While browsing the “recent acquisitions” shelf at the Doksan Public Library I spotted this newish DET prep book (just beside a handsome new Korean edition of Ben Hogan’s “Five Lessons”). Given Doksan’s demographic makeup, we don’t get a lot of new test prep books, so finding it was a pleasant surprise.
A few months ago I wrote about how people working in test prep need to keep their eyes open in order to stay current. Sometimes, I guess, that means visiting their local library. Too many times have I heard people in test prep say things like “everyone stopped accepting the DET after the pandemic” or even “the DET isn’t very popular nowadays.”
Sometimes these statements are a sort of defense mechanism for individuals who have a livelihood tied up in the old testing duopoly. But most of the time they are just rooted in ignorance of what is going on in the world of English testing.
(the book is decent enough, by the way)
