EDUCATIONAL Testing Service (ETS) and Great Source Education Group (GSEG), one of the leading educational publishers in the United States, announced a collaboration to help students improve their writing skills. GSEG, which publishes curriculum-based supplemental resources for students and teachers, will market and distribute subscriptions to a co-branded version of ETS's Criterion Online Writing Evaluation. The co-branded version of the Criterion service will complement GSEG's popular "Write Source" programme, and include custom prompts, level specific handbooks, traits support and graphics directly aligned with "Write Source" textbooks.
Software to improve American accents
最新英语学习软件推出 帮助学生掌握美式口语
SPECIALIZED software teaching spoken English with an American accent, "SpeakIT Suite" has been launched by Teaching Machine Inc., a US-based provider of software learning solutions designed to accelerate the learning process in children and adults worldwide. The software was programmed in collaboration with the India-based Aspire Career Development Academy. Apart from helping in learning the language with an American accent, it also improves vocabulary and enhances communication skills on a one-to-one basis. The software is claimed to be a personalized tutor ?training, listening and providing instantaneous correction verbally. The product is already available in the US market and negotiations are underway with some firms to market it in Malaysia and China.
