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The Future of English Testing: What Makes TOEIC 4-Skills a Game-Changer?
EAS Milan-Tecnitravel, a key player in the field of language certification, has been a long-standing partner of ETS. This renowned institution operates in Italy as both a language school and a test center, offering a wide range of language assessments, including the TOEIC® test.
EAS Milan-Tecnitravel has recently expanded its offerings by introducing the new TOEIC 4-Skills test, which evaluates all four language skills. We spoke with Andrea CASSANO, CEO of the institution, who explained his decision and the benefits of this test for his center and candidates.
A Strategic Response to Ministry of Education Requirements
The main motivation for introducing the TOEIC 4-Skills test was to align the center’s offerings with the new requirements determined by the Italian Ministry of Education. In fact, due to changes to regulations in recent years, language certification must assess all four skills to be officially recognized by the Ministry.
The TOEIC 4-Skills test, which evaluates listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in a professional context, naturally emerged as the best response to this requirement.
The TOEIC 4-Skills test perfectly meets these criteria, and provides reliable assessments of English proficiency in professional situations, whether candidates are beginners or advanced.
Concrete benefits for candidates
Since implementing this test, EAS Milan-Tecnitravel has received highly positive feedback from candidates and institutions alike. The TOEIC 4-Skills test offers several advantages to all parties.
Candidates, for their part, appreciate various aspects of the test. "It is shorter, more modern thanks to its computerized format. Financially, taking the TOEIC 4-Skills is more affordable than taking the two separate tests (Listening and Reading, then Speaking and Writing)," Mr. CASSANO explains.
Students, especially those with advanced proficiency, also find this format better suited to their lifestyles.
"They particularly appreciate having all their results consolidated on a single certificate," he adds.
A significant impact on language assessment
The institution’s initial feedback already highlights the strong potential of this test. After administering approximately one hundred tests, the collected data suggests that the TOEIC 4-Skills test could become a viable alternative to existing academic tests. It also enables targeting a market more focused on the professional world.
"We can confidently say that the TOEIC 4-Skills test has the potential to become an additional solution to other academic tests, addressing a market more oriented toward the workplace. It can also compete with other testing solutions that assess all four skills in a single test," concludes Andrea CASSANO.
The introduction of the TOEIC 4-Skills test by EAS Milan-Tecnitravel marks a turning point in language certification offerings in Italy, bringing flexibility, efficiency, and precision to all candidates.