Verbalists and PRODIREKT show appreciation for frontliners and healthcare workers with free scholarships for English learning

Free English courses for healthcare workers

THE GIFT OF LANGUAGE

The gift of language changes lives, so we want to improve the lives of those who save our lives!

We are exited to announce the launch of our “The Gift of Language” campaign! In partnership with British LAL Language Centres (LAL), we offer 2 scholarships, worth €900 each, for selected healthcare and frontline workers. READ MORE

The new challenges for schools and online learning

Online language learning challenges for foreign language schools, PRODIREKT Academic Advising

When language schools were forced to suspend in-person classes earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic many switched immediately to online delivery in order to continue teaching currently enrolled students.

Students and agents now face a myriad of online learning programs, many of them with questionable pricing and quality. Should online language learning courses be just a simple Zoom or Skype teaching, or should they be developed into true E-learning systems taught by trained teachers? READ MORE

Yale’s most popular class ever has become available for free online…and it teaches you how to be happier!

Yale free online course on the subject how to be happier

In the spring of 2018, the Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos unveiled a new course, Psychology and the Good Life. The subject was happiness. The reaction was unprecedented. Psychology and the Good Life became the most popular class ever taught in Yale University’s 317-year history, and garnered national and international media attention.

Santos’ course was a blend of abstract and concrete. It combined positive psychology with the real-life applications of behavioral science. It debunked popular notions of what makes people happy (like the luxury Mercedes-Benz status symbol) and helped students understand the habits they should build to lead truly happier, more fulfilled lives. READ MORE