Ready to Run Reaches Finals in 2020 PIEoneer Awards
/The 2020 award for an innovation that impacts international students has selected Ready to Run as a finalist. The award in the “digital innovation - learning” category is for a technology that significantly impacts the way teachers teach and students learn.
Ready to Run is a disruptive innovation in the English language industry, enabling courses to access a large catalogue of authentic video and lesson materials. Built around contemporary stories and global voices, this digital resource enables students to access native speech, build all four language skills, and critical thinking. It’s designed for blended, online or in-person mode and transforms the process of English language readiness for international education pathways, simplifying and improving the options for teachers and learners alike.
Digital features of Ready to Run that the selectors responded to include:
Authentic materials from real-life vloggers or broadcast showing global English
The flexible re-working of resources to different channels from print to online
A technical solution designed for smartphone-native generation
The scale and reach of Ready to Run across four continents including technical setups to enable China-based students to access authentic language training.
Adam Salkeld, Director of Ready to Run, said: “Ready to Run is an innovative and culturally relevant approach to English. English is now so important for study across the entire international education industry and our high quality online English programme is already helping HE organisations worldwide to keep teaching and keep students engaged during the Covid-19 crisis”
Ready to Run is used by English professionals globally, is licensed into digital EAP and IEP courses by OUP, Richmond, Macmillan and others, and installed as the default English content on the web platforms of over 20 school and university resource providers worldwide. For more details please contact Digital Learning Associates, creator of Ready to Run.
Background: PIE (Professionals in International Education) with the influential PIE News focuses on transnational education, reporting developments especially in the English Language sector which underpins the global student mobility. PIE’s annual awards programme, run in conjunction with major ELT players including IELTS, Pearson, Oxford International, celebrates innovation and achievement. 2019 award winners included leading universities from Australia, UK and Canada and innovators working internationally from USA, Turkey and Tunisia. Ready to Run is proud to be nominated to such company and wishes all this year’s finalists good luck at the ceremony on 11th September 2020.