Omar Iorio

In September 2000, Omar Iorio from Buenos Aires, Argentina, responded to an invitation to visit our new web with these words, "Due to my job I had the opportunity to visit the U.S. and there I realized that you don't exist if you haven't learnt the basic rudiments of English grammar".

OM PERSONAL: How did you know about us?
OMAR IORIO: Some years ago, while surfing the Net for a good place where I could learn and practice English, I found several sites but I didn't become fully satisfied. One day I received an email from OM -by that time a brand new website on the net- which invited me to visit it. I grew interested, so I immediately checked your page and found great resources to learn English without leaving home. Then you promoted your newsletter and I decided to subscribe for free. That's how I became an OM PERSONAL subscriber in September 2000.

OM: Are you working at present?
OI: Fortunately, yes. I work downtown in a company that sells customer services. Basically, we sell tools for the main industries.

OM: Do you need English in your job?
OI: Yes, I really do. At the beginning, as a Purchaser I needed to contact companies in English by fax or email, but one day I had to visit one of our main customers, an American company, and the only way I could communicate with them was speaking English. This experience taught me the most important lesson. Nowadays, I work for the Sales Department, and of course I also need English there.

OM: Which are your favorite sections in our portal?
OI: The Talking Dictionary, the Grammar and the Short Stories sections are among my favorites, but I also like the listening sections and OM Chat because I can contact people from other countries.

OM: Any suggestion for a near future?
OI: I think it would be interesting that children could also learn English online with OM, and talk to other children worldwide in their own chat room.

OM: Any other comments?
OI: I'm proud of OM as an Argentine product, so I suggest you keep on this successful model.