International House World Organisation is a worldwide network of 160 language schools and teacher training institutes in more than 50 countries.
[1][failed verification] At that time formal programmes of training for teachers of English as a Foreign Language were almost non-existent.
However, since the mid-nineties, this has been augmented into what is called 'principled eclecticism' to incorporate lexical, task-based and generally more 'function-based' approaches to language learning and teaching.
All affiliates are regularly inspected by International House World Organisation approved inspectors for quality control purposes.
The International House World Organisation also arranges annual academic and management conferences for affiliate Teachers and Directors.