In this two-part blog series, we’re sharing our best practices to design and launch an effective English training program for your team. Now that you’ve established what your organization needs and how you’ll measure the results, it’s time to consider the learning program itself in more detail. At the core of every Voxy course is …
Preparing to launch an English training program for your team can be daunting, especially if you need to implement it at scale for a large organization. With so many logistics to consider—and most likely, ambitious KPIs to reach—it can be difficult to know where to start. Voxy has enabled companies of every size to develop …
“The need for innovation is staggering, the need for impact is staggering.” —Eva Hasset, Executive Director of the International Institute of Buffalo Last month, Voxy CEO Paul Gollash spoke on a panel at the Welcoming Economies Convening in Syracuse, NY, an event that brings together a network of trailblazers and industry leaders in the emerging …
Did you know that even though 97% of global hospitality employees report that English skills are required or important for their jobs, only 7% say their current English level is sufficient to do their jobs? We’ve been keeping a close watch on workforce trends and compiled a list of 10 stats for hospitality HR and …
As improved technology and automated support channels provide consumers with more ways to handle common questions and technical problems on their own, customer service representatives and IT support staffs have seen the number of simple requests go way down in recent years. But at the same time, the number of complex requests has dramatically increased, …
If you Google Task-Based Language Teaching, or TBLT, you’ll find a lot of definitions related to the latest trend in teaching second or foreign languages. But what does it really mean? TBLT is an approach to language learning that was popularized in the 1980s by N. Prabhu in Bangalore, India. Prabhu discovered that learners were …
The days of using DVDs, VHS tapes and BlueRay discs to watch our favorite movies are now largely over. Thanks to platforms like Hulu and Netflix, watching movies is now a seamless experience that doesn’t even require us to leave the couch. With services like Uber and Lyft, anyone can order a private car right …
Learning a new language is one of the biggest challenges a person can face, but what exactly makes it so hard and what can we do to help? Voxy recently received a third patent for our unique technology that allows us to analyze a text—like a news article, for example—and assign it to an English …
The tourism and hospitality industry contributes $7.6 trillion to the global economy every year and employs nearly 10% of the world’s working population. But within this vast industry, there are critical skill gaps preventing companies and employees from providing the highest level of service. “Today we have a shortage of qualified employees,”explained Ghassan Aidi, President …
As Voxy’s VP of Customer Success, one of the most frequent conversations my team and I have with corporate clients is about how to build effective language training programs. English has become the universal language of business and employees around the world simply cannot get their jobs done or reach their full potential without the …