Press Clippings

Inc.  - International, 20 joulu 2012

World's Coolest Offices: Your Picks

EF featured in Inc.com as one of the "World's Coolest Offices".

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Wired  - , 30 loka 2012

EF Classroom App Ushering in Paperless Education of the Future

There was a time when the most interactive thing about a classroom was the chalkboard. The grating chalkboard eventually gave way to the whiteboard, which has recently given way to...

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New York Times  - International, 29 loka 2012

Low English Levels Can Hurt Countries' Progress

Countries with poor English-language skills also have lower levels of trade, innovation and income, according to a report released last week.

The report ranks 54 countries where English is not a native language, with the top five being Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland and Norway. The bottom five were Colombia, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Libya.

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Management Thinking Blog  - , 11 loka 2012

Mind your language (skills)

Seven billion people speak seven thousand languages. The world is a noisy place and so we struggle to overcome a persistent obstacle: understanding each other.Read more

The Boston Globe  - Boston, 25 syys 2012

New NorthPoint project making a big splash

EF Education First’s new $125 million, 300,000-square-foot headquarters will be situated at the foot of the Zakim Bridge. Construction is to begin Tuesday and be completed by spring of 2014.

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 - Japan, 02 heinä 2012

Rakuten's English Policy: Just Speak It

When Rakuten Inc. introduced an English-only policy for company communications in May 2010 as part of founder and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani’s push to globalize the Japanese Web commerce firm, critics questioned the wisdom in forcing staff to communicate with each other in their non-native tongue.

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 - International, 21 touko 2012

A Way Up For Women in Business

Tanja Levine, executive director at Hult International Business School, provides on women in MBAs and what Hult is doing to support women in pursuing a graduate degree.See full article

 - International, 09 touko 2012

Hodges: The UK's Looming Brain Drain

 

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 - China, 04 touko 2012

WSJ "The Cost of Not Doing Business in English"

 

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 - International, 04 touko 2012

Bailey: Language Barriers and Miscommunications are Stifling Growth

 

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 - London, 04 huhti 2011

The EF EPI Index is featured on the Monocle Weekly radio broadcast

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 - Helsinki, 30 maalis 2011

EF English Proficiency Index oli esillä MTV 3:n kymmenen uutisissa

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 - Suomi, 30 maalis 2011

Talous Sanomat - Suomalaisten englanti maailman viidenneksi parasta

Suomalaisaikuisten englanti on viidenneksi parasta maailmassa, osoittaa kielikouluttajan kehittämä indeksi.

Kielikouluttaja EF Education First kehittämä EF EPI -indeksi kuvaa englannin kielen taitoa eri maissa.

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 - Suomi, 30 maalis 2011

Helsingin Sanomat - Suomalaiset maailman viidenneksi parhaita englannin osaajia

Suomalaiset aikuiset ovat viidenneksi parhaita ulkomaalaisia englannin kielen osaajia maissa, joissa englanti ei ole äidinkieli. Suomen sijoitus käy ilmi maailman ensimmäisestä englannin kielitaidon indeksistä, jonka on kehittänyt maailman suurin yksityinen kielikouluttaja EF, Education First.

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 - Suomi, 30 maalis 2011

ess.fi - Suomalaiset taitavat englantia maailman viidenneksi parhaiten

Suomalaisten aikuisten englannin kielen taito on maailman viidenneksi parasta. Tämä selviää indeksistä, joka kuvaa ensimmäistä kertaa englannin kielen taitoa eri maissa.

Indeksin kehittäjän, maailman suurimman yksityisen kielikouluttajan EF Education Firstin mukaan rautaisin englannin kielen taito löytyy Norjasta. Seuraavina tulevat Alankomaat, Tanska, Ruotsi ja viidentenä Suomi.
EF Language Learning Solutionsin maajohtaja Anja Salo kertoo, että tuloksissa näkyy Pohjoismaiden panostus kielten opiskeluun.

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 - Suomi, 30 maalis 2011

Talous Sanomat - Aikuisilla maailman viidenneksi paras englannin kielen taito

Suomalaisaikuisten englanti on viidenneksi parasta, osoittaa maailman ensimmäinen indeksi, joka kuvaa englannin kielen taitoa eri maissa. Indeksin kehittäjä, maailman suurin yksityinen kielikouluttaja EF Education First, kertoo, että rautaisin englannin taito löytyy Norjasta.

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 - USA, 30 maalis 2011

The Financial Times - China: better English students than India?

When the British Council published a study saying China had more English speakers than India readers with experience of both countries wondered aloud where China was hiding all those Anglophones. Even in Shanghai, with its British colonial past, taxi drivers are about as likely to speak English as they are to obey traffic signs; neither has really caught on.

Now comes another study about how China is drawing neck and neck with India – and eroding the comparative advantage of the sub-continent.

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 - New York, 23 tammi 2011

The New York Times - Business Schools With a Social Appeal

Business schools can be cutthroat places. After struggling to gain admission to the top schools, students compete for grades and the best work placements. Meanwhile, the schools themselves jostle for position in the various global rankings, competing in order to attract the most able students. But in the never-ending battle for dominance, one London business school has decided to appeal not to potential students’ wallets, but to their consciences.

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