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No words can accurately describe such a stupid process!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: August 21, 2010
Okay… I will try my best to soften my language here, though I am tempted to be blunt. Am I angry? Indeed… I am!… For the mere reason that I do care about my trainees’ fate. Unfortunately I cannot say the same for the majority of language trainers/coaches out there! Hey! more often their students fail [...]
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It is coming on July 30! Fasten your seat belts!!!

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: July 23, 2010
Do I have to mention that I have been overloaded with work lately?… I think I did not write a line in the past two months and, believe me, it was not due to me being away on vacation!  I do no longer know what a vacation is indeed!… I really do not know what [...]
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Some Quality Control would not Hurt!…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: July 29, 2009
Finally Maggie in NYC got her results in both reading comprehension and written expression… It was about time! She waited more than one month… actually she got the results of her oral interaction test long before and this exam was the very last she took… I guess the results had been in for quite a [...]
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