Study Travel Magazine – Agents Speak Out: Verbalists on the strong Pound and how it affected language travel in the Balkan region in 2015

Language education and travel industry issues, Study Travel Magazine, Verbalists

The Study Travel Magazine, one of the best known and most read publications in the education and travel industry, published in its December issue several responses from the leading education agents in East and Southeast Europe on the subject of the strength of the British Pound and its impact on language education opportunities around the globe.

Commenting on how the rise of the British Pound has affected people’s choice of destination for language learning, Maja Merdovic, Education Program Manager at Prodirekt, said READ MORE

New dimensions in language learning in Southeast Europe

Language learning in Serbia, Verbalisti

IALC Workshop in Vienna revealed the increase in demand for learning languages other than English in Southeast Europe.

Belgrade, 19th September 2015 – Educational group PRODIREKT and the Verbalisti language network today announced new higher education partnerships which were forged at the workshop in Vienna, organized by IALC (International Association of Language Centres). During the workshop, which took place at the prestigious Vienna Savoy Hotel on 16th and 17th September 2015, 21 study travel agents met 16 IALC-accredited schools from 11 countries teaching 5 languages. READ MORE

PRODIREKT at the Berlin Workshop; the partnership with Greg Norman Champions Golf Academy announced

Berlin, Germany — November 8, 2014 — Representatives of the Verbalists Language Network and PRODIREKT just returned from the ICEF Berlin Workshop 2014, the world’s largest gathering of universities, language schools, education consultants, and agents. In contrast to student recruitment fairs and exhibitions, ICEF Workshops are closed to the general public. This year 2,343 participants travelled to Berlin for three days (02-04 November) of targeted meetings, seminars and networking held at the five-star InterContinental hotel. Overall, participants from 103 countries participated in 26,879 pre-scheduled meetings. READ MORE

A debating club, with a unique English conversation course, opens in Belgrade

English conversational courses in Serbia

Belgrade, Serbia — October 10, 2014 — The education group PRODIREKT today launched the attractive English conversation program dubbed Verbalizuj se! (Verbalize Yourself!).

This unique program is organized by the Verbalists language education group, which is part of the PRODIREKT company. Debates and open discussions are excellent for language learning because they engage students in a variety of cognitive and linguistic ways. One of the things that make this program special and different from other courses is that it gives students the opportunity to discuss current and important issues with celebrities and leading business people. READ MORE

Verbalists’ language learning has become 100.000+ members strong

strani jezici i jezicka mreza verbalisti na facebooku

The US based education group PRODIREKT LLC today announced that its Verbalists Education & Language Network’s Facebook business page reached 100,000 fans.

PRODIREKT has always been very much involved in creating an awareness as to the power of social media as a tool for reaching out to potential foreign language learners. The Verbalists network diversifies the language learning practice in Europe by introducing innovative and up-to-date approaches, such as learning through social media and entertainment. The network features various online language learning tools and YouTube videos. Additional educational content and links to their social media pages can be accessed through the Verbalists website http://verbalistseducation.com. READ MORE