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I have found two companies who responded to my case for training their staff using the Globish/English model. My main  focus in both cases is providing training in spoken English using Globish in Globish courseware.

In both cases training sessions began a few weeks ago and I am happy to report that I am getting positive reaction from the trainees and their managers.

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My associates in Globish have developed this new view of how Globish can be studied in Globish/English.

It’s a Power Point presentation.

100615 charts for Robert

Based on what I have seen and heard about the way that English is being taught in Dalian, I have felt more and more that there must be a better way than taking the whole or Oxford/Cambridge English approach.

A few years ago, I encountered a mention of Globish in an article by Robert McCrum who reports in The Guardian. Since then he has published several more articles and a book whose cover illustration appears to the left of this text.

About a month ago I sent an email query to the Globish – www.globish.com – info email address. In the weeks following that I have had email exchanges and Skype conversations with Christian Jud, who works and lives in Mission BC, Jean-Paul Nerriere, who gave birth to Globish a few years ago based on his own experience as an international executive with IBM and Peugeot as well as with David Hon, who co-authored “Globish, World Over” and Globish in Globish a course delivered by Internet to web clients and Internet enabled mobile phones.

Step by step I have been getting into the case for Globish and expect to work with the above to develop and implement a business development plan for a Globish business in China.

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Teaching English, as a second language is a big business in Dalian and China. We will offer internet based (iBT) tools for TOEFL, TOEIC, Accent Reduction and Business English, as well as Call Center audits. Our target markets will include medium sized private schools as well as non-native English speakers working for international tech companies and business process outsourcing companies.

At this time we have negotiated a reseller agreement with one medium sized private school that is located in Xi’an and Beijing.

We will work with the principals of Globish, especially Jean-Paul Nerriere and David Hon, on a business model to introduce Globish as a more effective way to improving English communication skills for Chinese managers and staff, as well as the general population in China that want to have “enough English” to do business and travel around the world.

A secondary  business will focus on developing a “concierge, or help desk” service for expats and their families who are new arrivals in Dalian.

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