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SCROLL DOWN FOR FREE PREPARATION RESOURCES !!! The GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION (GRE) is the "world's most widely used admission test for graduate and professional school" (https://www.ets.org/). The GRE General Test features the following:      Verbal Reasoning   — This refers to measuring the ability to:        *  "analyze and draw conclusions from discourse and reason from               incomplete data,"        *  "understand multiple levels of meaning (such as literal, figurative and              author’s intent),"                *  "summarize text and distinguish major from minor points,"        *  "understand the meanings of words, sentences and entire texts, and             relationships  among words and among concepts," with "emphasis on              complex verbal reasoning  skills."      Quantitative Reasoning   — This refers to measuring the

Image from Trinity College London Note: The recapitulation below is for those who may have missed  the first nine          articles (on Grades 1 - 9 &10 resources). Recapitulation  This article seeks to briefly share what the Graded Examinations in Spoken English, or GESE, administered by Trinity College London, as well as by certified or authorized centers worldwide, is basically about. In addition, it aims to share teaching-learning resources-- particularly Grade 11 and Grade 12 FREE resources--that teachers may wish to use as supplementary materials in any oral English communication or spoken English classes.  The recap focuses on a) a  brief introduction to GESE, and                                b)  GESE Resources. What follows last is a sample list of  YouTube Video Resources for Grade 11 and Grade 12, respectively. I mage from Trinity YouTube Video Brief Introduction to GESE