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| File:EF Englishtown Logo.jpg | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet E-learning |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters |  Hong Kong |
Key people | Bill Fisher, CEO |
Number of employees | 29,000[1] |
| Parent | EF Education First |
| Website | www.englishtown.com |
Englishtown (also known as EF Englishtown) is an online English school offering E-learning for adults[2]. A division of EF Education First, Englishtown has worked with 1,200 companies and has 15 million users.[3]
History
Englishtown was founded in 1996 by CEO, Bill Fisher[4], and is headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland with a research and development center in Shanghai.
Partnerships
Englishtown was chosen as the Official Language Training Supplier to the Beijing 2008 Olympics[5] and the 16th Asian Games 2010 [6]. Englishtown has been named the language training supplier for 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and for the 2014 FIFA World Cup[7].
Awards and Recognition
Englishtown has won the following awards in 2010:
- Interactive Media Award (IMA) [8]
- Comenius-EduMedia-Award[9]
- Human Resource Executive ®’s Top Training Product of the Year Award[10]
Related Companies and Organizations
Englishtown is a part of EF Education First. Founded in 1965, EF is now the world's largest private educational company, with a group of 15 subsidiaries and non-profit organizations centered around language learning, educational travel, cultural exchange, and academic programs.
See also
References
- ^ "About EF – Company Fact Sheet", EF Education First. Retrieved on 2010-10-22
- ^ "Englishtown, Inc.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek", Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "EF Opens Four New International Language Centers Abroad, to Meet Young People's Demand for Hip and Exotic Study Destinations", 2010-10. Digital Journal. Retrieved on 2010-10-22
- ^ "Leadership ABCs Bios - Bill Fisher", The American Chamber of Commerce People's Republic of China. Retrieved on 2010-10-22
- ^ "English First (EF) selected as Official Language Training Supplier of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games", 2007-03-02. Beijing 2008 Olympics. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "EF named Asian Games Language Training Service Supplier", 2009-07-20. Guangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "EF Education First to be Official Language Training Provider for 2014 World Cup in Brazil", 2009-11-18. AsiaNet. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ "EF Englishtown Wins Prestigious Education Award", 2010-07. Checkpoint Learning. Retrieved on 2010-10-21
- ^ Cox, S. "World’s largest online language school wins prestigious award", 2010-7-25, The Education Weekly. Retrieved on 2010-10-22
- ^ "Best of the Bunch", 2010-09-16. Human Resource Executive Online. Retrieved on 2010-10-21