Products
- EDO – (English Discoveries Online) – an engaging, online platform for learning English
- TMS – (Teachers Management System) – a LMS for managing online learning
- Professional ESP (English For Specific Purposes) courses
- Teacher Training programs and courses for teachers of English as a second language.
These products and services will provide your language school with world-class English learning content, technology and services.
Whether your students are learning for local or international exams (TOEFL, TOEIC, CEFR, IELTS), or you have Corporate clients that require Business English, Medical English or General English for executives and employees, Edusoft has the solutions you require.
English Discoveries Online
a comprehensive interactive e-Learning platform.
EDO delivers the latest in field-proven pedagogical methods using engaging multimedia technologies.
EDO includes ten courses with over 1000 hours of rich topic-based learning that keeps students stimulated and challenged whether they are at Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced levels.
EDO can be delivered online or offline (Internet or Intranet)
- 1000 hours of engaging multimedia and content
- 10 courses, each with 8 units of topic-based learning
- Online speech recognition
- Covers all language skills: Speaking English, Listening and Reading, Grammar
- Scalable and adaptable to existing curricula
- Continuously updated content
- Flexible delivery options – internet, offline, CD-ROM
- Advanced management and reporting systems
- Authoring Tool for creating new and additional content
- Automated assessment tools
- Community Site – email, forums, magazine, games
| “We definitely recommend English Discoveries Online to other language schools. Its ease of use, engaging content and flexibility made us decide in favor of EDO for our twenty learning centers across Russia, Ukraine and Poland. EDO prepares students to communicate with confidence.” |
| Irina Budtova Head of R&D Department Denis’ School (language school chain), Russia/Ukraine/Poland 2012 |
English Discoveries Online delivers multimedia features that bring students’ English learning experience to life:
- Speech Recognition Technology
- Pop-up English Dictionary
- Interactive Grammar Book
- Role Play
- Branching Dialogues
- Full-Screen Videos
- Community Forums
- Interactive Challenges
Each of our ten general English courses consist of 8 topic-based units which cover the full range of skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary and Web Literacy. EDO includes texts on topical issues, videos, audio podcasts, and entertaining animations which together teach English learning using cutting-edge technology.
EDO’s unique Authoring Tool enables teachers to create new content for their students and school. This simple to use, wizard-based platform is a great favorite amongst English teachers world-wide.
The Community Site offers a social learning space to connect with other students in the school and all over the world. The Community Site includes local and international forums, language enrichment components such as idioms and word games, chat and email platforms.
English For Specific Purposes
- English at Work
- Technical English
- Medical English
- English for the Hotel Industry
- Pronunciation Course
- Academic English
English for Specific Purposes courses are an effective way to acquire professional English skills using real-life situations. These courses have been designed in collaboration with professionals from each industry.
These courses are delivered on the EDO (English Discoveries Online) platform and use the monitoring and reporting facilities of the TMS (Teachers Management System).
English At Work
This course enables students to develop oral and reading skills for the purpose of English communication in everyday workplaces. Students are exposed to a variety of media and written formats and take part in oral interactions which simulate daily workplace situations. The courses range from basic workplace English skills through to advanced Business English levels.
Technical English
Technical English covers the key vocabulary required for various professions. Each unit includes vocabulary, context examples, practice exercises and tests. Teaching and classroom materials are included.
Technical English vocabulary units have been created for the following professions:
- Mechanical English
- Architectural and Construction English
- Computers and IT English
- Production Management English
- Robotics English
- Accounting English
- Banking English
- English for Economics
Additional Technical vocabulary units can be created or customized to accommodate specific regional or professional needs.
Medical English Course
A unique, online, interactive solution through which doctors, nurses, public health workers and medical support staff can improve their English. This course contains 63 topic-based components based on authentic healthcare contexts. Designed by experts in the health care industry, learners cover a wide range of medical conditions and situations (such as taking a health history, scheduling appointments and describing symptoms) through rich multimedia as well as Reading, Listening, Speaking and Grammar exercises at all levels of English.
English For The Hotel Industry
This English learning solution teaches tourism English, which is required by hotel and hospitality professionals. It offers real-life hotel situations in which learners have the opportunity to develop their Listening, Speaking and Reading and Vocabulary skills. The objective is increase the hotel’s quality of service by improving the communication skills of its staff. The course is flexible, allowing learners to study in their own time, at their own pace.
Pronunciation Course
This course is designed to improve English pronunciation and reduce foreign accents. This course uses solid pedagogical principles for pronunciation training. It provides explanations of the way speech must be pronounced, images of correct mouth, lip, and tongue movements, as well as a self-record function based on advanced speech recognition technology. Students are provided with directed ear training to help them distinguish standard from non-standard speech sounds. Edusoft’s Pronunciation course can be fully customized to focus on specific pronunciation problems associated with a particular foreign language or dialect.
Academic English
The Academic English Course offers topic-based academic reading units, including academic reading comprehension activities, discursive essay questions and academic vocabulary exercises according to British English.
Management Systems
These sophisticated Management systems supports standard and mixed-learning ability classes, facilitate teacher-student communication to enhance motivation and reduce drop-out risk, provide automated exam scoring, calculation of final grades and generation of reports. The Management Systems reduce the teachers’ workload thereby providing teachers with more time to attend to students’ pedagogical needs.
Teacher Management System (TMS)
The TMS is a comprehensive Learning Management System, featuring facilities and procedures needed throughout the learning process.
The TMS includes:
- Registration process
- Comprehensive reporting system
- Customizable learning paths for each student
- Internet/Intranet-based communication system between teachers and students
- Customization tools for community features
- Authoring Tool for teachers to create and upload new content
- Range of settings to personalize each institution
Quality Management System (QMS)
The Quality Management System is designed for large-scale Distance Learning solutions. It assists teachers to classify the learning abilities and motivation levels of students according to automated statistics derived from a range of student performance factors.
The QMS includes tools that enable teachers and supervisors to manage large-scale learning projects in a time and cost-efficient manner. These tools include:
- An automatic support mode (including recommended actions for teachers for motivating students)
- Automated email response templates
- A response tracking system
Teacher Training
Our quality Teacher Training courses are available for primary, junior high, high school and higher education teachers.
The Teacher Training program can be adapted and adjusted to meet the distinct needs of your school, institution, or region.
The Teacher Training program is a professional development program for teachers of English as a second language or teachers of English as a foreign language.
Edusoft’s Teacher Training courses cover the skills and universal challenges faced by ESL and EFL teachers. The courses are taught and monitored by qualified, native-English speaking teacher trainers with international and local experience.
Courses are taught using an advanced Blended Learning model consisting of both face-to-face seminars and a flexible online course which enables self-paced learning.
To learn more about Teacher Training, click here.
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