AirAsia flying high with TOEIC testing. This month, Asia's leading low-fare airline joined other aviation industry giants such as Air France and China Southern in adding TOEIC tests as a hiring requirement. Read more about some ways this industry is using TOEIC. Whatever your own institution does, you can arrange group testing quicky and easily. Contact us today at toeic@amideast.org for a no-fee, no-pressure consultation. 

International U.K. graduates complain of weak English.  A recent article in the Saudi Gazette reports that even after years abroad, some past U.K students are finding their skills are not sufficient to support them in the world of work. They are placing the blame on a variety of factors from for-profit, crowded language institutes to British students being standoff-ish. Regardless of why, it's a fact that even an education abroad doesn't ensure English language competence. Check your job candidates' English proficiency with TOEIC.

English language site of the month. Funny video provides a "History of the English Language in 10 Minutes."

Short summer sessions, quick skills assessment. Did you know you can generally be ready to give the TOEIC Speaking & Writing tests on-site in only two weeks, with even quicker set-up for TOEIC Listening & Reading tests?  TOEIC is ideal for pre- and post-study testing. Try it and find out how easy using the world's most recognized test of workplace English can be.

Loveliest word in the English language? A heated debate is in progress on the Guardian "Mind Your Language" blog on this topic. What gets your vote? "Elbow"? "Cwch"? (As speakers of North American rather than U.K. English, we never heard of that second one.) Good for amusement and poetry, the hundreds of ideas sadly won't help much with TOEIC, as those tests focus on the most useful terms common across English-speaking workplaces.

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