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How to relieve the tension of the SLE testing process?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: July 17, 2009

This week has been quite emotional for most of my trainees… some had lost sleep over the upcoming SLE tests, some could not hold back their tears any longer and some others had reached a high level of frustration… Why?… Well… for various reasons… For those who applied for a job position within the Public [...]

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What do they actually teach?…

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: June 21, 2009

I am always amazed by the fact that many people, after an extended period of time in intensive French training, cannot get their levels!… I agree that getting a C in oral is not easy, yet it should be achievable. As for the written expression test, many months in full-time training should be enough for people [...]

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E-Teaching… Is it Taken Seriously?

By Lyne Des Roberts | Published: June 15, 2009

I heard good news today… Nelson got his written expression test results and he met the language requirements of his position! He is now the proud owner of a B in both, reading and writing!… Now, he only has to work on tackling the oral interaction test (which is not the easiest of course!). It [...]

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