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Updated on Thursday, 22July2021- 12:07

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The paradox is that it is difficult for Spaniards to learn English despite studying it for years without exceeding, in most cases, the "Intermediate" level.

According to experts, the problem is how things are done.

You need a good method, that the student believes in it, that you feel the progress from the first day, and put all the means so that the abandonment does not occur.



Paradigm shift

Since its creation in 2011,

8Belts has been

working to end this "curse" and get Spaniards to be fluent in a foreign language in less than a year. 8Belts was born as a 100% online system, designed to take advantage of the full potential of new technologies, orienting them to success and developed a disruptive method as a result of the scientific work of a team of linguists, teachers, psychologists ... who created a revolutionary concept: the

"words profitability index"

.

To make this index, each language is mapped, giving a mathematical ranking to each of the words that compose it.

This ranking is made in a linguistic laboratory that analyzes two variables: the "frequency of use" and the degree of "combinibility" of the words and phrases in the language to be taught.

By learning and using the most used words, students exponentially improve their communication skills, feel reinforced and maintain their commitment.

AI and Big Data

Throughout the years 8Belts has maintained a process of continuous improvement in which the pioneering incorporation of

Artificial Intelligence

to personalize the learning method stands out. The new algorithm adapts the method to the progress and real knowledge of each student. The system redirects you based on how you study, the hours you spend, what you have learned ... to configure a plan that adapts in real time to your progress, improving your experience and commitment and motivating you to continue. In addition, the algorithm has an intelligent listening system, which increases the speed of learning, improves the review of those topics that the student has not assimilated 100% and allows to achieve 100% use of the time spent.

Thanks to the use of AI, the tutor has a scorecard that provides accurate information on the work and progress of each student and helps them make the best decisions to boost their progress.

The platform also learns thanks to Big Data

The latest version of the platform allows data to be analyzed using

Big Data

to improve the experience of each student, through algorithms that learn from the use of the tool by users in real time.

In this way, all students benefit not only from their own experience, but from that of all students.

"Our goal -

explains

Carlos Moreno

, director of the R + D + i team at 8Belts -

is that not only the students learn, but also the platform, which is enriched every day by the experience of tens of thousands of students."

The system collects and analyzes the time the student spends studying, their learning speed, and based on this information, it enhances certain parts of the learning in which the student is weaker and spends less time on those where they have more solid knowledge.

"Human Student Centric System"

The incorporation of these technologies, practice from day one and a student-centered teaching method make up the

Human Student Centric System (HSCS)

, a model that allows learning a language much faster than traditional systems.

The "Human Student Centric System" places the student at the center of the learning process and continuously adapts to its evolution based on two main vectors: progress and consolidation of what has been learned.

Talk from day one

In the first week, the student has conversations and is using the cognitive part of the brain, which processes and generates language, which requires more effort to learn, but saves what has been learned better, enhancing fluency and memorization.

"The key - says Fernando Moreno, CEO of 8Belts - is to learn what is useful and not learn what is useless. Our algorithms make the achievement rate reach 100%. And there are two ways to achieve it: Preventing students from forgetting what they have learned and deliberately excluding less relevant information. "

What is 8Belts and what does it do?

8Belts is a unique and revolutionary online language learning methodology.

It is not a common language course (the one that we have surely tried without success), it is a learning route that allows you to speak a language in 8 months, even if you start from scratch spending only 30 minutes a day.

English, French, German and Chinese are the languages ​​that can currently be studied on this platform.

Upon entering the 8Belts learning path, a personal tutor is assigned who will be the one who watches over the progress of each student and who will accompany them throughout the journey.

Every week each student has several trainings with native speakers, since "speaking" is one of the strengths of this system.

The platform allows freedom of schedules.

Just 30 minutes a day for 8 months to be able to function without problems or insecurity in the chosen language.


The keys to the method

  • Master a language in 8 months

  • 100% online

  • Word profitability index

  • AI to personalize learning

  • Big Data to improve the student experience

  • Human Student Centric System

  • Control panel of the tutor, which helps to manage the evolution of each student.


Cambridge Certifications

8Belts has incorporated a very important novelty this year for all its English students and that is that, from now on, when they finish their learning route, they will be able to certify their level thanks to the recent association with the prestigious

University of Cambridge

and its Linguaskill exam. It tests all four language skills: speaking, writing, reading, and listening.

It is the official

 Cambridge

 online

certification exam

and the only one that can be taken in a non-face-to-face way.

Compared to the Cambridge face-to-face exams, where the student takes a certain level (for example B1) and if they pass it they get the certification of that level, in Linguaskill the student receives their level accreditation according to the 4 fundamental skills oral comprehension, reading, writing and conversation.

In this way, in a single exam you will be able to accredit a different level A1, A2, B1, B2 and C1 in each of the available skills.

Support and accompaniment of 8Belts

To facilitate this certification, 8Belts has created an

ad hoc

offer

that includes the

Cambridge Placement Test

initial assessment by Cambridge when contracting the course, if the student interested in knowing their initial level and a

Preparation Path for the certification

that activates a Once the fluency path has been completed (at least 8 months after study on the path), which lasts for 3 months but never expires.

The Fluency

Path is the specific 8Belts path to becoming fluent in a given language.

Usually multiplies the speed of a student to advance in a language.

For its part,

the certification path

complements the 8Belts training with specific knowledge for the certification exam and is useful if the student needs or wants to achieve official Cambridge certification.


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