Success Stories

AMIO Zhucheng Teacher Training Program

Qingdao, China: AMIO International English Plaza is DynEd China's exclusive channel partner in Qingdao, Shandong province. Since students began using the DynEd program in 2004, they have praised the usefulness of DynEd courses. Recently, AMIO earned high marks from the regional governmental officers in Zhucheng, where AMIO and the Zhucheng Education Bureau jointly conducted a successful one-year teacher training project.

Peacekeeping English Project

Sarajevo, Bosnia: The British Council's Military English Support Project (MESP) has adopted DynEd courseware. This blended program has shown and continues to show how DynEd multimedia can be a cost-effective solution in areas with special needs.

Excerpts from the Peacekeeping English Project Newsletter (Issue 15, July 2004): "The classes are unusual," said one teacher. "The school's superb. I have never been in one like this. This is the first time I've used computer software to learn English and it's fantastic." An officer in the class commented: "The course has a lot of speaking and listening, and we all need exactly that. My progress in English is much better than before." One officer, in his forties, was particularly pleased to report that he had just finished reading his first book in English.

An important feature of this program is the use of officer instructors in countrywide mini-centers. These officer instructors first studied in the program and then were trained in English teaching methodology. They work with beginner/elementary level students who then continue on into larger centers for pre-intermediate to advanced courses.

Nursing English Project

Lviv, Ukraine: DynEd's training partner, JetStream, has done an excellent job preparing nurses to pass English examinations for entry into the US.

According to Tim Fenton, the program's director, "DynEd's system is just as revolutionary in the language training field as the first spreadsheets were for financial and business fields. We have only been working with your system for six months and the results are fantastic. Anyone using traditional methods for ESL training is working in the Dark Ages!!"

Peking University's Business School

Beijing, China: DynEd's training partners in China have succeeded with the MBA students at Guanghua Business School. This program is now in its fifth year and is widely respected for its high quality.

USAID Project

Sri Lanka: The English-Computer Based Learning Project (E-CBL) designated 8 training sites around the country, working with 150 instructors and technical staff members. The project proceeded in 3 stages: first, an initial technical audit, and training of technical staff and software installation; second, DynEd conducted a 5-day teacher training course at each site; third, a 1-day refresher training visit to the 6 successful sites by the project coordinator. Teachers used the program initially, and then introduced it to their students (over 1,000) in the weeks that followed. The teachers used DynEd's Records Manager to monitor student progress.

Despite continued unrest in the region, both teachers and students have embraced the program. The sites are adding users and asking for additional DynEd courses. The interest in English language improvement in Sri Lanka is clear, even in the remote sectors of the country.

For this project, DynEd received 4 rating: Excellent, with this comment: "There are no quality issues, and the Contractor has substantially exceeded the contract performance requirements without commensurate additional costs to the Government."

BRISA

Lisbon, Portugal: One of Portugal's largest construction companies uses DynEd's BEAS combined with the LiveEnglish Institute's curriculum to learn English. BRISA is interviewed for Formaçao, Portugal's corporate training magazine. BRISA has approximately 60 students studying around the country.

Instituto Nazionale Previdenza Sociale (INPS)

Rome, Italy: One of Italy's largest government agencies uses DynEd's BEAS solution in combination with training from our Italian solutions partner, SCS Azioninnova S.p.a. BEAS is installed on over 200 networks deployed across Italy to support 2000 employees.

Polimoda Fashion College

Florence, Italy: One of the world's largest fashion colleges uses DynEd's BEAS solution in its tailor-made intensive training courses for Manpower, Inc.