Pick your price while adding quality. Marketing English language training or other language-related products to clients? We're offering a discounted price on TOEIC tests with the freedom to pass savings on to clients or charge a higher price to suit your needs. Either way you now have a world-recognized credential to offer, helping you stand out from the competition. Read more and contact us at toeic@amideast.org.

Success story: reordering hiring steps saves employer money. Changing the timing of TOEIC test administrations increased recruitment efficiency for Thai Airlines staff time—and improved hire quality. Read the details and contact us to order tests for your own organization.   

"Fluent fools" and the advantages of guessing. U.S. business schools are finding that native English speakers need better instruction on using their own language in global contexts, reports VOA. Meanwhile, non-native English learners willing to make mistakes may have the business advantage according to a recent story in the Globe and Mail. TOEIC tests serve real world business needs, assessing widely used workplace English, not jargon that gets in the way of cross-cultural communication. Learn more about assessing employee real world English proficiency with TOEIC.

 Business English Site of the Month. Trainer Alejandra M.J.Litterio's Global English blog highlights some  business idioms that use colors.

"Blue ribbon" quality for English idioms. You can organize English language idioms in a rainbow of ways but the big question is how to help students master the ones they'll need most. The ETS English Skills Series module on idioms provides the answer with its selection of idioms key to success at work and on TOEIC tests, along with interactive presentation and practice to speed learning. Learn more.

Why do some words have many meanings? New research by MIT linguists, reported in Time Magazine.