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  2. International English Language Testing System - Wikipedia

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    All other features, such as timing allocation, length of written responses, and reporting of scores, are the same. [16] IELTS Academic and General Training both incorporate the following features: IELTS tests the ability to listen, read, write and speak in English. The speaking module is a key component of IELTS.

  3. Test of English Proficiency (South Korea) - Wikipedia

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    Part 4 is given 60 seconds of response time in 60 seconds of preparation time, with one question to be drawn and connected. Part 5 is given 120 seconds for preparation and 90 seconds for answer time, with one question for reporting and presenting the chart. Writing A perfect score of 100 is given in three paragraphs. Part 1 is given 10 minutes ...

  4. Parkinson's law - Wikipedia

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    Work contracts to fit in the time we give it. [4] the Asimov corollary to Parkinson's law: In ten hours a day you have time to fall twice as far behind your commitments as in five hours a day. [5] as well as corollaries relating to computers, such as: Data expands to fill the space available for storage. [6]

  5. Most common words in English - Wikipedia

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    The OEC includes a wide variety of writing samples, such as literary works, novels, academic journals, newspapers, magazines, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, blogs, chat logs, and emails. [ 2 ] Another English corpus that has been used to study word frequency is the Brown Corpus , which was compiled by researchers at Brown University in the 1960s.

  6. C2 Proficiency - Wikipedia

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    C2 Proficiency is made up of four exam papers, which cover all the key language skills (Reading and Use of English, Writing, Listening and Speaking). [8] The Speaking paper is taken face-to-face. Candidates have the choice of taking the Reading and Use of English paper, Writing paper and Listening paper on either a computer or on paper. [9] 1.

  7. English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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    All these ways of denoting the teaching of English can be bundled together into an umbrella term. Unfortunately, not all of the English teachers in the world would agree on just only a simple single term(s). The term TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) is used in American English to include both TEFL and TESL. This is also ...

  8. Arbeit macht frei - Wikipedia

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    Arbeit macht frei ([ˈaʁbaɪt ˈmaxt ˈfʁaɪ] ⓘ) is a German phrase translated as "Work makes one free" or more idiomatically "Work sets you free" or "work liberates". The phrase originates from the 1873 novel Arbeit macht frei ("Work sets (you) free") by Lorenz Diefenbach , a pastor and philologist , itself being an allusion to John 8:31 ...

  9. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Time and tide wait for no man; Time flies; Time goes by slowly when your are living intensely; Time is a great healer; Time is money (Only) time will tell 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all; To be worn out is to be renewed – Laozi, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – c. 531 BC) [11] To each his own