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iTEP Prep: Building Speaking Skills
iTEP Prep: Building Speaking Skills The following is adapted from the Official iTEP Preparation Guide. Your iTEP speaking score is determined by how clearly and effectively you respond to the prompt. First, your response must be relevant to the topic. For instance, if the prompt asks you to discuss an important person from history and you […]
iTEP Prep: Parts of Speech
iTEP Prep: Parts of Speech The following is an excerpt from the Official iTEP Preparation Guide. “Parts of speech” are the basic types of words that English contains. Most grammar books say that there are eight parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections. We will add one more type: articles. […]
Can Your International Student Graduates Speak English?
Can Your International Student Graduates Speak English? On March 5, 2015 there was an article in the Wall Street Journal about teaching international students how to network—American style. It went on to say that those graduates seeking work or internships in the US need to be able to network. Networking as defined by the article […]
Many English Teachers Do Not Speak English
Many English Teachers Do Not Speak English A recent Economist article titled “ The mute leading the mute” sheds light on the fact that spoken English is not being taught in K-12 classrooms in countries around the world, from Mexico to Japan. This is due to the simple fact that most English language teachers in […]
Why iTEP Works for Intensive English Programs
Why iTEP Works for Intensive English Programs Why iTEP Works for Intensive English Programs Last week, iTEP exhibited at the EnglishUSA Professional Development Conference in San Francisco. This is the leading conference for Intensive English Programs, or IEPs, and we greatly enjoyed meeting with our IEP partners, and discussing the English assessment challenges of IEPs. […]
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iTEP Prep Tip: Interviewing the Passage
iTEP Prep Tip: Interviewing the Passage During the reading section of iTEP, it’s important to use a technique called “interviewing the passage” by asking yourself “What?” “Who?” and “Why?” Try it with the passage below. Who person is speaking? What is she talking about? How do you know? I’m not very happy with my schedule of […]
UAE Initiative to Administer 10,000 iTEP Academic-Core Exams
UAE Initiative to Administer 10,000 iTEP Academic-Core Exams In partnership with Top Score, our iTEP Academic-Core paper-based test was selected for a government initiative for placement of high school students at language schools in Dubai, UAE. So far, over 4,000 iTEP Academic-Core paper tests have been administered. It total, the program will administer 10,000 iTEP […]
iTEP at CONAHEC, Regional NAFSA Conferences
iTEP at CONAHEC, Regional NAFSA Conferences CONAHEC is a tri-lateral consortium of schools created by University of Arizona 20 years ago to bring together more collaboration and partnerships between Canada, Mexico, and the US. We exhibited at the CONAHEC conference and were thrilled to meet many university presidents, provosts, and administrators. iTEP also attended the […]
