Language Learning Giant Busuu Signs Pearson Deal To Disrupt TEFL Market | TechCrunch
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busuu — the world’s largest social network for language learning at 40 million users — has signed a distribution partnership with Pearson English, a newly formed business unit of the world’s largest education company, Pearson PLC. The market opportunity in digital language learning is huge and growing at a clip. So you can see why Pearson – traditionally associated with textbooks and mostly offline learning – is so keen to strike online deals. It also has existing deals with New York-based Voxy, which has raised $14.8 million to date, and Grupo Multi, in Brazil. In an exclusive interview with TechCrunch, president of Pearson English, Bhav Singh, told us that the shortage of native English language teachers in the world means there is a lot of opportunity online.
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