English Teacher Training College

The English Teacher Training College and its associated Bilingual Classroom Initiative (ABCi) is a not-for-profit Austrian college with campuses in Vorchdorf, Pressbaum, Wolfsberg and Bregenz registered with the Federal Ministry of the Interior.[1] Founded by educators Frank Carle, Ben Stone and Jakob Gfrerer in 2011, the college works in partnership with Austrian students, teachers and schools to promote English culture, language and sport in state schools, while providing subsidized teacher training courses for aspiring teachers.[2]

The activities of the organization revolve around two areas: firstly, as a college, working with Trinity College London[3] and University of Cambridge to provide a practical education in teacher training for student teachers from the English-speaking world. Secondly, as a charity outreach, to promote language learning, cultural exchange and foster understanding between English-speaking countries and Austria by bringing teachers from English-speaking countries into Austrian classrooms to conduct English projects. The college's publicly stated plans are to reach all the children in Austria with a free English project by the year 2020 while providing subsidized Teaching English as a Foreign Language courses for young teachers from around the world.[4]

Between 2011 and 2016, the college’s initiative worked with 198,805 Austrian children[5] while providing scholarships to study teaching English as a foreign language from across the English-speaking world in new methodologies like task-based language learning and communicative language teaching.

In spring 2017, the organization partnered with and was officially recognized by the Austrian Ministry of Education

In September of 2017, the college came under the control of it's new financial benefactor, Gerhard Riedl, a Gmunden-based inventor and businessman. [6] Under his leadership, the college's new board was directed to implement an array of major new measures in an attempt to improve and modernize the college.

In August 2018, after going into insolvency and shutting down, this company decided to open a new company in Austria.

References

  1. ↑ "ZVR:Zentrales VereinsRegister". zvr.bmi.gv.at. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  2. ↑ "The English Teacher Training College and Bilingual Classroom Initiative (ABCi) IGO - Die Stimme der Gemeinnützigen". www.gemeinnuetzig.at. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  3. ↑ "Trinity College London - Course providers". www.trinitycollege.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  4. ↑ "NMS Krems: Let's speak English!". Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  5. ↑ "About | The English Teacher Training College". www.english-teacher-college.at. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  6. ↑ "Open House at ABCi - ABCi English". www.abci-english.at. Retrieved 2018-08-18.

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