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  • Getting English Language Students to Speak

    Posted by TOEIC4Success | Tuesday, 31 January 2012 - 10:17am | 14 Comments

    I’ve been following an interesting discussion on LinkedIn’s English Language Services Professionals group (you may need to request to join the group before you can access the discussion, not sure).  It is focused on a very common problem, the reluctance of learners to practice speaking in the classroom even when they have good skills. Nicholas Rowe, editor for the Writtenword.edu editing service, has been also...

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  • TOEIC Test Score Improvement: Study Provides Data to Encourage EL Students

    Posted by TOEIC4Success | Wednesday, 18 January 2012 - 2:08pm | 5 Comments

    We regularly get inquiries on strategies for using TOEIC tests in English language teaching, as well as on how quickly scores can be expected to improve. Therefore I was interested to learn of research conducted by TOEIC representative Pro-Match in Australia that responds to both questions.

    Pro-Match had the opportunity to work with results from almost 750 students at  Pacific Gateway International College (whose English language centers have since been purchased by the Canadian company ILSC). Teachers in all Pacific Gateway's varied types of English language programs administered TOEIC Listening &...

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    Tagged under: English language learning | Tagged under: English language teaching | Tagged under: TOEIC tests

  • Become a TOEIC Test Center: It's a Win-Win Proposition

    Posted by TOEIC4Success | Wednesday, 11 January 2012 - 5:00pm | 3 Comments

    Whether you are at a business, English language center, or other organization, you can
    help others and yourself by administering TOEIC tests.

    Three of the many reasons you will want to do this are—
     

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    Tagged under: TOEIC tests

  • Stay Warm in the Cayman Islands. Get There with TOEIC Tests.

    Posted by TOEIC4Success | Tuesday, 20 December 2011 - 4:32pm |

    I don't know how the weather is where you are— for me, cold and clouds are making a permanent move to the sunny Caribbean sound like a very good idea. And beginning this year, TOEIC® testing can get you there.

    The Cayman Islands Department of Immigration is now accepting scores from TOEIC tests to measure the English-language proficiency of persons from around the world wishing to work or settle in the Cayman Islands. 

    The department expects to receive approximately 1,000 applicants annually who will take the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test and the...

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    Tagged under: TOEIC tests | Tagged under: Visa/citizenship requirements

  • 'Cold Cash' Reasons to Test Workplace English Proficiency

    Posted by TOEIC4Success | Friday, 9 December 2011 - 9:53am | 2 Comments

    As discussed in my previous post, lack of employee English proficiency at the levels needed for their jobs is a serious problem even in the United States (as well as other "English speaking" nations increasingly relying on non-native speakers).

     But what does this mean for the U.S. employers? How does it impact "cold cash" results? Not well. A few of the different impacts:

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    Tagged under: Employment and non-native English speakers | Tagged under: Employment/labor market