Today we are celebrating the fact that Fluentify, an online language learning company based in Italy, has officially become part of Voxy Inc.! Over the last 10 years, Fluentify has been dedicated to providing a best-in-class live instruction experience, offering highly personalized, high-impact language training programs to corporations. With a focus on innovative user experience …
This acquisition solidifies the presence in the LATAM region, adding new members to the global Voxy team and corporate clients in Chile.
Increasing professional engagement in training doesn’t have to be difficult. See 5 tips that can help L&D in this challenge.
Voxy’s Chief Education Officer, Dr. Katie Nielson, was interviewed by Trainingindustry.com and featured in a recent article about workplace language learning at scale.
Voxy’s Needs Analysis brings personalized learning to every learner and paints a clearer picture of a user’s current English language proficiency and goals by drawing upon machine learning to provide targeted recommendations from over 20,000+ pieces of instructional content and live instruction.
Dr. Katie Nielson, Voxy’s Chief Education Officer, asks if online collaboration may in fact be an impediment to achieving language learning outcomes. With the recent proliferation of online learning, it’s a fascinating question for anyone in education or corporate learning and development. Read this article recently published in Language Magazine.
Even for the most advanced English learners, there’s one skill area that often goes neglected in both classroom and online settings: writing. Improving one’s writing skills is incredibly difficult and requires consistent practice—especially in a second language—so learners tend to shy away from tackling it head on. Yet for English learners who need to use …
Global demand for maritime workers has grown by 45% since 2005. And with increasing demand, HR professionals are facing greater hiring challenges, especially when onboard communication is of critical importance. Forty percent of all ship accidents are caused by communication factors, which means the need for English proficiency among crews has never been more important. …
In a comprehensive investigation of online and traditional face-to-face learning outcomes, the U.S. Department of Education released one of the first major reports to take a close look at the effectiveness of each approach. The analysis revealed that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. While this is certainly good news for online learning, the results are not as clear-cut as they may seem. To help break it down, we’re sharing summaries of three key findings from the study.