TOMSK, Jul 5 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk State University (TSU) obtained the license for carrying out the international examination TOEFL iBT® English, the Tomsk's first authorized center of testing will begin work this fall, the press service of the university reports.
TOEFL certificate – is the necessary document required for admission to foreign universities, in obtaining the right to training or for employment requiring knowledge of English. Internet-based Test (iBT) - is testing through the Internet, includes tasks not only for reading, hearing and written language, but also for oral speech and the combined tasks.
"The Tomsk's first authorized center of testing TOEFL opened in TSU. (The university) successfully passed certification and obtained the license for carrying out the international examination TOEFL iBT® English <…> The center of testing will begin work this fall", – is said in the message.
It is noted that the right to administer tests from the company developer of examination ETS (USA) was acquired by the staff of the TSU Research Library (TSU RL) and management of international relations of the university.
"We expect a big flow of persons interested to receive the certificate, and not only from our university. Up to this point the nearest to residents of Tomsk authorized center of testing was in Novosibirsk", – are quoted in the message the TSU RL employee Galina Serbina.
It is noted that within the work of the center TSU professors will also conduct two-month courses of preparation for examination for persons interested. Courses will start work in the autumn of 2016.