients' needs. [Full article] PHILIPPINES $DE The French Ministry of Education and Auralog have fitted out the Alliance Française in Manila with 70 hosted licences for TeLL me More online so that students can learn French. [Full article] CANADA $DE Auralog has joined forces with HUMANIS, one of the biggest cyber-training centres in Quebec, to train over a hundred employees and further education students. [Full article] BRAZIL $DE Auralog has signed a distribution contract with Academia Interactiva, a supplier of e-learning solutions based in San Paulo. [Full article] TUNISIA $DE As part of its Virtual University project, the Post Office in Tunisia has chosen TeLL me More e-learning to teach its employees English. [Full article] A G E N D A E X H I B I T I O N S GERMANY 8th -13th October: Buchmesse 2003, Frankfurt 21st - 23rd November: Expolingua 2003, Berlin SWITZERLAND 26th - 28th May: e-education 2003, Luzern BRAZIL 4th - 7th June: ABF Franchising 2003, San Paulo USA CORPORATE 28th April - 1st May: Learning & Training Week 2003 Washington DC 442 19th -21st May: ASTD International San Diego, CA 9th -11th June: Training Directors' Forum Phoenix, AZ 22nd -24th September: Online Learning 2003 Los Angeles, CA 718 ACADEMIC 17th - 21st June: IALLT Conference Ann Harbor, Michigan 21st - 24th November: ACTFL 2003 Philadelphia, PA I N F O >>> If you wish to unsubscribe, subscribe or subscribe a friend, click here. Creation of a language school using Blended Learning with TeLL me More Blended learning is the most complete language learning solution. It refers to the combination of the more traditional teaching methods (individual or group lessons) with the more technology based e-learning methods (online language learning software coupled with online tutor guidance). Blended Learning offers the unique opportunity to learn a foreign language at the time and place you choose. It minimises the number of classroom hours yet maximises their value ensuring that the learner makes the best use of the time available to him/her. The flexibility of Blended Learning means that even the busiest company Director can find time to develop language skills. NewLanguage (www.newlanguage.net), a language school based in Ireland, tells us how it developed an innovative English language training programme based on TeLL me More. Auralog: What is the role of TeLL me More at NewLanguage? TeLL me More provides NewLanguage with up to 1,600 hours of highly interactive language learning content. It is used under the supervision of expert English language trainers and enables them to know exactly how and when the learner is studying. TeLL me More also enables the learner to access the tutor online at any time and obtain a quick response to any questions or problems he or she may have. Auralog: What are the benefits of TeLL me More for NewLanguage? At NewLanguage, the average learner studies 20 hours per week. However, thanks to TeLL me More, the learners are free to decide where and when they study. So, if they are early risers, they could start at 6 a.m. and finish at 10 a.m., they then have the rest of the day free for other activities. The only fixed times for study are the classes with the trainer. With TeLL me More, NewLanguage can also chart the attendance and progress of its learners throughout the course. Auralog: How does the Blended Learning solution compare to traditional teaching methods? Blended learning allows us to offer a highly flexible language learning solution to our learners. It enables learners to follow the course at their own pace and does not require them to live in proximity to the school due to infrequent visits. However, when the learners do visit the school the face-to-face sessions with the tutors are extremely productive. The fact that the learners are not physically confronted with a classroom situation straight away allows them to overcome certain inhibitions such as expressing themselves in the foreign language in public. TeLL me More allows the learners to practice and develop their language skills at home and ultimately pinpoint any real language difficulties. The face-to-face sessions enable the learners to talk through these difficulties with the tutor to resolve the problem. Auralog: How have the tutors found working with Blended Learning and TeLL me More? We found that it was accepted quite easily. At first our tutors registered to learn another language with TeLL me More (e.g. Spanish or French). This gave them first hand experience of using TeLL me More as if they were the learners. A couple of weeks later the tutors then learnt how to use the tutor tools. Thanks to these experiences the tutors were better able to help and support their learners and, more importantly, integrate the e-learning with the classroom sessions thus providing a superior learning experience. Auralog: Would you recommend blended learning to other training institutes? To implement blended learning successfully, you need to have tutors who are keen to work with modern technology and are flexible enough to consider new ways of learning. These days people use computers all the time and do not have any difficulty learning 'from a computer'. Consequently, more and more large corporations have turned to e-learning to train employees far and wide. As a result, it is also important for language schools to launch themselves into this new pedagogical approach and complete the e-learning experience by offering Blended Learning. > Seminars / Conferences FRANCE 3rd June Breakfast seminar : 'overview of e-learning' La Maison des Arts et Métiers Paris 75016 C O N T A C T S > Sales Contact: Christophe Pralong > International Sales Contact: Export Pro > PR Contact: Laurence Baccarani © 2003 Auralog Inc All rights reserved. TeLLmeMoreaboute-learning #12 - APRIL 2003 >>> B R I E F S $DE FRANCE From now on Pechiney will be using TeLL me More e-learning to teach its employees English. The training course will last 6 months and each learner will be followed by an Auralog tutor. The learners will have the opportunity to perfect their oral and comprehension skills through telephone conversations with their tutor. TeLL me More has been installed at Pechiney's head office and is used to train Managers with levels of English ranging from beginner to advanced. Pechiney is one of the world's largest producers and converters of aluminium and produces packaging for the drinks, food, cosmetics and health markets. The French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, has chosen Auralog's e-learning solution to provide an English language training course for its employees. Each learner will be followed by an Auralog tutor who will provide them with a personalised learning path. $DE BELGIUM Employees of GlaxoSmithKline will now be able to learn English thanks to TeLL me More e-learning. Each learner will be followed by an internal company tutor trained by Auralog's pedagogical team. GlaxoSmithKline is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company with a powerful combination of skills and resources that provides a platform for delivering strong growth in today's rapidly changing health care environment. This strong international presence creates training needs to which TeLL me More has been able to respond. $DE USA Princess Cruise, an internationally esteemed company offering luxury Cruises throughout the world has chosen Auralog to equip the language laboratory in its head office with TeLL me More for learning American English from beginner to advanced levels. Auralog will also equip Princess Cruise's 22 cruise liners with TeLL me More so that crew members can teach themselves American English. $DE GREAT BRITAIN Language Solutions has chosen Tell me More e-system's latest technology to provide creative and innovative training programmes to suit their corporate clients' needs. Language Solutions will provide blended courses, combining on-line self study with tutor support, and classroom-based group training days for British English, German and Italian. Language Solutions is a language school providing business language and cultural training courses to corporate and professional organisations. Over the last 10 years, Language Solutions has established a network of partnerships with language schools and specialist trainers around the world. Through this network Language Solutions provides training courses in Europe, Asia and North Africa. $DE PHILIPPINES The French Ministry of Education and Auralog have fitted out the Alliance Française in Manila with 70 hosted licences for TeLL me More online so that students can learn French. For more than a century the Alliance Française has been bringing the French language to the public of many different countries. It has a classic pedagogical approach yet is firmly committed to modernisation and to the adoption of new modes of organisation. Updating the tools of its trade, the integration of new technology and the constant reappraisal of its teaching methods are all part of the Alliance Française's general policy. Fitting out the Alliance Française in Manila with TeLL me More online is an example of this. $DE CANADA Auralog has joined forces with HUMANIS, one of the biggest cyber-training centres in Quebec, to train over a hundred employees and further education students. With more than thirty years experience, the permanent education service has become a real training reference. HUMANIS promises individuals and companies both long and short term further training courses as well as an advice service. $DE BRAZIL Auralog has signed a distribution contract with Academia Interactiva, a supplier of e-learning solutions based in San Paulo. Academia Interactive distributes Auralog's TeLL me More e-system in Brazil. As a specialist in content distribution, Academia Interactiva also diffuses training supports for learning IT software. $DE TUNISIA As part of its Virtual University project, the Post Office in Tunisia has chosen TeLL me More e-learning to teach its employees English. To start off with, 200 learners will use TeLL me More to perfect their written and oral skills, comprehension, vocabulary and of course grammar skills. Interpro, Auralog's Tunisian distributor, is taking care of the management and follow-up of this project.