OTTAWA, Canada, Jan. 18, 2011 -- TalktoCanada.com, the companytrusted by Ernst & Young, Novartis and Saudi Telecom for Englishlanguage training, reported in a press call today that demand forits online English training courses is significantly up in the firstquarter of 2011.
The announcement ends industry speculation whether trainingdepartments and students are holding back training budgets in thenew fiscal year. TalktoCanada.com's CEO Marc Anderson referred tolast year's continuous international economic decline, as to whystudents and companies slashed training budgets across the board.
In the Middle East and East Europe, two of the emerging economicareas with the fastest growing demand for English and bi-linguallanguage skills, the economy plummeted to the lowest GDP in over adecade.
"In a recession, training budgets are often the first to be axed.What we are seeing now is the rapid recovery of demand for trainingsuch as our English online classes in Middle Eastern and EasternEuropean markets. Both businesses and students are signing up at apace far exceeding that of the first quarter last year," says MarcAnderson, General Manager of TalktoCanada.com.
The demand for online English language has been consistent inAsian markets such as Korea, China and Taiwan throughout theeconomic crisis.
TalktoCanada.com, which was founded in 2006, credits its successin online English language training to consumers' and business'global acceptance of communication tools such as Skype and WebEx.
Learning English over Skype is now a widely embraced teachingmethod, especially in emerging markets where a good command ofEnglish has become a primary business requirement.
"When combined with a highly qualified team of teachers in a one-on-one setting, the virtual class room enabled by Internetcommunication tools such as WebEx or Skype is an incredibly powerfulteaching platform. Our students enjoy the interactive model we'vecreated for learning a foreign language online," says Marc Anderson,General Manager of TalktoCanada.com.
In its 2011 forecast, TalktoCanada.com also notes that the demandfor English Training online may be the result of trainingdepartments looking to stretch existing training budgets further,replacing traditional course models and programs with nextgeneration e-learning, adding that traditional training methods inclassroom settings may be more costly and time consuming.
"As training managers and students are looking for creative waysto spend tuitions fees and training budgets, clients have discoveredthat learning business English in a virtual classroom over Skype ismore or as effective as traditional classroom training, atconsiderably more affordable rates. In addition, learning Englishover Skype allows students to take a class from the comfort of theirown office or home, in which we eliminate time consuming elementssuch as travel to and from the training center and rent of costlytraining facilities," says Marc Anderson.
TalktoCanada.com is committed to become the world's preferredtraining platform for online English training, including theprovision of tailored classes in business English in a one-to-oneenvironment.
For more information, visit http://www.talktocanada.com
TalktoCanada was established in 2006 and provides best-in-classEnglish training courses online. The company has trained studentsfrom over 80 countries, including Fortune 500 companies such asErnst & Young, Novartis and Fidelity Investments. TalktoCanadapartners with Systems On Line for all training in the Middle East.
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SOURCE TalktoCanada
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