ef english live type private industry internet e learning founded 1996 headquarters switzerland parent ef education first website englishlive.ef.com ef english live formerly known as ef englishtown is an online english school offering e learning for adults . 1 a division of ef education first ef english live has worked with 1 200 companies and has 15 million users . 2 contents 1 history 2 partnerships 3 awards and recognition 4 related companies and organizations 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit ef english live was founded in 1996 by bill fisher 3 and is headquartered in lucerne switzerland with a research and development center in shanghai . partnerships edit ef english live was chosen as the official language training supplier to the beijing 2008 olympics 4 and the 16th asian games 2010 . 5 ef english live was chosen by the ministry of tourism in brazil and funda o roberto marinho to teach english to more than 80 000 people in the country for the 2014 fifa world cup . 6 awards and recognition edit ef english live won the following awards interactive media award ima 7 comenius edumedia award 8 human resource executive s top training product of the year award 9 distinction winner mobile apps and websites education 10 learning impact 2011 gold awards established initiatives 11 2010 brandon hall excellence in learning technology awards bronze medals best advance in learning management technology for global training & compliance training 12 e learning award silver winner of best online or distance learning programme education 13 red herring 100 asia top 100 tech startup 14 w awards gold winner of general website categories education 15 2010 webaward outstanding achievement in web development 16 davey awards 2010 silver winner 17 related companies and organizations edit ef english live is a part of ef education first . founded in 1965 ef is the world s largest private educational company with a group of 15 subsidiaries and non profit organizations centered on language learning educational travel cultural exchange and academic programs . see also edit e learning ef education first hult international business school ef english proficiency index references edit englishtown inc. private company information businessweek bloomberg businessweek . retrieved on 2010 10 21 ef opens four new international language centers abroad to meet young people s demand for hip and exotic study destinations 2010 10 . digital journal . retrieved on 2010 10 22 leadership abcs bios bill fisher the american chamber of commerce people s republic of china . retrieved on 2010 10 22 english first ef selected as official language training supplier of beijing 2008 olympic games 2007 03 02 . beijing 2008 olympics . retrieved on 2010 10 21 ef named asian games language training service supplier 2009 07 20 . guangzhou asian games organising committee . retrieved on 2010 10 21 ef education first to be official language training provider for 2014 world cup in brazil 2009 11 18 . asianet . retrieved on 2010 10 21 ef englishtown wins prestigious education award 2010 07 . checkpoint learning . retrieved on 2010 10 21 cox s. world s largest online language school wins prestigious award 2010 7 25 the education weekly . retrieved on 2010 10 22 best of the bunch 2010 09 16 . human resource executive online . retrieved on 2010 10 21 17th annual communicator award of distinction winners 2011 03 16 . the communicator awards . retrieved on 2011 11 14 ims global learning consortium announces the 2011 learning impact award winners 2011 05 24 . ims global learning consortium . retrieved on 2011 11 14 best advance in learning management technology for global training 2010 04 12 . brandon hall group . retrieved on 2011 11 14 the e learning awards winners 2010 2010 07 01 . the e learning age . retrieved on 2011 11 14 2010 red herring asia winners 2010 02 10 . red herring . retrieved on 2011 11 14 2010 w awards of gold winners 2010 04 11 . 2010 w awards . retrieved on 2011 11 14 the web marketing association is proud to present this 2010 webaward 2010 06 8 . web marketing association . retrieved on 2011 11 14 2010 davey awards 2010 silver winners 2010 08 19 . davey awards . retrieved on 2011 11 14 external links edit ef english live website ef education first website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ef english live & oldid 707040253 categories english language educationonline educationonline schoolstraining companies of europeef education first navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a 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