July 15th, 2010
Jonas Imer is not only our Chief Financial Officer, but one of the co-founders and innovative minds behind YES.
Jonas grew up in Denmark and at fifteen, moved to France because of his father’s work. Upon his arrival, he was unable to speak a word of French. Remarkably, after three years he had not only learnt the language, but achieved his High School diploma with Honors. After graduating from university with a Masters in International Relations and then working for the Danish Embassy, he decided to follow his passions and move into the language training industry.
After almost ten years of work with one of France’s main training providers and familiarizing himself with the financial aspects of professional training, Jonas joined Stylianos Antalis to develop the YES project.
July 15th, 2010
France’s leading Web TV Webinfotv, which is solely dedicated to businesses, recently featured YES on their program. During their ‘JT Derniere Edition’, they glimpsed into the YES success story and its growing presence in the training sector in France.
Watch the video to learn more about YES!
July 15th, 2010
YES International has signed a new partnership- this time we’re opening an office in Saudi Arabia!
We’d like to thank our new partners for supporting our educational model and also for their role in expanding YES in new parts of the globe.
We wish our new partner, Mr Ayed el Kasmi all the best with his endeavours and a prosperous future with YES.
July 15th, 2010
In March, YES’s International Director Daniel Fischer participated in a trip that was organised by the FFP: Fédération française de formation professionnelle. The aim of the journey to the Maghreb region was to better understand the structure of the private training sector in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco and to meet with local companies to explore potential partnerships for the different groups.
Happily, the trip was a success and a partnership agreement was signed between the FFP and the National Chamber of Tunisian Private Training Structures in the presence of the Tunisian Ambassador of France in Tunis.
July 15th, 2010
‘The American Library in Paris’ was founded by the American Library Association in 1920. Its literary selection and motto is one of hope: ‘After the darkness of war, the light of books’.
The library endured the difficult years of The Depression and France’s WWII Occupation and prospered throughout the Postwar Era as the US experienced a changing role within the world. The library’s success was driven by the new wave of American and International writers that immigrated to Paris, including: James Jones, Mary McCarthy, Richard Wright, and Samuel Beckett.
The American Library is located at 10 Rue du Général Carrou in the 7th Arrondissement of Paris. With its 100 000 books, 450 periodicals, 400 adult and children’s videos, plus CDs and audio cassettes, the ‘American Library in Paris’ remains the largest English-language lending library on the European continent.
July 15th, 2010
Our YES Trainers are not merely teachers; they are the ambassadors of our pedagogical approach. With solid backgrounds in general education or English as a foreign language teaching, they all have one thing in common: they’ve learnt at least one foreign language. This means that they are able to put themselves in the shoes of the Learner to support them through the sometimes challenging process of learning a language.
Our course is designed so that you can appreciate their professionalism and knowledge during face-to-face lessons, telephone training or virtual classes.
July 15th, 2010
What is microlearning? Microlearning is a five minute English training program. From Monday to Friday, YES sends learners an email with a series of engaging and rapid exercises to complete, including: a Word of the Day, Drag and Drop activities and General Knowledge Quizzes to name but a few. Microlearning is perfect for people who wish to stimulate their mind between classes or who simply aim to maintain their level of English language proficiency.
June 22nd, 2010
Did you know that you can find marmite, Cadbury chocolate, baked beans and even Irn Bru in the very centre of Paris?
Situated in the République neighbourhood, Paris’ British Grocery Store provides expats and Parisians with all sorts of delicacies from across the Channel. This unique store has been selling products that can’t be found in any other French supermarkets since 1993.
Not only does the store provide all sorts of treats from Britain, but the British Grocery Store also takes orders- shipping your requests over to France for you.
You can see visit this wonderful store at: 5 Cité du Wauxhall 75010 Paris or go to: www.epicerie-anglaise.com
June 22nd, 2010
YES provides Heads of Training and HR Managers with the right tools to analyse and follow their colleagues’ ongoing training.
YES offers free access to the pedagogical and administrative data necessary to create key performance indicators. These indicators are presented in the form of dashlets showing information such as: population by level, statistics by post and gender, attendance of Learners (monitored in actual time), progress reports and YES Trainers’ reports.
Our HR platform is also very beneficial as it facilitates the administration of the training: providing attendance certificates, tuition notes, contract history, budget tracking and end-of-training certificates.
June 22nd, 2010
Our CEO’s professional and personal resumé is quite impressive.
Stylianos Antalis, 39, has worked in the area of English language professional training for the past fifteen years and has lived in three different countries, learning three different languages before founding YES – Your English Solution. His experience has made him choose the right people to make it happen, surrounding himself with a young highly- motivated and talented team.
In the few short years after its creation, YES was ranked among the 100 Up-and-coming French Companies of the Year in 2009 and was awarded 1st place in the IT Innovation Award in the state of Hamburg in 2010.
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