<div> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Does anybody have knowledge of:<br>
1.) a language school in Taipei which does an outstanding job of teaching TOEIC (with an accompanying training program for its new TOEIC instructors), or<br>
2.) a truly outstanding study guide for the TOEIC, such as a Princeton Review, Kaplan, that sort of publication, or<br>
3.) any other great sources of nuts-and-bolts how-to? information for teachers and students on TOEIC (especially, but not necessarily limited to, something accessible to native speakers of Mandarin Chinese)?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Dan V.<br>
Austin, TX<br>
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From: Harold Schiffman <haroldfs@gmail.com><br>
To: lp <lgpolicy-list@ccat.sas.upenn.edu><br>
Sent: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 4:30 am<br>
Subject: Taiwan's mediocre results in English tests raise concerns<br>
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Taiwan's mediocre results in English tests raise concerns<br>
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Taiwan's international ranking on English language capability has<br>
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Taiwan placed last among the four Asian tigers in overall performance<br>
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Taiwan also placed No. 16 among 20 Asian countries in last year's<br>
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Another red flag was raised by the Test of English for International<br>
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Communication (TOEIC) results among English teachers in Taiwan, who<br>
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