What is Stretch Zone planning to implement regarding English language proficiency?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We conduct our training in English. The Operations Manual and other materials we provide to you are written in English. Our written and oral communications with you will be in English. We are planning to implement an English language proficiency requirement. We anticipate that once implemented, before attending training, a person whose native language is not English, or who does not meet other criteria, will first need to score sufficiently high, as determined solely by us, on a professionally administered English language proficiency examination. If you are not fluent in English, then it might be in your best interest to take the English language proficiency examination before coming to our offices for an interview or before applying for a franchise. We do not anticipate requiring certain persons to take an English language proficiency examination, including persons who attended and graduated from an accredited college or university in an English-speaking country, where the course of study was taught in English, or who meet other similar criteria that we from time to time establish.
Source: Item 23 — ADVERTISING RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 (FDD pages 44–54)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Stretch Zone's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Stretch Zone conducts its training in English, and all operational materials and communications are in English. Stretch Zone is planning to implement an English language proficiency requirement. Once implemented, individuals whose native language is not English, or who do not meet other criteria, may need to score sufficiently high on a professionally administered English language proficiency examination before attending training. The determination of a sufficient score will be made solely by Stretch Zone.
If a prospective franchisee is not fluent in English, Stretch Zone suggests taking the English language proficiency examination before coming to their offices for an interview or before applying for a franchise. However, Stretch Zone does not anticipate requiring certain individuals to take the English language proficiency examination.
Exemptions may include individuals who attended and graduated from an accredited college or university in an English-speaking country, where the course of study was taught in English, or who meet other similar criteria that Stretch Zone establishes from time to time. This policy could impact international franchisees or those who plan to hire staff who are not native English speakers, potentially adding time and cost to the training process.