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Digital Chosun, the online unit of the Chosun Ilbo, and U.S.-based Educational Testing Service (ETS), the non-profit organization that developed the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), agreed on Tuesday on the exclusive distributorship of the TOEFL practice tests in Korea.
Under the agreement, Digital Chosun is the exclusive territory distributor of TOEFL Practice Online, the simulation of ETS's most widely accepted English language test in the world. Digital Chosun is authorized to market and sell TOEFL Practice Online for the next three years.
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Representatives from Digital Chosun and ETS pose at a ceremony marking the signing of a partnership agreement for TOEFL Practice Online tests for the Korean market in New York on Tuesday. From left: Brian Bong Hyeon Kim, executive director, Head Office of Business Strategy, Digital Chosun; Chan Kim, president and CEO, Digital Chosun; John Kochanski, director, ETS Global Division; Paul Ramsey, senior vice president, ETS Global Division; Gerben Van Lent, executive director, ETS Global BV; David Hunt, vice president, ETS Global Division and Yongtak Lee, country manager, ETS Korea.
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TOEFL Practice Online is a web-based simulation test officially provided by the company. Test questions are derived from previous TOEFL iBT tests and delivered in environments simulating the test. It also provides scoring by ETS, allowing test takers to familiarize themselves with the test format and measure their readiness for test day. TOEFL Practice Online is easily accessible by internet-connected PC with headset, regardless of time or location. Test scores are reported instantly online.
At the signing ceremony in New York, Digital Chosun CEO Chan Kim said, ¡°We are pleased to join the highly respected network of ETS vendors. Digital Chosun will collaborate with various educational institutes such as universities and proprietary language schools, so that Korean students easily encounter TOEFL Practice Online.¡±
¡°I expect that test takers in Korea will conveniently access TOEFL Practice Online in the future, as Digital Chosun will endeavor to develop and operate a local test delivery system dedicated to Korean test takers,¡± said Yongtak Lee, ETS Korea representative.
Digital Chosun plans to launch TOEFL Practice Online in the Korean market via its website in July.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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