Why Use EnglishCentral?

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Why EnglishCentral?

“I think about ninety percent of the problem in teaching, or maybe ninety-eight percent, is just to help the students get interested.”

Noam Chomsky

Stephen Krashen

“The best methods are therefore those that supply ‘comprehensible input’ in low anxiety situations, containing messages that students really want to hear.”

“Learning from context is so important that some studies suggest that first language learners learn most of their vocabulary in this way.” 

Paul Nation

Our Philosophy

Engaging, authentic media

Scaffolding Noticing

Diagnostic speech feedback

Game dynamics

Personalized Language Learning

Watch | Learn | Speak | QuizOur Approach:

• The largest library of authentic, leveled language learning The largest library of authentic, leveled language learning video content video content

• Over 100 structured courses:Over 100 structured courses: Academic, Career, Business, Travel, Social and Media Academic, Career, Business, Travel, Social and Media

EnglishEnglish• All content leveled to global standardsAll content leveled to global standards Our Content Partners

Content and Curriculum

9,000+ authentic video lessons

50 new video lessons added / week

Business English13 topics1075 videos

Travel English9 topics1074 videos

Social English17 topics1752 videos

Media English13 topics1652 videos

Career English6 topics297 videos

Academic English5 topics623 videos

Engagement: Authentic Video Lessons

Rewards system

Competitive Ranking

Get rewards for every line of speech Make progress by your study efforts

View your ranking by country, by class, by time

Improve ranking as you study more

Engagement: Game Dynamics

“What learners notice in input is what becomes intake for learning.”

- Schmidt, (1995)

EnglishCentral makes you notice and bridge the gap to enable understanding

Bridging The Gap: Pedagogy

WATCH – our player with

scaffolding tools helps boost

learning and understanding

In-Context Word Definition by 1 click

Optional Caption

Bridging The Gap: Scaffolding Tools

SPEAK - compare you

speech at the sentence &

word level, analysis at

phoneme level

Bridging The Gap: Speech Feedback

EnglishCentral allows you to make the most progress at your appropriate level

Students who spend time working with the target language at their appropriate level, make the most progress.

Personalized Learning: Pedagogy

Students choose the topics they like

100+ courses

9,000+ videos

Filter by topic, by level, by popularity

Favorite your videos for later study

Build your own word list

Recommendations based on your

interest

Personalized Learning: Student Interest

EnglishCentral enables you to master words by reviewing them at spaced time intervals

Review the words at spaced time intervals enables the learner to achieve long-term, instant-recall ability.

Vocabulary Acquisition

Quiz the word

Quiz 5 Times

Mastered

The word waits until next review

Vocabulary Acquisition

Spaced Repetition

In 10 weeks, students following EnglishCentral’s program improve their speaking by 8 percentiles against their L1 peers

Improvement: It Works

• Assessment: Pearson Versant Evaluation Test1

– 200 Japanese university freshman used EC over a 14 week period

– Students evaluated before and after to compare the amount of studying at EC and the increase VET scores

• Conclusions– Students who studied more than 42 hours increased

their Versant score by 7 points

1: A 15-minute spoken English test for adults

3rd Party Validation

What Teachers SayI personally think it’s the best site period for Englishlanguage learners. It provides listening, speaking, and reading practice — all in an extremely engaging way.-Larry Ferlazzo Websites Of The Day