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Edulang creates, publishes and distributes web applications to learn International English.

History
Established in 1992, Edulang originally specialized in management training publishing, then started creating and distributing language learning materials via CDs. Since 2007 it has focused solely on English Language-learning materials, publishing its content on the web for elearning purposes.

Edulang's applications are specifically oriented towards International English in alignment with David Graddol's British Council publication in 2006 asserting that 75% of the people using English neither use an American nor a British accent.

English Addicts
English Addicts is a daily English Lesson based on authentic news stories from Voice of America. The methodology behind English Addicts is inspired by the research of Dr. Michel Perrin from the University of Bordeaux II, which underline the importance of listening in second language acquisition. As suggested by other ESL methodology studies, listening should not only be considered a skill area in second language acquisition, but also a primary means of acquiring the target language. .

With over 1500 lessons online and five new lessons a week, the prime objective is to encourage learners to become active while listening, improving their vocabulary and comprehension. With a strong emphasis on International English learners can search among 13 major international accents, as they can choose topics ranging from entertainment, science and technology, business etc, and finally they can also work within their current level (easy, average difficult) which correspond to the B1,B2,C2 Common European Framework of Reference for Languages proficiency levels.

An extensive review was written for the The Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language and specific teacher feedback is available on the English Addicts website.

Test simulator
Test Simulator is an elearning application launched in 2009 to imitate real-life test-taking conditions of the TOEIC® and TOEFL® tests. Five tests can be taken in practice or test mode, accompanied by a tracking or progress view for both teachers and students. It aims at preparing students for typical content, time management, and test structure.

In 2009, ETS Global chose Test Simulator TOEIC® to be the only online test preparation it commercializes in Europe.

SnaPanda
Released on the Android Market on December 9, 2010, SnaPanda is an Augmented reality English dictionary. Using a smartphone camera view, a user can touch a word they see in a book or magazine on their screen, and then obtain the word's definition. SnaPanda utilizes Open source elements such as Tesseract (software)'s Optical Character Recognition and Princeton University's lexical database, WordNet. SnaPanda is a monolingual dictionary and has TOEIC® and TOEFL® high-frequency word lists in order to help prepare students for those international tests. It has received positive press by Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Android Central, and Android Guys among others.

Pay What You Want
Edulang changed its business model on December 1st, 2011 towards a Pay what you want approach. Fifty percent of the contributions from new clients go to Room to Read and there is only a one dollar fee to cover server costs, taxes and paypal fees.