Language learning marketplace Preply has raised $50 million in Series C funding as it looks to solidify its foothold in US and Europe markets.

My experience in higher education, and [Goodman’s] experience in tech, and the new developments of voice technology in the last 18 months, all converged to create an incredible opportunity

World-famous gaming platform Minecraft has partnered with Cambridge Assessment University to create an interactive world where players can practice their English language skills.

Sunago will deliver Malaysia’s first online workplace English course endorsed by the Ministry of Human Resources, after signing with education publisher Pearson.

Over 50% of the 60 countries studied have improved their English proficiency over the past six years with Scandinavian countries maintaining the lead and Asia overtaking Latin American and the Middle East. Turkey saw the largest improvement in language ability while Sweden has the highest English proficiency score and Iraq the lowest.