by sheila_admin | Feb 10, 2014 | Qualifications for Students, The ICAL TEFL Blog
The UK government has suspended all TOEIC testing in the UK after a TV investigation showed how the system was riddled with fraud with fake sitters taking the test on behalf of English language students. The investigation by Panorama (a respected BBC investigative...
by sheila_admin | Jul 9, 2012 | Qualifications for Students, Teaching Around The World
ALTE is the Association of Language Testers in Europe. It has developed a set of descriptors for language exams which say what a language learner at a particular level is able to achieve (i.e. understand or produce, etc). ALTE was founded by the Universities of...
by sheila_admin | Jul 7, 2012 | How To Teach English
Multiple-Choice Questions are a tried and tested method of checking how much your students know. This article looks at the practical side of things for TEFL teachers: writing a good question and preparing your students for multiple-choice questions in exams. Before...
by sheila_admin | Jul 2, 2012 | How To Teach English, Qualifications for Students
Exams are big business and a great number of students work towards one of the major English exams; many more work towards local exams.This means that preparing students for exams is also big business and many teachers either take this on with classes approaching and...
by sheila_admin | Jun 28, 2012 | How To Teach English, Qualifications for Students
Qualifications for Students indicate how well a person knows English. NB For qualifications in order to teach, see Essential Qualifications to Teach English. There is no single, standardized qualification system showing how well a person can use English, however over...