Case Study: Exploring Blended Learning for English as a Second Language

EC English is a group of schools within the language travel industry that teaches English as a Foreign Language (EFL) through a full immersion, continuous enrollment model. EC operates 24 schools across 5 countries including the US, Canada, UK, Malta, and South Africa. Around 40,000 students from 140 countries come to one of these centers each year to study English. Students take courses ranging from 1 week to a full academic year, with an average length of stay of 6 weeks. The typical EC student is in her mid-twenties and comes to EC in order to enhance her career prospects, further her…