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English Proficiency: Japan vs. the Philippines

July 9, 2007 – 9:46 am

Here’s a tangential comment I wrote over at Autono Blogger which I thought might be interesting to the readers here.
In response to Autono Blogger’s post–which was itself a response to a recent post over at jarinefl–I stated the following…
I can really relate to your feelings here:
my growing awareness of a belief among Japanese students of […]

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The TOEIC Test: Lesson #1 - The importance of mental stamina.

February 20, 2007 – 10:02 pm

As an intro to ETS testing formats, I always prep my TOEIC students with the following:
1. TOEIC is a 2-hour test.
2. You must be able to concentrate for every second of every minute of those 2 hours.
3. Most people don’t have the mental stamina to focus their minds for 2 consecutive hours without getting distracted–usually […]

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