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GlobalEnglish Edge™

Global expansion, corporate restructuring, mergers and increased collaboration of global teams have made it critical for companies to ensure their employees can communicate effectively in the language of business—English—in order to increase organizational productivity and “Enterprise Fluency”. With its focus on business situations, appropriate cultural communication, and ongoing performance support, GlobalEnglish Edge addresses the needs of employees at all levels and develops the critical skills required to communicate confidently in Business English.

• Ascalable,standardizedsolution:GlobalEnglishEdgeisan

on-demandweb-basedsolutionthatcanbedeployed

seamlesslyto100or100,000employeesacrosstheglobe.

• Anengaging,effectivecurriculum:Customizedforallsubscriber

levelsandfullytranslatedinto14languages,ourinteractive

contentincorporatesthemostadvancedspeechrecognition

technologyintheindustrywithremediation,includesmobile

contentforon-the-golearningandprovidesaccesstovirtual

groupclasses24/7.

SummaryGlobalEnglishEdge™isacomponentofthe

GlobalEnglishSuiteofinnovative,on-demand

softwareproductsforglobalenterprises

designedtoimproveBusinessEnglish,

advanceEnterpriseFluency™,anddrive

betterbusinessresultsusingtheweb,mobile

devices,andsocialenterprisetools.

Benefits•On-demand,online,easytodeployanduse

•Offersrelevant,business-specificcontent

thatiscustomizedfordifferentsubscriber

learninglevels

•Helpssubscriberslearnfasterwith

immediatefeedbackonpronunciation

andremediationexercisesthattarget

individualsounds

•Proventobeimmediatelyusefulonthejob

•Easyadministration,measurement

andtracking

Features•Placementtest

•Speaking&Pronunciationwithmostadvancedspeechrecognitionandremediationinindustry

•WritingActivities

•ListeningActivities

•Reading&Vocabulary

•ProductivityTools

•AdministratorTools&Reports

•Contenttranslationin14languages

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•Proven,fastevidenceofresults:92%ofGlobalEnglishsubscribersfromGlobal2000

companiesutilizingGlobalEnglishEdgereportbeingabletoapplytheirnewBusiness

Englishskillstothejobimmediately.

•Easyadministrationandreporting:Acompletesuiteofreportingandadministrative

toolsmakesitsimpletoregistersubscribers,manageusage,andmeasureandtrack

performanceacrosstheenterprise.

Effective Assessment to Measure and Guide Employee Training•TheGlobalEnglishPlacementTestevaluatescurrentBusinessEnglishproficiencyand

recommendstheappropriatestartingpointwithintheGlobalEnglishcurriculum.

•ProgressReportsallowsubscriberstoseetheirperformanceprogressandscores,as

wellastheirusageoftheservice,andcomparethemtotheirstudyplan.

Engaging, Business-Focused Activities Develop Core English Skills for Success on the JobSpeaking and Pronunciation

•Ourcoursecontentenablessubscriberstopracticecommonbusinesslanguageso

theyfeelcomfortablecommunicatinginEnglishinavarietyofworkplacesituations,

suchasnegotiating,telephoning,meetings,andbusinesssocializing.

•Activitiesutilizethemostadvancedspeechrecognitiontechnologyintheindustry.

Ourserviceprovidessubscriberswithphoneme-levelpronunciationfeedbackand

recommendsremediationactivitiesthataddresstheirspecificproblemareas.

•Foradditionalpronunciationpractice,subscriberscanstudyanimateddiagramsof

modelsdemonstratinghowtomakespecificsoundsusedinEnglish,andtheycaneven

focusonthesoundsthathavebeenidentifiedastypicallymoredifficultforspeakersof

particularlanguages.

Writing and Grammar

•Interactiveactivitieswithintheservicearecenteredonthemostcommontypesof

businesscorrespondence,helpingsubscribersmodeleffectivetone,phrasing,and

otherkeyelementsofclearwriting.

•Allwritingactivitiesprovideimmediatewritingfeedback,indicatingcorrectionsfor

spellingmistakes.Subscribersalsohaveaccesstoperformance-supportfeaturessuch

ascustomizableemailtemplateswhichcanbedownloadedtofitspecificformaland

informalbusinessneeds.

•Subscriberscanalsobrowsethroughvideosthatreinforcegrammarprinciplesand

demonstrateexactlyhowtheyareusedinrealconversations.

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Listening

•Subscribersadvancetheirlisteningcomprehensionwithrecordingsofcommon

businessinteractionsandeverydaysituationssuchasmeetings,presentations,sales,

telephoning,customerservice,businesswriting,andmuchmore.

•TheGlobalEnglishMobileLearningNetwork™providesbusiness-focusedpodcasts

whichcanbedownloadedtoaportablemediaplayerforon-the-golearningand

performancesupport.

•Ourservicealsocontainstext-to-speechtechnologywhichallowssubscriberstohear

anytextreadaloud,andourextensivelibraryofauthenticrecordingsfromaroundthe

worldhelpssubscribersimprovetheirabilitytounderstandEnglishspeakerswith

differentaccents.

Reading and Vocabulary

•Subscriberscancreateandmanagetheirownvocabularylists,whichcaninclude

translationsandindustry-specificwordlistsforreferenceandpracticeoflanguage

termsthatarerelevanttothem.

•TheGlobalEnglishMagazine,afeatureoftheservicethatsupportsreadingadvancement

throughtheuseofcurrentaffairsandbusinessarticles,helpssubscribersofalllevels

expandtheirgeneralbusinessknowledgethroughauthenticreadingmaterial.

•High-qualitycontentfromprofessionalEnglishteachers,updatedweekly,isalso

includedintheservice.Thiscontentisadaptedtosuitbeginner,intermediateand

advancedsubscribers,andcanbeprinted.

•TOEIC™testpreparationmaterialandsampletestsarealsoavailablewithin

GlobalEnglishEdge.

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Ongoing Productivity Tools Support Daily Use of English•TheGlobalEnglishProductivityToolbar™sitsintheInternetbrowserandprovides

quickaccesstotranslation,text-to-speech,vocabularylists,andotherresourcesfor

immediatesupportofwork-relatedtasks.

•Allsubscribershaveaccessto24/7virtualonlinegroupclasses—withliveteachers

whoarenativeEnglishspeakers—providingthemwithadditionalopportunitiesfor

speakingpractice.

•TheCultureNotesprovideextensiveculturalinformation,includingbusinessetiquette

andtipsformanagingcustomerrelations,tohelpsubscribersprepareforinternational

businessinteractionsortravel.

Robust Administrative Tools for Effective Program Management•ReportingcapabilitiesincludedinGlobalEnglishEdgeprovideadministratorswiththe

abilitytomeasureandtrackusage,reviewprogressmetrics,andevaluatetheROIof

theirGlobalEnglishprogram.

•Administratorscanchoosetoactivateautomatedemails(includingWelcome,

OrientationandStudyReminders),makingtheonboardingprocesssimple.

•Flexiblefunctionalityallowsadministratorstodefinereportsandviewdatabasedon

theirspecificinformationneeds,suchassubscribercharacteristics,usagelevels,

groups,dateranges,andmore.

•AdministratorscanexportuserreportsintoMicrosoft®Excel®toshareandmanipulate

dataoutsidetheservice.

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