The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education announced it has selected the British Council as a candidate to administer the next English speaking test for public junior high school students in the ...

At the start of the year I tried to givea few suggestionsregarding speaking in particular as it related to the topic of the environment. In this article I would like to go into more depth regarding ...

What are some of the strategies you can use to prepare yourself for an English speaking test? We spoke to Aussie teacher Gwendolen (Gwen) Warnick from RMIT University to find out more. There are a ...

During the test you will be asked to speak on a variety of topics ranging from the general and personal to the more abstract and you will be expected to use both formal and informal language. In this ...

Junior high school students in Tokyo sit a mock English-conversation test in September 2018. (Photo courtesy of the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education) TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Board of ...