BRIC Language Systems

History

BRIC Language Systems was founded in November, 2011. Its headquarters is in New York City with operations in Shanghai, China, Mexico City, Mexico, and São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded by Ryan McMunn, an American entrepreneur who started his career in Shanghai at a US-based manufacturing company.

McMunn lived in China for 8 years. After failing to learn Mandarin for several years using different products and techniques, McMunn was introduced to Kassey Wong, the CEO of Top Mandarin. Within six months he was speaking Mandarin fluently and negotiating business deals in Chinese.

In 2011, McMunn moved from Shanghai to New York. At this time Ms. Wong proposed setting up an online Mandarin Chinese school using teachers in China to teach students worldwide. McMunn loved the idea of using technology to bring Wong’s teaching method to young professionals and international business people. He quickly began working on setting up Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese programs and on September 7, 2011 BRIC Language Systems received its Certificate of Formation in the state of Delaware.

In the summer of 2015, BRIC began its internship placement programs in China and Brazil. In 2016 McMunn signed a contract with University of Colorado to provide internships in China and Brazil to students for university credits. This was the beginning of their partnerships with several US and international universities.

Partners

Products and Services

BRIC Language Systems offers private and group Mandarin, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese courses. The courses are all taught by actual teachers using online video-conferencing. The courses are customized to the students’ needs and interests and include cultural sensitivity training. Each class is recorded so that the student can review the material they learned during class.

BRIC also offers internship placement services in China and Brazil. BRIC is able to place students in both paid and unpaid internships in most industries in both countries. The services include securing interviews, internship placement in the appropriate industry, online language training, face to face language training, resume assistance, interview preparation, housing, visa assistance, cultural adaptation, networking events and 24/7 support.

BRIC also worked with Shanghai Normal University’s School of Business and Finance to provide a business and Mandarin course from 2012 to 2014.

Media

McMunn is a contributor for Entrepreneur.com and Huffingtonpost.com and BRIC Language Systems has been in the news several times

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/272745 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/254484 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/269549 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/252833 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246117

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-mcmunn/three-reasons-to-immerse-_b_8812048.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-mcmunn/3-requirements-any-busine_b_7540384.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-mcmunn/6-tips-from-a-global-entr_b_7205702.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-mcmunn/9-reasons-to-learn-a-lang_b_6398134.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-mcmunn/ten-strange-things-eaten-_b_6329394.html

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2014/01/29/the-business-benefits-of-learning-a-foreign-language http://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/push-beyond-office-for-new-connections/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-chau/business-etiquette_b_7993576.html

http://nypost.com/2013/10/19/speaking-2-or-more-languages-becoming-essential-skill/ http://www.everydayhealth.com/alzheimers/bilingualism-may-slow-alzheimers-progression-9826.aspx

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