NTT Investment Partners and EnglishCentral have formed an alliance to further online English language training in Japan. The partnership also means a $1 million dollar investment from NTT Partners into the cloud-based ESL platform.

EnglishCentral users watch and interact with online videos and receive feedback based on their performance. The NTT Group&'s primary business is as as broadband video carrier and it plans on taking advantage of its latest partnership to expand its Virtual English service, which is a prepackaged language training program for NTT&'s broadband customers.

NTT Executive manager Yasuhiro Mitake explained the EnglishCentral alliance and investment thus, &''We think the service is a great way for NTT Learning�a4���a4�s customers to have fun practicing their spoken English with content they find engaging in the privacy of their own home.�a4����

Previous to this partnership and funding, the Massachusetts-based EnglishCentral had received $3.48 million in financing led by Google Ventures and Atlas Venture.

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