Prepare your learners with the language skills and confidence to succeed
Your learners are asking for help in two key areas.
Increase their speaking practice
50% of learners say there are not enough opportunities to use English outside of the classroom and 46% believe there is not enough English spoken in the classroom.
Build real-life English skills
56% of learners say that there was too much focus on English grammar and vocabulary in their formal education.
Explore the findings in full
"The Global Scale of English is the most useful tool available for teachers in the market. We encourage every single teacher to use it."
Macarena Sanzano, Coordinator of the English for Work Program, Ministry of Education, GCBA
"Teacher education must rethink the way it prepares future teachers. Unless teacher training focuses more on the skills needed for real-world communication, the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application is likely to persist, leaving today's learners and tomorrow's workers frustrated with knowing the rules but being unable to use them when they need to communicate."
Belgin Elmas, Head of the English Language Teaching Department, TED University
*Survey of 5,000 speakers of English as a second or additional language from across the globe, conducted by PSB Insights and Pearson, October 2023. For full details, check out the Research Overview in the Global report.