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Japanese Yen Now Accepted As Payment Option for the TOEFL iBT® Test

23/05/12

origin: Japanese Yen Now Accepted As Payment Option for the TOEFL iBT® Test (http://www.ets.org)

Princeton, N.J. (May 23, 2012) —
Japanese students now have the option to use the yen as a payment method for the TOEFL iBT® test. The new payment choice is available to test takers by selecting the credit card option through the TOEFL® online registration system. The euro, won and rupee are also now accepted as payment through the online registration system.

TOEFL test takers paying in yen no longer will incur currency exchange fees charged by most debit and credit card companies as payment is no longer limited to U.S. dollars. The cost for the TOEFL test in Japanese yen will be based on the daily currency rate.

"Offering Japanese students the opportunity to pay for the TOEFL test in yen is another option ETS is providing to test takers,"explains David Hunt, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ETS’s Global Division. "We are very pleased with the initial response from Japanese students regarding this new enhancement to the registration process. The TOEFL Program continues to explore new ways to make the overall testing experience more efficient for students worldwide."

In November, ETS announced yet another welcome change for test takers by condensing the testing format of the Reading section to a maximum of four reading passages. The Reading section is no longer divided into separately timed parts, rather all passages and questions are made available in a single block of time allowing test takers to pace themselves through the entire Reading section. Met with applause from students, this change to the format of the TOEFL test highlights another example of how the testing process is becoming more user-friendly, allowing individuals more flexibility by being able to skip questions, go back to review and change responses, or respond to questions they may have skipped.

The TOEFL test is the most widely recognized English-language assessment used by more than 8,500 institutions to assess English proficiency. It is the most accepted English-language assessment worldwide. The TOEFL test measures an individual’s ability to use and understand English and evaluates how well an individual is able to integrate listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. The TOEFL test is used in more than 130 countries by academic institutions, scholarship committees, government agencies and accrediting agencies to measure English proficiency.

More information regarding the TOEFL test is available at www.TOEFLGoAnywhere.org and www.ets.org/toefl.

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