<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>PTE News</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/news&amp;page=f268e36b-97bf-4e35-946a-63a8d0fc72f4&amp;wp=d0db2d7f-8b2e-4a28-9441-2bb92fd1a571</link><description>The latest from Pearson Tests of English</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>New PTE Academic Test Center in Lagos</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/TestCenterinLagos.aspx</link><description>Kaplan and Pearson, have opened one of the first test centers to offer Pearson’s PTE Academic English test in Lagos.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:57:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearson expands presence in Nepal </title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/ECAN.aspx</link><description>Partnership with the educational consultancy association of Nepal</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:55:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>JJL and Pearson offer English language testing service for thousands of Chinese students</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/JJLandPearson.aspx</link><description>We offer an English language test that is fast, reliable and widely recognized, meeting all the needs of Chinese students. As the leading student consultancy in China, JJL is the perfect partner for Pearson.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:59:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearson working with EducationUSA advising centers to promote PTE Academic</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/EducationUSAworkswithPearson.aspx</link><description>EducationUSA is a global network of more than 400 advising centers supported by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:33:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Test Centre Open in Oman</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/TestCentreOman.aspx</link><description>As a computer-based English test, PTE Academic minimizes human errors so that the testing process is faster and more reliable,” said Dr. Taki Abdul Redha Al Abduwani, Dean of Gulf College.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:48:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearson in Partnership with Canadian Research Project</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/CanadianResearchProject.aspx</link><description>We will be supporting a research partnership on the effectiveness of English language test preparation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:20:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PTE General Test is Accepted by the Ministry of Education in Lithuania </title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/Lithuania.aspx</link><description>Students taking PTE General at Level 3 or higher will now be exempt from the English language school-leaving state examinations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:48:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Winner of Best MA Thesis in Applied Linguistics is Funded by Pearson</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/WinnerofBestMAThesis.aspx</link><description>The Anéla/VIOT thesis award has recently been awarded to Anne-France Pinget for her thesis entitled “Native speakers' perceptions of fluency and accent in L2 speech”.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:44:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PTE General Accredited by the Ministry of Education in Colombia</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/PTEGeneralMoEColombia.aspx</link><description>PTE General has been officially accredited in the list of officially accepted foreign language tests as proof of linguistic competence.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:47:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New PTE Academic Test Center in Moscow</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/NewPTEAcademicTestCenterinMoscow.aspx</link><description>“Our test center in Moscow will allow us to offer an English language test that is fast, secure and reliable to a greater number of Russian students who want to study abroad.” </description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:58:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearson opens first PTE Academic test center in Iraq</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/PTEAcademicopensfirsttestcenterinIraq.aspx</link><description>"We are proud to engage in this partnership with Pearson, as it is the world’s largest learning company and has a reputation for excellence in the academic world." Rasheda Zaher-Draey, joint founder of Britannia Educational Services</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:53:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearson And San-Pro Open The First PTE Academic Test Center In Bulgaria</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/PTEAcademicTCBulgaria.aspx</link><description>“We see this as a logical and natural extension of the services we offer to our students. We have over 20 years of experience in English language teaching and are pleased to offer the most flexible English language test on the market.”</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:59:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearson Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With Kaplan</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/PearsonSignsMemorandumOfUnderstandingWithKaplan.aspx</link><description>“Kaplan is delighted to be collaborating with Pearson on this exciting project. Our partnership with Pearson will allow us to meet the new challenges and provide our students with a fast, accurate and secure assessment of their English language."</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:28:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pearson presents latest research on PTE Academic at EALTA conference</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/PearsonpresentslatestresearchonPTEAcademicatEALTAconference.aspx</link><description>“We’re looking into the various aspects of listening tasks that might determine how easy or difficult they are for test takers,” </description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:44:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>PTE Academic Scores to be accepted by the Australian Government for student visa applications from 5 November 2011</title><link>http://www.pearsonpte.com/news/Pages/PTEAcademicScoresAcceptedByDIAC.aspx</link><description>“We are extremely pleased with the DIAC decision. To support our students further, Navitas has launched the first fully accredited PTE Academic preparation course available for students in Australia.” Navitas</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:28:01 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
