{"id":48470,"date":"2017-02-07T11:43:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T02:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=48470"},"modified":"2017-06-07T09:20:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T00:20:57","slug":"waseda-first-japanese-university-featured-on-toeic-program-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/48470","title":{"rendered":"Waseda first Japanese university featured on TOEIC \u00ae program website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waseda University became the first university in Japan to be featured on TOEIC\u00ae\u2019s Why English Matters program website.<\/p>\n<p>Used around the globe to measure English communication skills, TOEIC\u00ae is taken by students and businesspersons interested in learning English as a tool for study and work.<\/p>\n<p>Educational Testing Service (ETS), which develops and conducts TOEIC\u00ae, launched the website <a href=\"http:\/\/whyEnglishmatters.com\/docuseries\">Why English Matters<\/a>. The website demonstrates the practical usefulness of English through examples such as business and science. The Video Documentary Series, spotlighting the importance of English for communication in global businesses and organizations, is especially popular among people who aim to perform on the international stage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toeicglobal.com\/resources\" target=\"_blank\">Why English Matters Video Documentary Series<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Click on the images to see the videos featuring Waseda.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-48470 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toeicglobal.com\/resources\/a-student-s-perspective\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/02\/main-toeic-1-610x342.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-48450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/02\/main-toeic-1-610x342.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/02\/main-toeic-1-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/02\/main-toeic-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-48450'>\n\t\t\t\tEnglish allows for access to a vast body of research\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toeicglobal.com\/resources\/perspective-from-an-academic-institution\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/02\/main-toeic-610x342.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-48451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/02\/main-toeic-610x342.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/02\/main-toeic-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2017\/02\/main-toeic.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-48451'>\n\t\t\t\tEnglish functions as a useful tool at university\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Together with the Institute for International Business Communication, ETS created two videos featuring Waseda University. \u201cPerspective from an Academic Institution,\u201d focused on staff and administrators, and the second, \u201cA Student\u2019s Perspective,\u201d show how English is vital to the university\u2019s global activities and a crucial tool for students in their studies and research.<\/p>\n<p>Please have a look at Waseda\u2019s stories.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>TOEIC is a registered trademark of Educational Testing Service. This website is not endorsed or approved by ETS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waseda University became the first university in Japan to be featured on TOEIC\u00ae\u2019s Why English Matters program  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-topic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48477,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48470\/revisions\/48477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}