There was a time not long ago when Kyeong Bae’s English tutor was an animated character who lived under the sea. Or a mouse who wears pants. “Cartoons,” she said, “like Spongie Bob.” To the connoisseur, that would be SpongeBob SquarePants. Bae also found a language mentor in Disney movies,
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Martin George didn’t pursue a job in big-time sports. Far from it. But the former director of IUPUI’s English as a Second Language program has found himself in high demand among some of the world’s biggest athletes and sports properties, from basketball star Yao Ming and IndyCar Series drivers to
Bene! 좋은! Bueno! 良い! Bon! 好! LPGA, Language Training Center Extend Partnership LTC to continue cross-cultural and language education unique in professional sports Players embrace program on “Golf’s Global Tour” DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, February 22, 2011 – The LPGA announced today a two-year partnership extension with Language Training Center (LTC)
By Michael SmithStaff Writer, Sports Business Journal The LPGA has struck a pair of official partner renewals with Florida’s Natural orange juice and Language Training Center, both of which are using the tour’s global brand to broaden their businesses. In the LPGA pro-am last week, Florida’s Natural executives played golf
LTC TO CONTINUE CROSS-CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION UNIQUE IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS PLAYERS EMBRACE PROGRAM ON “GOLF’S GLOBAL TOUR” DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, February 22, 2011 – The LPGA announced today a two-year partnership extension with Language Training Center (LTC) based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company will continue to assist the LPGA
The Indianapolis-based Language Training Center has expanded its relationship with the LPGA and is now translating the letters of the professional golf association’s commissioner into multiple languages and providing live, “UN-style” interpretation at association meetings. Language Training Center started working with the LPGA last year to help teach its players—who
Faced with a massive influx of young, foreign-born players onits circuit three years ago, the LPGA Tour considered the idea of penalizing players whose English-language skills were not up to par. Although the tour’s objective was to make its product more attractive to sponsors and fans by making its players
INDIANAPOLIS (July 11, 2011) – Fifteen companies from Indianapolis will be honored for being among 43 outstanding companies to earn a place in Indiana’s fourth annual field of “Companies to Watch.” The local companies were Allegient, LLC, an information technology firm, AMD LASERS, LLC, a laser manufacturing firm, Axia Technology Partners, an information technology
LANGUAGE TRAINING CENTER CONTINUES TO PROVIDE INVALUABLE SERVICES TO PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. President Martin George of Language Training Center, Inc. (LTC), a local Indianapolis company, was recently featured on CNN for his efforts in providing both English and foreign language training to professional golfers. As a partner of the LPGA since
In between practice and playing, Jee Young Lee finds time to study English through LPGA’s partnership with the Language Training Center. Lee, pictured above, works on media interview preparation, understanding idiomatic expressions and continues to learn and be surprised by American culture. Through its efforts to continuously promote player development
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INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 22, 2013) – Language Training Center (LTC), a full service language training provider, announced plans today to expand its operations here, creating up to 26 new jobs by 2017. The Indianapolis-headquartered company, which also has an office in Shanghai, China, will invest $1.5 million to renovate and expand its
Chie Arimura stands at the 18th tee at Pinehurst. She measures the wind, adjusts her grip on the club, and plots her approach to the green in two. After sending her shot sailing down the fairway, she takes in the cheers from the gallery as she strides down the fairway.
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), like a growing number of professional athletic organizations across the US, is excited to see the many diverse faces dominating its events. In order to accommodate such a growing number of culturally diverse athletes, LPGA has recently partnered with Language Training Center (LTC) to
When I arrived for my first day on the job, I was shown where my desk was, and I was given my very own multi-colored cap with a propeller on top. The embroidered patch above the bill read: LTC Language Solutions. It was an initiation into a culture as unique
“So first of all, I want to divide the room by your IQ so whoever has a 100 to 120 IQ I want you to sit over here, if you have 120 to130 over here, and 130 to145 over here so go ahead…. You guys know your IQ? You
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LPGA player Beatriz Recari speaks on her experience with LTC. (Music) It just had that something that kind of grabbed me and I just said you know what um I like this I really wanna be good at this. Nobody in my family plays golf. Nobody. One day I
Social media is usually frowned upon in the workplace – but not when you work for a language company! This past summer, LTC staff teamed up in a friendly competition to promote awareness of LTC’s social media platforms. As I spent the summer learning more about Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and
We all have something we just wish people would stop asking us. For me as a career linguist it is, “What do you think of Google Translate?” This question usually comes from very sophisticated business people who have been highly successful making money. I want to say, “Are you kidding
The most surprising thing that has happened in DC this week had nothing to do with the Hill or the White House. The buzz has been around the Nationals’ choice of a washed up, old coach that has had no success managing at the last few places he was hired….. and,
LTC is the company I started 22 years ago because I knew that there was a better way for people to learn a new language. For too long I had witnessed students and business people grappling with the daunting task of memorizing words and grammar constructs. After mastering those constructs
Doing business with the government is so fun. As I have been attending a conference hosted by the Small Business Chamber of Commerce in DC this week, I wonder how anything really ever gets done. With the alphabet soup used in government contracting like SAM, CCR, GSA and on and
Martin George is more than the Founder of LTC. He’s a teacher with a Doctorate in Linguistics, who’s lived abroad, speaks at conferences, and is able to hold his own in a conversation on just about any subject. Ready to listen to The 2nd Most interesting Man in the World? Enter Martin’s Mind.
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