Program

The goal of an ESL program is to improve the students' level of English. ESL classes teach different language skills, depending on students' English abilities, interests, and needs. All programs teach the following: conversational English, grammar, reading, listening comprehension, writing, and vocabulary.

      TOSEL

Test Of Skills in the English Language

New English Test Launched in Korea
Herald Media Inc. and On-Korea.com this week signed an agreement to jointly promote a new proficiency test of English. According to the Korea Herald web site, TOSEL (Test of the Skills in the English Language) "incorporates logical thinking into general English-language skills to reflect the Korean education trend." The test targets elementary, middle and high school students and is divided into three skill levels, though the article says "the advanced level in particular, is designed to test the English ability of college students and business people."


"With the new test system, Korean students will be able to measure their English proficiency correctly and sharpen skills more effectively," said Hong Jung-wook, chairman and publisher of Herald Media, at a signing ceremony held Tuesday in Seoul. The test will be started in September and will be held monthly from 2006. On-Korea.com, described as "a leading online English education site", is in charge of handling test applications and management. The test is jointly developed and certified by the Korean Association for the Study of English Language and Linguistics, Korea University and Hanyoung Foreign Language High School.

Source: ELT News.com

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TOSEL accreditation

ETS to Update the TOEIC® Listening and Reading Test in May 2016

Updates to reflect changing use of English in the workplace; no change to score scale, test difficulty, number of items or test length

Princeton, N.J. (November 5, 2015) – Educational Testing Service (ETS), the creator of the TOEIC® Program, announced updates to the format of questions used in the TOEIC® Listening and Reading (L&R) test. The changes will take effect in Japan and Korea beginning with the Public Test in May 2016. The updates will not impact the rest of the world at this time.

The TOEIC test was first launched in 1979 to measure English communication ability in global business. The test was last revised in 2006. The updated question format will reflect the changing use of English and the ways in which individuals commonly communicate in everyday social and workplace situations around the world.

“As the use of English evolves and changes, so must tests and test questions,” said Feng Yu, Ph.D., Executive Director of the TOEIC Program at ETS. “To ensure that the TOEIC test reflects current language use and measures the language skills that individuals need, ETS will be updating sections of the TOEIC Listening and Reading test.”

Although some of the question formats within the test will change, ETS has conducted several studies to verify that there will be no change in meaning for the TOEIC Listening and Reading test scores before and after the updates. There also will be no change to the level of test difficulty or total testing time. Scores will continue to be comparable across test-form administrations.

About TOEIC®

For more than 30 years, the TOEIC® test has been the global standard for measuring workplace English-language communication skills. The TOEIC® Family of Assessments, including the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test, the TOEIC® Speaking and Writing test and the TOEIC Bridge™ test, is used by nearly 14,000 businesses, organizations and government agencies in 150 countries. Nearly 7 million TOEIC tests are administered annually worldwide, solidifying the TOEIC Program as the largest and most widely used English-language assessment program for the workplace. For more information on the TOEIC tests and other services provided by the TOEIC Program.

Source: news.ets.org (Educational Testing Service)

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CEA will teach the updated TOEIC system which we called NEW TOEIC.