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SpeakToday
The Libra Interactive Learning launches
India’s first interactive English learning program
 “Seventy five percent of India lives in villages where literacy levels even as high as 60 percent may not translate into jobs because of lack of communication skills. It is estimated that of the 547 million people currently under the age group of 20 years, only 11 % are likely to become graduates. Worse, an even smaller percentage of this figure can be expected to land jobs complementing their respective education because of their poor English communication skills. It was this that prompted us at Libra Interactive Learning to launch SpeakToday,” said Sunjay Aryan, Managing Director, Libra Interactive Learning while launching SpeakToday, India’s first interactive English learning program here today.
Speaking about how English has become an uncompromising requirement today, Sunjay Aryan said, “The current year 2010 is expected to create 2 million jobs in the organised retail sector while BPOs may absorb 23 lakh employees. However, both these sectors require proficiency in English, something that is currently absent amongst many High school as well as undergraduate youth.”
“Also, currently English is taught in a classroom with minimum student strength of 30, allowing limited opportunity to speak and practice the right accent. SpeakToday by Libra is a product that can train even in the comfort of a home, with individual attention, perfecting not only oral communication skills but also refining the English accent,” added Aryan.
Designed to speak English in the most interactive way, ensuring the learner acquires a neutral accent, Libra’s SpeakToday comes with a special animated trainer teaching not just to communicate in English, but also grammar with pronunciation corrections. This training is imparted with the help of a chosen regional language like Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi etc.
The company has tied up with several training institutes in Bangalore for imparting training in English through SpeakToday.
Speaking on the occasion, Laxminarasappa, Managing Director, Winners academy, one
of the franchisees of SpeakToday said, “SpeakToday’s user friendly graphic interface makes it an easy tool to operate even for those not conversant with using a computer.
The friendly animated character, speaking initially in the chosen regional language, encourages the learner to have a conversation in English. We are getting a lot of admissions everyday for English learning at all our centers.”
“The intense training provided by SpeakToday also has the potential to convert students to future language teachers, opening up business opportunities in the communication segment,” felt Laxminarasappa.
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