ETS NO LONGER provides TOEFL for UK VISA application

The British Home Office has announced that the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) offered by the Education Testing Services (ETS) will no longer be accepted for UK visa-granting purposes effective July 1st, 2014. Due to the discovery of a BBC programme — Panorama, which was broadcasted in February 2014 uncovered the fraudulent measures taken by candidates and authorized exam centres. The program sent an undercover student to sit in an ETS English Test and found there were “fake sitters” taking English exams on behalf of the registered candidates. Furthermore, the program also found invigilators were reading out answers of all 200 questions to the registered candidates during the multiple-choice exams. As a result, a two-hour test took only seven minutes to complete.

After the programme showed the findings of their undercover footage to the British authorities, the UK Council for International Student Affairs’ official website has announced that ETS will no longer provide TOEFL test for people who would like to use its result to support an UK immigration application. If you have students who are going to apply for a UK visa, the Cambridge English Exams is currently one of the English tests that will be accepted by the British authorities for UK visa applications. For more information about the approved English Language tests for applying a UK visa, you may access the below buttons.

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New courses to boost confidence of teachers

Cambridge English has launched three new English language courses designed to give teachers around the world working in primary and secondary education the language skills they need to teach English with confidence. The courses cover professional and general English skills and are availableor for language school chains to offer to their teachers. They help teachers progress through Levels A1 to B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) – an internationally recognised framework of language ability – and are delivered online with face-to-face options.

If you’d like to know more about the Language for Teaching courses, contact teachercourses@cambridgeenglish.org.

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Introducing LearningEnglish Kids, an extraordinary site produced by the British Council

The website contains a huge number of FREE educational resources such as games, songs and study tools that can be used by teachers and parents for helping young learners to explore the fun of learning English. When teachers and parents become a member of LearnEnglish Kids, you can download learning resources for making your English class or study to become more fun and interactive. In addition, members can join the online forum to share ideas and ask questions about helping students or child in learning English.

Being a member of LearnEnglish Kids, students can create their own characters and enter competitions. They can also make comments across the site and network with other young learners around the globe.

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