PEARSON
ピアソン桐原
2011/09/29
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■「Longman English Interactive」とは?
Longman English Interactiveは全4レベルのビデオベースの総合スキルプログラムです。各レベル100時間以上の解説と文法、スピーキング、リスニング、語彙、発音、リーディング、ライティングを取り上げた演習問題を収録しています。 いつでもどこでもオンラインにアクセス可能で、点数とコメントが自動的に表示されるシステムです。現実に即した実践的な設定によるビデオセグメントでは文法がどのように使われるかも分かりやすく解説します。また、演習問題と同時に進行していく英語力診断テストにより、どの程度習得したかを測ることができます。
画期的かつリッチなコンテンツは国内外で高い評価を得ており、優れた教育ソフトに贈られる BESSIE賞も2008年に受賞しています。
■「Versant」とは?
Versantは電話やパソコンでいつでも受験できる英語コミュニケーション能力測定ツールです。試験時間は約15分、試験終了後数分でオンラインでのスコアを確認できるという画期的な速さです。受験者がどの程度英語を聞き取り、それを瞬時に理解し英語で発話できるかを測定します。高度な音声認識技術を用いたコンピュータ完全自動採点システムで、受験者の発話力を客観的かつ的確に診断します。
1997年にサービス提供を開始、日本では2000年から導入され、現在世界100カ国以上で使われています。日本国内外の大手企業や大学はもちろん、米国防総省、米国土安全保障省、オランダ政府移民局等での導入実績を持つ信頼度の高い英語コミュニケーション力測定ツールとして、世界中で認められており、今春から楽天も採用を決定しました。今回提供する英会話コースでも受講者の英語力をVersantで測定していただきます。
http://www.versant.jp
【株式会社ピアソン桐原 会社概要】
代表者:代表取締役社長 ブレンダン・デラハンティ
所在地:〒163-6023 東京都新宿区西新宿6-8-1 新宿オークタワー23F ※今年8月に本社移転
設立:1967年12月 資本金:4億9600万円
事業内容:教科書・参考書・問題集・語学書・辞書出版、e-ラーニング教材・デジタルコンテンツ開発(iPhoneアプリ、NintendoDSソフト、電子辞書等)
URL:www.pearsonkirihara.jp
【本リリースに関するお問い合わせ先】
株式会社ピアソン桐原 マーケティング部 広報担当:柴田亜矢子
E-mail: press-japan@pearson.com
Collaboration between Nikkei and Pearson Kirihara:
Pearson Kirihara to provide content for Nikkei's Business Academy
Tokyo September 29 2011: Pearson Kirihara K.K. (President: Brendan Delahunty),
a learning company with a portfolio that provides innovative textbooks, online
testing, software solutions and integrated services has entered into an
agreement with Nikkei Inc. (President: Tsuneo Kita) to provide content and
services to the Nikkei Business Academy, Nikkei's learning and development
portal which supports the personal development of their business professionals,
from October 2012.
Initially, Pearson will provide Longman English Interactive, an online English
course, and Versant™, a tool which automatically measures English speaking,
listening, reading and writing skills.
Longman English Interactive
Longman English Interactive is a video-based, four-level comprehensive skills
program. Each level includes over 100 hours of tuition in grammar, speaking,
listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, and writing. This is an online
system that is accessible any time and displays scores and comments
automatically. The video segments, which are based on realistic, practical
situations, explain how grammar works in an easy-to-understand manner.
Moreover, students can measure how much they have learned via diagnostic tests
that are given in parallel with exercises. The rich, innovative content enjoys
an excellent reputation both in Japan
and internationally and won the prestigious BESSIE Award in 2008 for high
quality educational software.
The Versant™ English Placement Test
Pearson's Versant™ English Placement Test automatically evaluates the English
speaking, listening, reading and writing skills of non-native English speakers,
using speech processing technology and Pearson's unique implementation of
latent semantic analysis. The test can be taken anytime via telephone or PC and
takes approximately 15 minutes. The software assesses speaking skills
objectively and accurately and offers breakthrough speed that means test scores
can be displayed several minutes after the test has been taken.
Launched in 1997, Versant™ was introduced in Japan in 2000. Currently it is used
in over 100 countries around the world by leading enterprises and universities
in Japan
and abroad including the U.S. Defense Department, the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, and the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Office. Rakuten
also decided to adopt the test this spring. Nikkei will use the test from
October in English conversational skills programs. http://www.versant.jp
About Pearson / Pearson Kirihara
Pearson is the world's leading learning company. Our education business
combines 150 years of experience in publishing with the latest learning
technology and online support. We are also part of the wider Pearson family
which includes Penguin, Dorling Kindersley and the Financial Times.
We provide education and assessment services in more than 65 countries. Our
courses and resources are available in print, online and through multi-lingual
packages, helping people learn whatever, wherever and however they choose.
Products such as MyLabs are changing education practice worldwide.
At Pearson, we take learning personally. Every day our work helps learning
flourish, and wherever learning flourishes, so do people.
Pearson Kirihara is the new fully merged company of former Pearson Education
Japan and Kirihara Shoten, and has served as Pearson's Japan office
since August, 2010.
For more information about Pearson Kirihara, please visit: www.pearsonkirihara.jp
For more information about Pearson, please visit: www.pearson.com
For more information about Versant™ English Test, please visit: www.versant.jp
Representative: Brendan Delahunty, President
Location: 23F, Shinjuku Oak Tower,
6-8-1, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
163-6023. * The
head office was relocated to this location in August 2011. Establishment:
December 1967.
Capital: 496 million yen.
Business Segments: Publication of textbooks, reference books, workbooks,
language books, and
dictionaries, and the development of e-learning materials and digital contents
(iPhone
applications, Nintendo DS software, electronic dictionaries, etc.).
URL: www.pearsonkirihara.jp
For more information, please contact: Ayako Shibata, Public Relations and
Marketing Department, Pearson Kirihara K.K. E-mail: press-japan@pearson.com

