Spanish Competitors

The Instituto Cervantes is a public institution founded in 1991 by the Government of Spain, with the aim of promoting Spanish language teaching, and fostering knowledge of Spanish and Hispanic American culture. Currently, the Institute has 78 centers located in 44 countries. Its main headquarters are in Madrid and in Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes. Given that Spanish is the 2nd most widely-used language for international communication in areas such as finance, culture and science, in addition to being a language that facilitates job opportunities, the Instituto Cervantes is the reference for quality in the promotion and dissemination of Spanish-speaking culture. Hence, our objectives and purposes are as follows: •To organize general and special Spanish courses, as well as courses in Spain’s co-official languages. •To organize the exams for the Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera: DELE), as well as to issue official certificates and diplomas on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain. •To be up-to-date in our teaching methods and in the training of professors. •To support the work done by Hispanists. •To participate in programs that aim to promote the Spanish language. •To carry out cultural promotion activities in collaboration with other Spanish and Hispanic American organizations, as well as with host country organizations. •To place libraries equipped with the latest technology, at the disposal of the public.

Lingoda is an online language school building bridges around the world through language learning. Founded in Berlin, Germany in 2013, we offer online language courses in German, English, Business English, French, Spanish and Italian to more than 100,000 students worldwide. Our private and small group classes are taught by 1,500+ qualified, native-level teachers from around the world, leading more than 550,000 classes per year. Our lessons are offered 24/7, empowering even the busiest people to master a language and unlock their potential, at any time from anywhere. We believe in a communicative approach to language learning that allows students to put their new language skills into practice immediately. Our CEFR-aligned learning materials are designed by linguistic experts and focus on meaningful topics that relate to our students’ interests, careers and everyday lives. Thanks to our extensive rotating roster of teachers and our small group classes, students are exposed to a variety of regional accents and expressions within the same language and have the time and space to practice speaking in every lesson. Our diverse team includes over 250 international professionals, representing dozens of countries and languages. In 2021, Lingoda won the EdTech Cool Tool Award for the Best Language Learning Solution; the Europas Awards also named Lingoda as 2021’s Hottest EdTech StartUp. We have a score of 4.4 on Trustpilot and 74% of our reviews rated as ‘excellent’ because we offer a high-quality and authentic learning experience that helps students achieve their learning goals and speak a new language with confidence. Lingoda GmbH Bergmannstr. 102-103 Berlin 10961, Germany Phone: +49 (0)30 166 39 436 Email: contact@lingoda.com

The International House World Organisation (IHWO) is one of the largest and oldest groups of language schools in the world. Founded in 1953, we are a global network of over 130 affiliated private language schools in 45 countries, spanning every continent. Our schools teach English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Arabic and a wide variety of other languages and are all independently owned and run. Quality is at the core of everything we do. Only schools that meet our exceptional quality standards are allowed to use the International House brand. International House pioneered Teacher Training programmes for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and our courses and centres remain some of the most sought after in the industry. Many of the course books used today by ELT teachers are written by teaching experts trained by International House. These include Headway, Cutting Edge, Language To Go, Natural Grammar and Fountain. The International House World Organisation operates in four key areas: We publicise our member schools to students and agents We provide teacher training We organise events to publicise our member schools to agents and other stakeholders We set industry standards in quality language teaching