Arkady Zilberman, Ph. D.

Active Learning beats Passive

Learning

LBT solves the Global problem • English Proficiency in China is low: # 47.

Proficiency trend: 29 – 35 – 34 – 37 – 47.• LTCs teach EFL as information to be

memorized.• LTCs use inefficient passive learning.• China Mobile is world’s largest 4G network

with 826/300 million customers needs to provide mobilizing and premium services and applications.

Market Opportunity 1. 1.2 bln learners of EFL; 400 mln in China.2. LBT allows each learner to speak 80% of

class time and develop fluency in less than a year.

3. LBT is a perfect combination of technology with brain-compatible pedagogy for training EFL Skills.

4. Sustainable competitive advantage: LBT is protected by 2 USA and 1 China pending patents.

Immediate Goals 1. Partnership to turn the LBT app into

localized commercial app having all patented features.

2. Partnership to create LBT-based online course that is platform-independent.

3. Partnership with China Mobile to pre-install LBT android app for self-training English skills.

4. Partnerships with LTCs in China for conversion their curriculum to active training of EFL skills.

Long-term Goals 1. To expand LBT apps to other countries

and to other languages.2. Partnership to launch LBT training and

certification center and 24/7 help center.

3. Partnership for launching LBT-based LTC and use it for conference and demonstration.

4. To prepare LBT for exit and acquisition.

Competitive advantages 1. Patented speech shadowing spirals

the time of active speaking using mobile devices.

2. Three types of texts are used in every lesson.

3. Online course allows combination of self-paced training with guided active learning.

4. LBT lets the brain to absorb patterns and intuitive grammar and think in English.

Testimonials • Hendrik: … major contribution of LBT and

the reason for its unprecedented success.• Nellie: The remarkably effective

methodology unlike any other system encountered in the past.

• Wertheimer: LBT is a stress-free environment for intuitive acquisition of the language skills.

• Kaplan: LBT suppresses the learner’s subconscious habit of translating into or from native language.

Ready for partnership 1. LBT sold 20,000 copies of PC program to

USA immigrants from Russia with first-rate feedback.

2. LBT has three android apps in Google Play Store for learning EFL by Chinese & Russian adults.

3. LBT has successfully tested apps in Poland &China.

4. LBT was presented on International Online conference for educators in 2015 and 2016.

5. LBT: Speak Fluent English eBook is published as Amazon Kindle Edition in 2015.

Passive Learning Teaching EFL in pieces—reading, writing, listening, grammar, pronunciation—as if you can use one without the others.

Learners remember only 10% of that they read, 20% of what they hear.

Passive Learning Passive learners can't communicate in their new language because theycan't think in English.

They think in their native language, then try to translate it into English: it is a stressful and a very slow process.

Passive Learning Clarissa Dirks:

passive learning is decidedly passé – and maybe even unethical. Especially if you know that active learning is much faster.

Active learning helps learners start speaking English fluently in less than a year.

Active Learning is Multisensory

It requires active permanent participation. Learners engaged and emotionally involved thus avoiding the dullness of repetition. Each learner speaks 80% of the time, using understandable input and mobile devices. Active learning involves combination of technology with brain-compatible pedagogy.

Active Learning is engaging

• Millennials use their devices for hours daily and have different learning habits.

• Mobile devices are the best way to deliver the content & drills for active training EFL.

• The learner uses the same application in the class and for solo or online study.

• No textbooks, no lectures, and no correction of errors or pronunciation.

Active Learning for Millennials

• Each learner spends 80% of class time actively speaking in English.

• Learners speech shadow in headsets while listening to pre-recorded lessons.

• We acquire a language when we understand it and practice so it becomes automatic.

Active Learning is Speaking

• Android application with 31 lessons comes with the manual for teachers published on Amazon.

• Could be added to any curriculum to enhance conversion from passive to active learning.

• Small expense for Android devices for students who need them, and for teacher re-training.

• LBT has an online course on Teachable.com for schools having No Smartphone policies.

Active Learning Summary

Priming implicit memory • Observe the words

appearing on the screen while relaxing music plays for a minute.

• Subconscious

preparation by invoking “retention without remembering.”

• Learners recognize the new words and transfer them to long-term memory.

Support in the native language for stress-free environment; it eliminates cross-translation.

It discourages cross-translation by showing contextual translation for ten seconds only.

• Learners speak before they learned grammar or memorized lists of words.

• Multimodal training: read

the text; listen to the recording; speak at the same time.

• LBT uses Special English to help adults recognize, imitate and produce English phonemes.

Each lesson has three types of texts:

1. Lesson and drills recorded in Special English by native speaker.

2. Text added by learner or teacher makes app interactive and suitable for vocational training.

3. Inspirational poem recorded by native speaker; without emotions, there is no learning.

• Learners memorize poems that resonate with their visions and feelings.

• Learners may record

the poems, then listen for feedback and re-record.

• Learners may share

recording with friends or a teacher in case of guided training of EFL skills.

• Controls are explained in English and in Mandarin.

• Supports self-training of EFL skills and guided instruction.

• Learners enjoy the app due to its unmatched versatility.

• Competitive advantage due to learners’ success rate and ease of EFL practice.

• Testing active vocabulary and fluency is built-in.

• Speak on any topic inspired by the word on a display.

• Testing speaking fluency

provides gamification.

• Testing develops a habit of automatic speech.

New Chinese Application for Invention PCT No. PCT/US2013/020634Title: REVERSE LANGUAGE RESONANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION by Arkady ZilbermanPatent application filed in China May 29, 2015

• Training English skills is faster than learning them.

• App is interactive and versatile.

• One app for self-training and classroom or guided instruction.

• Content customized and shared through social network.

Main Features of LBT

To transform learners into fluent English speakers, enroll in the online course here:

http://language-bridge-technology.teachable.com/

Conscious vs. subconscious training• Both NativeAccent (NA) and

Language Bridge Technology (LBT) have ~1600 Google references.

• “I like it (NA) and I hate it; I feel like I sound very stupid. But it is useful.”

• “LBT offers subconscious training and unprecedented success.”

• LBT help adults recognize, imitate and produce English phonemes.