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I am looking for a test to effectively test speaking, listening and other things. Is there a test that tests students' ability to understand various accents, like British, Indian, etc? Also, is there a better placement than the Oxford Placement Test for placing people in courses? Maybe a photocopiab...

I will have to teach some telephone English courses on my new job. We have in-house modules to teach (that I am not free to share outside the organization, sorry.) I do wonder, though, about how to go about teaching accents. Several staff who work the phones are unable to understand Indian, British,...

I recently got a job for a large international bank. I am responsible for starting an English program for the country. I am not doing an English audit now, but my collegue in Thailand did one. He used the BULATS and HR got a lot of good information out of it. I have just met with various heads of bu...

Hi, I may soon be the head of an ESL department at a school that is starting a mainstreaming program. I have a lot of experience teachign EFL, but this is my first time at mainstreaming. The school is made up of children from various countries in Asia. Maybe 25% use English as their main language of...