News & events

• 05/01/2012 New Iphone & Androïd App: "SpeakingPal Plus!" for English-language learners

  Introducing SpeakingPal Plus! Educational Testing Service (ETS), creator of the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, has teamed up with SpeakingPal Ltd. to bring you SpeakingPal Plus! — a mobile-learning product that turns your mobile phone into a personal English tutor. SpeakingPal Plus! is the only subscription-based English language learning system that offers a unique range of interactive exercises, role playing and language activities with exclusive content from ETS. With SpeakingPal...

• 14/12/2011 The TOEIC® Test accepted by Cayman Islands Department of Immigration

  ETS is pleased to share that the Cayman Islands Department of Immigration has announced the acceptance of scores from the four skills TOEIC® test as proof of English literacy for immigration purposes. The Department of Immigration estimates that around 1,000 tests will be administered each year.The Cayman Island Department of Immigration joins the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) in recently requiring the TOEIC test scores as part of their immigration application process. This past April,...

• 18/09/2011 EURO 2012 host city to use the TOEIC® test as part of tournament volunteer recruitment

  The officials of Kharkov, Ukraine, one of the EURO 2012 host cities, chose the TOEIC® test as part of its comprehensive volunteer recruitment strategy.At a September 6 press conference, Kharkov officials and ETS Global BV signed a Memorandum of Understanding indicating that the Kharkov’s EURO 2012 organising committee will use ETS’s TOEIC programme — customised specifically for EURO 2012 — to test the ability of tournament volunteers to communicate in the English language.Dr. Zoubir Yazid,...

• 11/07/2011 TOEFL® test and TOEIC® test approved by U.K. Border Agency to demonstrate English proficiency for visas in the United Kingdom

  The U.K. Border Agency has announced that persons from around the world wishing to work, study, or settle in the United Kingdom may use the TOEFL® test and the TOEIC® test to demonstrate their English proficiency for all visas under the United Kingdom’s points-based system. The agency accredited both assessments as secure U.K. Border Agency-approved English-language tests.The announcement issued by the Home Office of the U.K. Border Agency allows students, migrants and spouses or partners from...

• 14/04/2011 ETS announces 2011 Academic Scholarship Program for Korea

  30 scholarships valued at US$120,000 will be awarded to Korean TOEFL® and TOEIC® test takersEducational Testing Service (ETS) announced today the launch of the 2011 ETS Scholarship Program for Korea. For the fourth consecutive year, this scholarship programme will honor Korean TOEFL® and TOEIC® test takers who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.ETS will recognise 30 scholarship winners (15 TOEFL test takers and 15 TOEIC test takers) by awarding US$120,000 in funding for study in...

• 21/03/2011 The TOEIC® Test is used by the Tour de Taiwan organizing committee to select English-proficient volunteers

  In advance of this week's Tour de Taiwan, Chinese Taipei Cycling Association (CTCA) selected the TOEIC® test, developed by Educational Testing Service (ETS), to recruit event volunteers. This international event brings thousands of visitors to the area, and the CTCA selected the TOEIC test to ensure smooth communication with participants, officials and spectators."2011 Tour de Taiwan is the most representative cycling activity in Taiwan, and this year we are expecting more than 20 teams...

• 28/02/2011 Second annual ETS TOEIC® Scholarship Programme offered in Taiwan

  Educational Testing Service (ETS) and Taiwan Country Master Distributor, Chun Shin Limited, are, for the second year, offering the ETS TOEIC® Scholarship Programme in Taiwan. ETS, which annually administers new and renewable awards in the United States and abroad, will coordinate the scholarship program with Chun Shin. The scholarship recognises those who have excellent ability in English, commitment to global values, and a desire to contribute to society."The scholarship programme was an...

• 02/02/2011 Education special:TOEIC test carves out a large space for itself globally

  China Daily, 28 January 2011Click here to read the article: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-01/28/content_11930558.htm

• 31/01/2011 Takeda to require 730 TOEIC score of new hires

  Beginning in 2013, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. will require new college graduates to score 730 or more points on the TOEIC® test if they want to work for the nation's largest pharmaceutical firm, company sources said. Takeda's decision likely will influence the recruitment policies of other major companies, observers said.Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is actively seeking mergers and acquisitions of venture companies that possess know-how on hiring foreign researchers or promising new drugs...

• 26/01/2011 Global use of the TOEIC® tests continues to increase as a record-breaking six million tests were administered in 2010

  For the second year in a row, Educational Testing Service (ETS) and its TOEIC® Programme had a record-breaking year with more score users and test takers than ever before. In 2010, more than six million TOEIC tests were administered worldwide, establishing the TOEIC Programme as the largest and most widely used English-language assessment for the workplace."Organisations worldwide are expressing the need to set English-language standards in the workplace, and we have been able to meet that...

• 12/01/2011 ETS and Chun Shin Ltd. announce winners of the first TOEIC® Scholarship Programme in Taiwan

  At an award ceremony held this afternoon in Taipei, Managing Director of Educational Testing Service (ETS) Global, Zoubir Yazid, announced the winners of the first TOEIC® Scholarship Programme in Taiwan, which recognises academic excellence by TOEIC test takers in Taiwan.ETS, the creator of the TOEIC test, and its Country Master Distributor, Chun Shin Limited, honoured 50 Taiwanese students by awarding a total of USD$50,000 (more than TWD$1.5 million) in scholarships to pay for academic studies...

• 12/01/2011 ETS acquires Computerized Assessments and Learning

  Educational Testing Service (ETS) has purchased Computerized Assessments and Learning (CAL), LLC, an industry-leading computerised assessment company based in Lawrence, Kansas. CAL's adaptive testing platform provides products and services to support instructional and learning processes for K–12 education systems.CAL provides online formative, interim and summative testing for large-scale and local assessment programmes. Working with states like Alaska, Kansas, Idaho, Nebraska, South Carolina,...

• 10/01/2011 ETS Global launches a new, revamped TFI website – www.tfi-europe.com

  ETS Global, the leading academic and business assessment company, has launched its new, revamped TFI website – www.tfi-europe.com. This new website is a simpler and more effective version of the older TFI website site.According to Axel Ronsin, IT/eBusiness Director, ETS Global, “While the older version of the website was admirable and served its purpose well, we were looking for something more transaction-oriented, a site that would allow test takers to quickly and easily register for a test or...

• 09/01/2011 Prometric and AMIDEAST partner to open a professional test centre in Tunisia

  Prometric, the leading provider of testing and assessment services, announced that it has teamed up with AMIDEAST to open a new Professional Testing Centre in Tunisia that will offer academic and professional credentialing exams for the first time.The test centre, which is the first of its kind in the country to support exams other than IT certifications, will provide a convenient new testing location for Tunisian test takers who previously had to travel in order to test. Managed by AMIDEAST,...

• 28/11/2010 TOEIC® test chosen to assess English skills of law students in France

  ETS Global BV recently signed an agreement with the Vocational Committee of the Council of Bar and Law Society in France — Le Conseil National des Barreaux — to use the TOEIC® Listening and Reading test to certify the level of English-language skills of students studying in the eleven law schools in France."For lawyers, being bilingual is no longer an asset, but a pre-requisite," says Gerben van Lent, Executive Director at ETS Global BV. "Law firms are hiring more English,...

• 09/10/2010 ETS announces the winners of the Academic Scholarship Programme in Korea

  At an award ceremony in Seoul, Managing Director of Educational Testing Service (ETS) Global BV, Zoubir Yazid, announced the winners of the 2010 ETS Scholarship Programme in Korea. Established in 2008, the ETS Scholarship Programme in Korea recognises academic excellence by Korean test takers of the TOEIC® and TOEFL® tests.ETS, creator of the TOEIC and TOEFL tests, honoured 30 high-performing Korean students with awards totaling approximately US$120,000. Scholarship winners were selected...

• 05/10/2010 Minas Gerais selects the TOEIC® test to assess language proficiency of 2014 World Cup volunteers

  In preparation for the 2013 Confederations Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 2016 Summer Olympics, Minas Gerais officials and ETS Preferred Associate Luziana Lanna Idiomas, have completed a project identifying the TOEIC® test as the state's English-language assessment tool. Minas Gerais will use the TOEIC test to select volunteers for multiple international sporting events to be hosted across the state.Belo Horizonte has been officially confirmed as one of 12 host cities participating in...

• 03/10/2010 A record 10,000 organisations worldwide now use the TOEIC® tests

  In the 30 years since ETS first launched the TOEIC® tests, the programme has become a testament to the growing interest in developing the English communication skills needed to compete in a global marketplace. This year the TOEIC tests will be used by a record 10,000 organisations to screen candidates for job placement and promotion, and track the progress of students, employees and executives learning English.ETS, working with its broad network of ETS Preferred offices, has added Eli Lilly,...

• 07/06/2010 Bank Negara Indonesia selects the TOEIC® test as the English-language assessment for employees

  Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) has agreed to set a standard for English-language proficiency companywide by implementing the TOEIC® test as their assessment tool.ITC, Indonesia Country Master Distributor for ETS, will administer the TOEIC test to employees of BNI to measure the skills of incoming employees and mark the progress of those employees working toward a career in the global banking industry. "We are excited to be working with Bank Negara Indonesia in their effort to assess and...

• 06/06/2010 ETS unveils redesigned ETS.org website

  ETS has launched a new and improved version of the corporate site - www.ets.org. Improvements and new features of the redesigned ETS.org site ─ including shorter, friendlier URLs and streamlined content ─ present an enhanced experience compared to the old site. These improvements also heighten the site’s visual impact, provide a better platform to market ETS’s brands, and highlight the key capabilities that differentiate ETS from its competitors, such as the expertise of the Research &...

• 01/06/2010 Romania recognises the TOEIC test for English-level certification

  The TOEIC® test has been included on a list issued by the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation, Romania, which recognises the test as a valid assessment of English-level certification, when English is studied as an international language during secondary education for the baccalaureate examination. ETS' TOEFL® test was already present on this list, but the inclusion of the 4-skills TOEIC test is new.

• 27/05/2010 ETS Global forges strong relationships in Egypt; AMIDEAST appointed exclusive distributor in the region

  ETS Global met with various organisations in Egypt last month to discuss the country’s current education systems and the use of the TOEIC® test in preparing students for the workforce. During the meetings, Zoubir Yazid, Managing Director of ETS Global BV, and Theodore Kattouf, President and CEO of America-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST), announced that AMIDEAST had been named the exclusive Country Master Distributor (CMD) for the TOEIC family of tests and the TOEFL®...

• 10/12/2009 The TOEIC test celebrates its 30th anniversary

  ETS has announced that the TOEIC® test has completed its 30th year of operation. Since the first TOEIC® Listening and Reading test was administered in Japan in 1979, the TOEIC test has become the global standard for measuring workplace English skills.An objective assessment of competence in workplace English, the TOEIC tests can help your organization compete in today's global economy bySaving time and money. The test helps you select the right person for the right position and develop the most...

• 06/12/2009 ETS Global in the UK launches a new, revamped TOEIC website

  The UK office of ETS Global, the leading academic and business assessment company, has launched its new, revamped TOEIC® website – www.toeic.eu. This new website is a simpler and more effective version of the older TOEIC website site.The new version is more transaction-oriented and accordingly features basic information on the TOEIC test, and then presents various useful alternatives to the user – to register for a test session, to read through sample questions, to buy preparation material,...

• 26/11/2009 ETS Global is moving offices

  ETS Global is moving. From November 30th 2009 on our offices will be located at the following address.ETS Global,43-45 rue Taitbout75009 ParisOur contact telephone numbers and contact e-mails remain the same.Conveniently placed in the centre of Paris, our new office hosts a brand new test room which fits to the latest HEQ standards and is equipped to welcome disabled candidates as well to the TOEIC®, TOEIC® Bridge, TOEFL® iBT and TFI™ test sessions.Download the access plan to the new ETS...

• 13/09/2009 Check out TEST Simulator – the new tool to help you practise for the TOEIC test

  The new TEST Simulator from Edulang is a practice tool that helps test takers prepare for the TOEIC Listening and Reading test, in an efficient and thorough manner. Test Simulator is a web-based simulation test that consists of five complete mock tests of two hours each and provides instant results in the form of scores and detailed explanations. The tests can be taken either in Practice mode which allows you to prepare at your own pace; and to do the exercises in parts or in Test mode,...

• 20/08/2009 ETS Global launches a new, revamped TOEIC website – www.toeic.eu

  ETS Global, the leading academic and business assessment company, has launched its new, revamped TOEIC website – www.toeic.eu. This new website is a simpler and more effective version of the older TOEIC website site.According to Axel Ronsin, IT/eBusiness Director, ETS Global, “While the older version of the website was admirable and served its purpose well, we were looking for something more transaction-oriented, a site that would allow test takers to quickly and easily register for a test or...

• 21/01/2009 ETS Global: using technology to transform business, e-enabling operations

  Launched in May 2007, ETS Global's e-business solution was developed to market and sell ETS Global assessments and services online. The platform comprises multiple e-stores in local languages that offer registration for test sessions, ordering of materials, online payment and invoicing, both for B2B and B2C customers. The e-business suite of tools function as a common, collaborative platform where all stakeholders (distributors, subsidiaries, Public Test Centres and clients – academic...

• 11/12/2008 ETS Global celebrates the 1 millionth TOEIC® test scored in France

  ETS Global celebrated the scoring of the 1 millionth TOEIC test in France on the 2nd of December at the Maison des Ingénieurs des Arts et Métiers (MIAM). The programme included a prize ceremony to honour the millionth TOEIC candidate, as well as chosen clients and partners for the role they play in making the TOEIC test a success in France; an interactive treasure hunt at the Musée du Quai Branly, and cocktail and dinner. Participants included clients and partners, ETS Global employees, and of...

• 30/09/2008 Banco de Espana decides to use the TOEIC test as a part of its recruitment process

  ETS Global – Spain has signed a contract with the Banco de España (Spanish National Bank) to provide them with the TOEIC® assessment to test the English skills of candidates applying to them for employment.Globalization, European convergence and the need to communicate with European Central Bank authorities in Frankfurt convinced Banco de España to standardise their procedure to measure the English language competence of their potential employees. Accordingly, the bank will insist on candidates...

• 09/11/2007 TOEIC® Practice Online : Speaking and Writing Now Available at ETS eStores

  ETS EMEA has launched its TOEIC® Practice Online: Speaking and Writing test, the first TOEIC® Range test in the EMEA region that is accessible online 24/7.The TOEIC® Practice Online: Speaking and Writing test is an online practice test, available “anytime and anywhere”, which offers range scores of speaking and writing ability. Since the test is accessible online, the range-score results are not certifying.The TOEIC® Practice Online: Speaking and Writing test is a tool which offers a...

• 23/04/2007 ETS Europe launches 2 new innovative online practice products for the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests

  ETS Europe has launched 2 new exciting online products: the TOEFL® Practice Online and the TOEIC® Practice Online: Speaking and Writing, that help candidates prepare for the TOEFL and TOEIC tests respectively, while providing targeted practice on different English language skills.“ETS, market leader in providing valid language assessment tools, has taken learning a step further by offering two innovative practice products that help test takers do their absolute best,” claims Benoit Thao,...

• 08/03/2007 4.5 million TOEIC test takers in 2004-05; Europe a fast-growing market

  ETS Europe announced today that around 4.5 million candidates from around the world sat for the TOEIC® test in 2004-05. The TOEIC (TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION™) test is recognised worldwide as a reliable, standard measurement of competency in professional English. The TOEIC test has been developed by ETS (Educational Testing Service), the company that is also the developer of the TOEFL® (TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE™) test.Japan and Korea continue to be the biggest...

• 08/03/2007 ETS releases TOEIC Report on Test-Takers Worldwide (2005)

  ETS has released its TOEIC Report on Test-Takers Worldwide for 2005. This is an annual study that analyses the TOEIC® (Test of English for International Communication™) test-taker profiles, and draws conclusions based on the data. When taking a TOEIC test, each candidate is required to fill in a TOEIC Background Questionnaire, a survey that gathers information about test-takers’ educational background, work experience, English language use and study, and the TOEIC test-taking experience....

• 08/03/2007 ETS Europe organises benchmarking workshops: Benchmarking the TOEIC® and TOEFL® tests to the Common European Framework of Reference

  ETS conducted the second series of workshops to benchmark TOEFL® and TOEIC® test scores to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) in Berlin, Germany between the 10 and 21 of October.The ETS Europe German and Belgian teams worked together to organise the programme, bringing together 45 panellists from across Europe, including EFL teachers, policy makers, assessment researchers and educational consultants. The workshops were led by two psychometricians from Princeton – Richard...

• 08/03/2007 New TOEIC test premieres in Japan and Korea; all TOEIC versions are equally valid worldwide

  After a decade of research and millions of dollars in development, the new Test of English for International Communication™ (TOEIC®) premiered end of May in Japan and Korea. More than 260,000 test takers participated in this historic event. The new test, a redesigned version of the TOEIC, reflects the work of ETS test development experts in both measuring how English is actually used in the business environment, and maintaining the score scale of the current TOEIC test. The new test will be...