Be sure they have the English skills they need. It's simple and affordable to use the world-recognized TOEIC tests with even small groups of your trainees, applicants, or employees. Ask us for details.

A big year for government language requirement changes. TOEIC tests now can qualify candidates for United Kingdom work and student visas, and the TFI is being introduced as an option for the French citizenship application process. Waiting on word from Australia, which has just added some new English test options for student visas and is now looking at work visas....  More details on why TOEIC is the best testing option for UK immigration.

 TOEIC Speaking & Writing tests missing in your community? You can give TOEIC tests at your location whenever you like. If you are a current TOEFL test center, consider also joining our network of official partner sites for the TOEIC S&W public test (currently located in Austin, Boca Raton, Boston, DC, Miami,  Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Honolulu). TOEIC S&W is a natural complement to TOEFL that runs on the same platform, allowing you to reach professional audiences and bring in new business with a test that's relatively short and easy to administer. Help your community by becoming a public TOEIC S&W site. Write to us at toeic@amideast.org.

Business English Site of the Month. Business English textbook author George Sandford publishes two useful blogs, English4HR and Idiom-A-Day. A related funny video is typically included as an extra with each post. Check out this recent English4HR post on job interview skills for non-native English speakers.

Heard of EIL? According to a recent "Inside Higher Education" article, institutions across the U.S. are moving away from terms such as "TEFL."

We're not posting it at our test centers. But we hope you'll get a laugh from this contribution to the fifth grade class blog at Cornerstone Learning Community, "10 Ways to Unstandardize a Standardized Test."

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