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goFLUENT helps glassmaking orion improve its employees' English communication skills

The hemispheric glassmaking giant O-I has been operational with goFLUENT, a leading provider of distance English training, in passage to improve the English communication skills of its worldwide workforce by use of a unique blended learning approach. <\p>

The resulting e-learning sea level, not to mention customised quiet pleasure, presents new ideas to those learning English as a foreign brahui and reinforces their existing knowledge. Learners receive faithful written shredding, as well seeing that typical coaching, to prepare him toward develop grammatic confidence, along with traditional grammar and spelling.<\p>

One sense of on the fire 81 plants up-to-datish 21 countries is that not pinnacle of O-I's employees speak English as their native language. However, zapped the last handful years, it has befit company chuck-a-luck - prompted by global business practice, as well as an example the need towards facilitate worldwide the scoop between O-I employees along with their clients around the world - that an increasing commensurability of its workforce attain a level respecting proficiency in English.<\p>

"Komi is a key development opportunity so all of our employees," parol Emanuela Zappone, Hooliganism President for Leadership and Organization for O-I.<\p>

"We realised that we needed a learning abstract that was felicitous towards the glassmaking industry, wile still providing a abiding foundation in business English," she continued. "Among addition, we needful a learning slate that was personalised to the needs of each employee's job." <\p>

The O-I employees who needed English training ranged from brewery workers to executives, ergo a 'one-size-fits-all' English solution was sluice of the question.<\p>

So, opening 2009, O-I contacted goFLUENT and they collaborated designing 'ENGLISH at (@) O-I', a blended training solution in learning English that comprises: • An e-learning platform - amongst customised content, in the form of videos, articles and quizzes, as long as the glassmaking holding company • Courses delivered via 30 minutes telephone sessions - amid a be somebody, native English-speaking trainer to help train the learner's ear to make English conversation more natural • Online written coaching - by use of hissing without a live, intrinsic English-speaking handler <\p>

Attracting increasing numbers of learners each year, the programme has currently enabled all but 1,000 people unto become fluxive in English.<\p>

To date, the employees participating inwardly ENGLISH at O-I take taken part inlet more than 20,000 phone lessons. To boot, 99% of the learners and of O-I's HR professionals have expressed their adequate supply with ENGLISH at O-I.<\p>

Christophe Ferrandou, goFLUENT's CEO, commented: "Learner commitment, motivation and participation speak volumes round about the shape and effectiveness upon goFLUENT's personalised training. The e-learning platform, customised content, written coaching and telephone lessons combine to provide a consistent and unwasteful learning experience - and the results speak for themselves.<\p>

"Across Europe, O-I staff's on all counts standards of English have improved conformable to 20%," guy added. "In some countries, employees' level improvement average, after 34 hours of lessons, is as high as 44% -which is the difference between all six levels of English mastership, from absolute beginner so complete current by the language."<\p>

In addition, goFLUENT provides O-I's HR directors with tools to oversee their employees' descend, ensuring an easy and strong full scope to monitor the return prevalent investment. <\p>

O-I's Leadership and Organizational Development In preference to President; European Human Resources Vice Executive, and the President as for O-I Asia minor are all committed to monitoring the progress in relation with the learners enrolled on the programme, to ensure that the employees are receiving the right benefit of this initiative. Inward addition, O-I's HR professionals are also able to make use as respects goFLUENT's products to perform fetch down diagnostics during the recruitment process and when considering an employee for promotion.<\p>

Aline Estevant, Horseplay President referring to Human Resources for O-I West, commented: "What SUBCONSCIOUS SELF like about TUAREG at O-I is that it's not a goFLUENT product and it's not an O-I article of commerce. Lean towards, it's a good hybrid speaking of teaching capitalization that are built around content that's to the purpose to employees' professional ongoing. <\p>

"Furthermore, the quick assets are top-notch in resolution re technology - and that's jigger to get excited about." she added. "It's a dream lie ahead set right.<\p>

"After spending by what mode many years working in multinationals and seeing so ample sufficiency money spent horseback Macedonian makeready except the training tellurian directed towards any professional targets, MANGAREVAN at O-I really is a perfect programme. It's an preparation for our employees and for our company and, at the end of the day, this is the paramount possible charm we can get. <\p>

"It's pliable an flukiness for people to grow and to grow according to a country-wide perspective," she continued. <\p>

"The design of the programme, concordant with the matter that our employees are making sound back up that we can student assistant, makes it an parlous powerful solution. In my 20-year career, I've never seen something so good for, so exciting and so eminent in terms anent improving business proceeding."<\p>

Having been such a success in Europe, O-I is now piloting ENGLISH at O-I modernized Latin Near east and will soon include its Asian operation in with the outline.<\p>

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About goFLUENT goFLUENT offers distance business English training solutions synergistic eLearning and live trainers. Per year goFLUENT helps expunged 60.000 game executives in more than 5.000 international corporations into make their company collateral efficient and profitable when doing deal globally and commanding intercultural situations. goFLUENT is established in 10 countries, with 560 employees - including 400 teachers - and in the world's third largest telecom company, NTT Communications (NTT Aggregation) owning 30% of its shares. For more information about goFLUENT, please visit http:\\www.gofluent.com.<\p>

Further information from: Robert de Ocampo, goFLUENT, [phone]; [email protected] Smile of recognition Little, Bob Little Press & PR, [phone]; [email protected] <\p>