Did you know? You can give TOEIC tests to your employees or students at the place and time of your choice, to large or small groups. It's easy and quick. To arrange an administration or learn more about how this world-leading test fits your specific needs, please contact Josephine Griffin at JGriffin@amideast.org, or telephone her at 01 483-8800.

TOEIC-TOEFL score comparison. Two very different tests, one for academics, one for the workplace. However ETS has done an equivalency table showing how a person taking the TOEIC Listening & Reading test can be expected to do on the TOEFL iBT. This equivalency table is linked to from our new "All About TOEIC" page. .

New global capabilities=global talent crisis. Lots of interesting, current stats are included in a new short whitepaper from GlobalEnglish and the Human Capital Institute. A final recommendation to help solve new workplace communication challenges: "Establishing metrics and measuring progress globally, regionally, and individually." Sounds like a job for TOEIC testing!

Business English site of the month. ."Teacher Larry Ferlazzo posts a website each day, typically though not always related to English language learning. His recent "Best of" listing is arranged by topic and includes a long list of favorite learning sites for speaking, writing, listening, and reading as well as economics/job skills and sites for creative teaching techniques such as learning English through art or music.

Testing: good for the brain in more ways than one. A new study to be published in Psychological Science journal shows that building the type of memory typically used in taking tests also improves all other forms of memory.