Learn English Online with EC Live

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Free Online English Courses

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Free online English courses for:

✓ Employed or self-employed Tourism or Hospitality workers
✓ Unemployed previous Tourism and Hospitality workers
✓ International students

Ever thought you would like to learn English online? EC is proud to bring English language learning to the comfort of your home in conjunction with the Malta Tourism Authority and the Ministry for Tourism and Consumer Protection

EC English, world-renowned providers of Full-Immersion English courses, is now online:

✓ 29 years of experience
✓ Over half a million students successfully taught since 1991
✓ 30 physical schools across 24 cities in 8 countries
✓ Most awarded English language school in the industry

 

 

Real Outcomes

Our focus is on better learning outcomes for online English classes through our experienced teachers who are all qualified as well as through a combination of:
i) virtual learning
ii) online collaboration with other students and
iii) self-study
Research has proven that this combination increases overall student learning in online learning environments, allowing more time for student reflection, collaboration and student-to-student interactions.

EC Virtual

Learn

Our learning platform, Microsoft Teams, is designed for collaboration, so you are constantly virtually interacting with your fellow students around the world as well as your teacher.

EC Virtual

Develop

You'll develop more than just English skills, you'll also learn how to communicate in a multicultural environment – useful in any international business!

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Progress

Your progress is carefully monitored and recorded based on participation during virtual discussions and lessons, your attendance and more.

National Geographic Learning

While studying with EC Virtual, you'll also have access to EC Online, where you'll find plenty of self-study materials available for you. Thanks to our key partnership with National Geographic Learning you will have access to engaging learning materials that develop global competencies alongside English language skills.
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How does it work?

Before your class

Your teacher will set up a pre-class assignment with relevant questions for you to discuss on Teams with your classmates (in English!). This assignment can be anything from a reading or listening from your course book, a relevant video or article, or a Flashpoint from EC Online. Your conversations will be monitored by your teacher and progress recorded online.

During your class

You'll collaborate via video with small groups of 4-8 students from around the world and your teacher where you’ll outline your objectives and goals, discuss the questions and task from the pre-class assignment, review any questions and set up the post-class collaborative activity as well as the pre-class assignment for the next day.

After your class

You'll be asked to work on an English writing or speaking post-class collaboration activity which you will upload on Teams. Just like with the pre-class assignment, you can discuss virtually with your classmates and your English teacher can monitor the chat, giving feedback and error-correction where necessary.

What does an EC Virtual class discussion look like?

Students interact with each other and share their cultures in this great classroom example led by our Washington DC teacher, Wasim Younis. Want to start learning English online?

BOOK INTENSIVE ENGLISH
 

Included in your free online English course

Download more information about EC English

✓ Course eBooks powered by National Geographic Learning
✓ Access to our qualified English-speaking teachers
✓ Live classes
✓ Structured collaboration with your classmates
✓ Full access to EC Online with many self-study resources
✓ Regular writing and speaking tests
✓ FREE access to Microsoft Office for 12 months including Word, PowerPoint, and much more!
✓ Access to online school social activities on Teams

Our Passion for Teaching

Meet some of the teachers helping students achieve their goals on EC Virtual.

 

Nita Yukseloglu | EC Auckland

 

Grant Brown | EC New York

 

Joe | EC Malta