Language Assessment

01 Feb: Celebrating 30 years of Providing Corporate Training & Assessments

1993: Born to transform the corporate language training industry
Our founder, Paule Grenier, was already teaching Bell Canada employees English as a second language in the Montreal office when they decided to close the onsite language school. Initially collaborating with three other English teachers, we formed a small company called: Montreal English Language Teachers (MELT). Coinciding with the Quebec government creating a program that encouraged corporate training, we quickly realized we had to hire teachers, move away from a home office to a proper downtown location, and switch over to our French name and acronym: les Enseignants de langue anglaise de Montreal (ELAM).

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18 Jan: The Benefits of Pre-Employment Language Testing

Pre-employment language testing offers many benefits to companies who wish to hire candidates based on their language skills and proficiency. This type of testing provides employers with an accurate assessment of a potential employee’s ability to communicate in the workplace and is becoming increasingly popular among businesses looking for skilled employees. Let’s take a closer look at why pre-employment language testing is so important

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05 Jan: What to Expect in 2023 for Language Learning? 

With the rapid advancements in technology, language learning trends are constantly changing. As we look ahead to 2023, there are key trends to keep in mind regarding language learning. Whether you’re a training manager or business owner looking to upskill your workforce, human resources or talent acquisition team who needs to hire the right personnel, or an individual interested in improving their language skills, this blog post will provide insights into what language learning looks like now and what we can expect over the next few years.

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07 Dec: Human Language Assessment vs. Artificial Intelligence Assessments

As a company in an ever-changing marketplace, you’re always looking for ways to streamline recruitment. Language skills are important in many jobs, and it’s important to ensure that candidates have the right spoken and written language skills. Providing organizations and candidates with a balanced, fair, and comfortable assessment process has been the driving force behind our language assessment services since 2001. We collaborate with our talent acquisition partners to ensure a stress-free and efficient overall experience.

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19 Oct: ELAM’s Guide to Language Assessments for Hiring Purposes

Client-centered employment in customer service , tech support, and sales are just a few examples of jobs that require excellent language abilities.
Assume this is something you expect from your new hires. In that situation, you may be wondering, “How can I assure that my shortlist of candidates has the required language proficiency?”
The solution is to include a language evaluation in your hiring procedure.

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05 Mar: You found the perfect candidate, but how are their language skills?

Language assessment is something to consider when trying to find the perfect candidate for your business. Nowadays more and more companies require their employees to be fluent in at least two languages. This is where ELAM and our language assessment services come into play. But before we dive deeper let us look into what and why of language assessment.