LONDON, April 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- EF Education First, the
world leader in international education, has unveiled the EF
Research Unit at the University of Cambridge's Research Centre for
English and Applied Linguistics. With this research unit, EF has
become the first education company in the world to partner with the
University of Cambridge to examine the factors that lead to faster
and more effective ways to learn English. The establishment of this
unit is part of EF's multi-million dollar investment in research
and development.
"EF has been focused on promoting innovation in teaching and
learning English for decades. Through our newest research
initiatives, we are spearheading studies on personalized,
accelerated language learning," said Dr. Christopher McCormick,
EF's Head of Academics. "Research is at the heart of our advanced
learning system, available at our EF schools abroad
(http://www.ef.com/ ) or online at EF Englishtown
(http://www.englishtown.com/ )."
Appointed as the Senior Research Associate, Dr. Dora Alexopoulou
will lead the research team. EF will gather data from its vast
network of English schools to create a rich database for language
research studies.
EF's goals are aligned with the English Profile Programme, a
collaboration initiated by the British Council, Cambridge ESOL,
Cambridge University Press, EnglishUK, and other academic
institutions.
About EF Education First:
EF, the world leader in international education, was established in
1965 with the mission to break down the barriers in language,
culture, and geography. With 400 schools and over 15 million
students, EF specializes in language schools, academic degrees,
educational travel abroad, and cultural exchange. Originally
conceived in collaboration with Apple, EF's Efekta(TM) System is
the world's most advanced English learning method and is used to
power EF's language schools and online English courses at
Englishtown.com. In addition to helping 1,200 corporations with
English training, EF was the Official Language Training Supplier to
the Beijing Olympics and is helping Brazil prepare for the 2014
World Cup.
Study abroad with EF: http://www.ef.com/
Englishtown: http://www.englishtown.com/
About University of Cambridge's Research Centre for English and
Applied Linguistics (RCEAL, http://www.rceal.cam.ac.uk/ ):
RCEAL, established by the University of Cambridge in 1988, pursues
an interdisciplinary and theoretically-based approach to English
and Applied Linguistics and is committed to further the development
of the language sciences.
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SOURCE EF Education First