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EF Education First is an organisation of language schools that was founded 1965 in Sweden by Bertil Hult. It consists of 14 separate subsidiaries focused around language travel, educational travel, cultural exchange, au pair and academic studies. The company employs over 26000 people in offices across 51 countries. Bertil Hult retired to be chairman of the board and Louise Julian is now CEO. Image File history File links Information. ... Shortcut: WP:WIN Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and, as a means to that end, also an online community. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOV Wikipedia policy is that all articles should be written from a neutral point of view. ... Shortcut: WP:RULES Wikipedia is a collaborative project and its founders and contributors have a common goal: Wikipedia has some policies and guidelines that help us to work toward that common goal. ... A language school is where one can learn a foreign language. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Language travel is a fairly broad term used for all language studies conducted abroad. ... Au pair is an anglicization of the French term au pair, which means on par or equal to and describes a young person living on an equal basis with a host family in a foreign country. ... Louise Julian is the tour leader who in 2002 assumed the position of CEO at EF Education after the founder Bertil Hult. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...

History

• 1965 Bertil Hult took a small group of Swedish students to the United Kingdom to study English during the summer.
• 1970-1979 EF opened offices in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Mexico.
• 1978 The Swedish Princess Margareta opened EF's International Language School in Cambridge. The British Department of Education acknowledged EF.
• 1983 EF's first American language school opened.
• 1985 EF welcomes its 1,000,000th student.
• 1988 EF is selected as the official language school for the Olympics in Seoul.
• 1993 EF English First becomes the first foreign-owned language school in Shanghai.
• 1997 Englishtown.com is founded to teach English over the internet.
• 1997 EF participates in the Whitbread Round the World Race with two boats. EF Education and EF Language of which the latter is the first ever all female crewed boat to take part in the competition.
• 2003 The name of the Arthur D Little School of Management is changed to Hult International Business School, after Bertil Hult became its main sponsor.
• 2005 EF celebrates its 40th birthday and reveals its EFekta system.
• 2006 EF and Smithsonian Institution announce educational travel partnership called, Smithsonian Student Travel.

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Languages

EF currently teaches 7 languages:

• German in Munich
• English in the United States, Canada, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom
• Italian in Rome
• French in Nice and Paris
• Spanish in Barcelona, Málaga, Costa Rica and Quito
• Mandarin in Shanghai and Bejing
• Dutch in Vught
• Russian in Moscow and St. Petersburg

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Organisation

• EF Language Travel offers language travel to people aged between 9-15. This is the original product and it is now offered in both summer and winter and in combination with several activities such as golf, dancing or horse riding.
• EF International Language Schools offers language studies abroad to anyone aged 16 and up. The courses range between 2-52 weeks and are offered to all skill level and ages.
• EF Academic Year Abroad offers exchange studies to high school and college studies where one can combine academic and/or language studies.
• EF Corporate Language Training offers tailored language training to adults and corporations.
• EF English First offers language studies in the home country and consists of a network of over 500 schools across the globe, from Shanghai to Mexico City.
• Englishtown.com offers online language training for all skill levels on the Internet.
• Cultural Care Au Pair helps young people to experience the USA for a year, working as an Au pair.
• EF Educational Tours and Smithsonian Student Travel give teachers the opportunity to integrate educational travel into their schedule.
• EF Foundation for Foreign Study is a non-profit organization that welcomes international exchange students to the United States and matches them with volunteer host families.

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External links

• EF Education First Ltd
• EF Foundation for Foreign Study
• EF International Language Schools
• EF Language Travel
• EF English First
• EF Englishtown - online english learning
• Cultural Care Au Pair in the USA
• EF High School Year in the USA
• Smithsonian Student Travel

See also

• Blyth Education
• MEI Academy
• Neuchâtel Junior College