TESOL’s Top Executives Visit 8D World, Complimenting Wiz World Online

TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) is the world’s largest English teachers’ professional organization. On December 5, 2009, Mark Algen (TESOL’s President 2009-2010), Chuck Amorosino (TESOL’s Executive Director) and Dr. Jun Liu (TESOL’s President 2005-2007) visited 8D World and discussed the latest trends in English education with 8D World’s senior managers.

Mark Algen, Chuck Amorosino, Dr. Jun Liu with 8D World’s CEO Alex Wang

Rick Goodman, 8D World’s VP and Chief Product Officer provided a live demo of Wiz World Online to the TESOL guests. “I am impressed with the potential for Wiz World Online to engage young English language learners in an online virtual world to improve their spoken English skills. There’s never enough classroom time for speaking, and some students are reluctant to speak up in front of classmates,” said Mark Algen. “If kids are going to play computer games, why not use the opportunity to be educational as well? The anonymity of a virtual world can help reduce inhibitions and lead to more language use. The graphics are engaging and the use of cutting-edge speech recognition and assessment software makes the virtual world challenging and exciting not only from a gaming perspective, but from a language angle as well.”

Wiz World Online is attracting more and more active and loyal English learners in China. The TESOL guests believed Wiz World Online would also be very successful in other English learning countries around the world.