Introducing Learnship Sprint · WEEK 5 Weekly, focused training plan Weekly 2-hour training focusing on one specific sub-skill, self-prepared on our Digital Platform, fully explored

IntroducingLearnship Sprint

Next-Generation Blended Learningfor Fast Track Communications Skills

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Fast TrackCommunicationsSkills

— Discover Learnship Sprint

When Learnship acquired GlobalEnglish in 2019, it brought together decades of experience in digital and online, face-to-face language learning. It also created the industry’s largest product development team with deep expertise in pedagogy, content development, and learning technology.

Learnship Sprint is a brand-new language learning product, built from the ground-up to offer short, impactful training programs to develop the business skills language learners most need to succeed in the global workplace.

We call it Next-Generation Blended Learning.

A combination of self-paced, trainer-led, and mobile learning, with a fully-integrated curriculum, focused on clear business outcomes.

01The Business Case for Learnship Sprint

02Next-Generation Blended Learning

03Integrated Cross-Platform Experience

04Catalogue of Courses

05Premium Trainers. Positive Engagement

06Purpose-Built Technologies

07Course Format

08Sample Weekly Plan

09Administration

10Testimonials

Over the past ten years, we have worked with hundreds of thousands of language learners, in all types of business environments, in all areas of the world. We have come to understand the most critical communication skills that business language learners need to develop. And with Sprint, we have created the most effective language learning experience to develop those skills. Fast.

Our first four Sprints focus on Business Presentations, Participating in Meetings, Business Writing, and Business Negotiations. In just five weeks, learners will be able to raise their game in these critical skills, no matter what their current level of language fluency.

Sprint is the most exciting product development I’ve been involved in since we founded Learnship in 2008. We think it will be a transformational product for our business and for our customer’s training programs around the world.

— Sushel Bijganath,CEO of Learnship

The Business Casefor Learnship Sprint

— Sushel Bijganath, CEO of Learnship

Mastering a foreign language can be hard. To become fluent in a second language requires an investment in time that many business people just can’t afford. The good news is that doing business in a second language doesn’t always require complete fluency. It requires a core understanding of the language, together with the ability to apply that language across critical business communication skills. What matters in business is not what grade you receive in a language test. What matters is:

How well the management team understands your presentation

How much you are able to contribute to a global team meeting

How clearly you can share your ideas in a written proposal

How well you can negotiate with overseas suppliers

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We call this Next-Generation Blended Learning, which is underpinned by four fundamental principles:

Coherent cross-platform curriculum: A clear curriculum that spans delivery platforms to create a logical learning path. Learning materials are developed for the specific purpose of the course, not a jumbled collection of previously developed digital media resources and unrelated classroom content.

Methodological soundness: Courses are structured in a principled manner that draws on education theory to create rational sequences of learning challenges. We created Sprint based on best practice in instructional design theory, coupled with task-based learning methodology from our classroom background.

Difficulty gradient: Courses target learning at a space just beyond the reach of the unaided learner. This space is known as the zone of proximal development and ensures that learners are stretched throughout the course. This difficulty gradient must be carefully managed to maintain engagement.

Blended Learning has become a catch-all term for any program that combines online and face-to-face learning. But the truth is that many such programs could more accurately be described as Blended Delivery rather than Blended Learning. The delivery of the program may be blended across platforms, but the learning experience is isolated within each module.

In the language learning sector, most blended programs have typically been the result of adding a trainer component to an existing digital self-paced learning product. While any time spent with a trainer can be beneficial, the lack of integration between course content and training exercises between digital and trainer sessions can limit that benefit.

Furthermore, if the digital platform remains the core component of the program, that will also limit the potential for learning progress.

With the benefit of being able to build Sprint from the ground-up, we were able to design an integrated learning experience across our three delivery platforms while making the trainer-led sessions the focal point and driving force of the program.

Clear objectives: Courses must have explicit goals for multiple audiences, whether referring to the trainer, learner, line manager, or human resources department. These objectives are directly clearly linked to business outcomes.

Next-Generation Blended Learning

— Robert Szabó,Director of Pedagogy

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ReinforcementReinforcing face-to-face learning with follow-up micro-learning activities via our Mobile App.

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An Integrated Cross-Platform Learnship Experience— Proven, proprietary technologies

Sprint programs are delivered via the same award-winning Virtual Classroom used for our premium online, face-to-face training, alongside enhanced versions of the digital platform and mobile app initially developed by GlobalEnglish, and widely used by millions of learners around the world.

Pre-workPreparing the learner for the trainer-led session via our Digital Platform.

Trainer-ledWorking through a challenging business case study with the assistance of a skilled language trainer via our Virtual Classroom.

Fully integrated, coherent contentContent is specifically designed to work across each technology platform, providing a cohesive learning experience and progressive skill-building.

— Flipped classroom approach

A flipped classroom approach focuses on learner engagement and active learning. Learners are introduced to topics outside of the classroom, allowing for greater customization and more in-depth exploration of topics with their personal trainer.

Trainer-led approach

The trainer-led virtual classroom sessions are the focal point of every course, with digital pre-work designed to maximize the value of time spent with the trainer.

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Catalogue

Participating in Meetings

Business Negotiations

— Our range of high impact, short courses

— No-one on the sidelines

All courses are available at three levels:

Low Intermediate (A2) High Intermediate (B1) Advanced (B2/C1)

*Beginner (A1) content also availablefor general language learning

Business Presentations

Business Writing04

Premium Trainers.Positive Engagement

— Learnship Academy

All trainers are graduates of the Learnship Academy, where they become fluent in the effective online, face-to-face learning methods that the company has refined over the past ten years, building on the experience of hundreds of thousands of client engagements.

Our standards are so high that only 5% of applicants qualify and graduate from the Learnship Academy.

carefully selected from over 1,400 highly qualified trainers.

These are the same trainers who deliver our premium online, face-to-face programs. They are all native English, or native-level English speakers, with offline language training qualifications and experience in virtual business communication.

Learners meet with a highly qualified language trainer every week for the duration of their Sprint and work through real business scenarios designed to develop their understanding and correct application of skills-related language.

As the most critical element of the learning program, our trainers are

— Learnship Trainers

Beth Robinson Glasgow

• Bachelor’s Degree & TEFL Certified• 10 years’ language training experience• 2014 Learnship Academy graduate• Experience in Pharmaceutical English

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Purpose-Built Technologies

Personalized reinforcement exercises Short modules micro-learning Android and iOS Apps

— Learnship Virtual Classroom

Purpose-built online language classroom High quality audio and video Interactive tools

Learnship Digital Platform

User-friendly digital platform Wide range of learning topics PC / Mac / Android / iOS compatible Accessible 24/7

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LearnshipSmartphone App

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All three technology platforms have been purpose-built for online language training to deliver an engaging learner experience and effective online learning.

Each platform is already in use at thousands of organizations to deliver corporate language learning programs around the world.

Training material available after each session

Accessible 24/7

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Course Format

45 minDigital pre-work

30 or 60 minTrainer-led live session

15 minMicro-learning homework

Five-week online trainer-led courses with progressive learning modules focused on improving a specific communication skill with just two hours of training a week.

— Five Weeks. Two Hours. One Goal

— Three weekly training components

AI-augmented placement test

A 50-min comprehensive online test addressing the

four language skills (grammar, listening, reading, and

speaking), places learners in one of three learning levels

for each Sprint, aligned with the CEFR Scale.

WEEK 0

WEEKS 1 - 4

WEEK 5

Weekly, focused training plan

Weekly 2-hour training focusing on one specific sub-skill,

self-prepared on our Digital Platform, fully explored and

practically applied with a personal trainer, and reinforced

via the mobile app.

Review and assessment

A review of the course and its progressive learnings,

together with a final assessment to verify the acquisition

of new skills and certify course completion.

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Sample Weekly Learning PlanAdvanced

Business Objectives

Make basic small talk and generally maintain the flow of

the conversation.

Use a broad range of phrases to diplomatically manage

problems and reach a final decision in negotiations.

Adeptly clarify objections, unobtrusively establish the

interests of the other party and subtly attain a mutual

agreement even under difficult conditions.

Confidently lead negotiations, address real and perceived

concerns and manage complex and heated conflict

situations.

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A review of the four topics worked on during the Sprint,

and an assessment to verify and certify the acquisition of

new skills.

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Themes

Renegotiating deadlines,

renegotiating contracts

Merger; centralization and

decentralization

Negotiating contracts; giving

feedback

Lowering costs; negotiating

solutions

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Review & Assessment

Business Negotiations B2-C1

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Administration

— Real-time training status

Overview at a glance Engagement grades Disengagement alerts Real-time task completion status

Easily register each new learner from your Manager area, and check that they have completed their level assessment - or take action based on your dashboard alerts.

Program Managers have access to an information-rich dashboard to manage course deployment, manage learner activity, and identify any attendance issues.

— Onboarding & Registration

Monitor the progress of every individual learner at every stage of their Sprint.

— Individual Follow-up

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Testimonials« Navigation through the digital pre-work was easy, intuitive and a good learning experience. »-Advanced (Spain)

« The app is super! Perfect duration of exercises and motivating animations. »- High Intermediate (Germany)

« Really loved the pre-work — really helpful for the session! »- High Intermediate (Germany)

« Great trainer, really engaging, lots of roleplays.»-Advanced (Germany)

« The process of the platform is very simple and clear. »-Beginner (China)

« I like the fact that the content focuses on communication and there is repetition of language. »- Beginner (France)

«I find the overall product very good and convincing — blending the live sessions with pre-work and homework via the app is a great way to combine the different methods»-Advanced (Germany)

« The classroom session was interesting, and I definitely learned something »-Low Intermediate (China)

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Thank youfor your interest.Feel free to reach out to us to learn more about our Sprint training solution

Introducing Learnship Sprint · WEEK 5 Weekly, focused training plan Weekly 2-hour training focusing on one specific sub-skill, self-prepared on our Digital Platform, fully explored

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