Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Visa Run and TOEIC Students

Did a quick trip to Penang, Malaysia for a visa run to get another Non-Immigrant B. Penang was really nice, very clean, as is all of Malaysia, it seems. Still in process for my work permit, but hopefully this next go-round will work out smoothly.

Two students now, both of whom are male and interested in taking the TOEIC. P, who is finishing up tomorrow, is mostly a beginner-intermediate. Very gung-ho about learning, he was taking 3-hour lessons and not flagging one bit! Based on his level-testing, we thought that the TOEIC Bridge would be the best for him. He was around 50% the first day taking a sample test, today he was at 85%. Very sharp at knowing grammar and rules, but seems to have a lot of difficulty speaking.

The other student, B, is interested in taking the TOEIC, but his English isn't quite there yet.  Just learning grammar rules and such, and understanding of spoken American English is still developing.

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