The Korea Herald notes that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is considering re-naming the forthcoming NEAT (National English Ability Test) test. An official told The Korea Herald that the ministry is searching separate names for the two versions of the National English Ability Test currently being trialed.
“The word ‘National’ doesn’t fit in our long-term plan to export the testing tool to other countries where English is not spoken as the mother tongue,” he said, adding that the ministry plans to export the adult version of NEAT.
NEAT is being developed by the ministry largely to replace the English test part of the current state-administered college entrance exam. The new test will place more focus on speaking and writing skills rather than reading comprehension and grammar. NEAT consists of three levels, with level one for adults and level two and three for minors.
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