The Adjudication Core released the schedule and criteria for teams which have lodged applications to be classified as English as a Foreign Language teams, and hence making them eligible to break into the EFL semifinal.
The interviews will be conducted by members of the Adjudication Core.
The issue of what measures to use in order to gauge one's English fluency has been a long, outstanding one in the regional and international debate circuits. Whilst it is easy to determine the third criteria, the first and second ones are largely dependent on personal disclosures, for which an honesty system is employed and which remains subjective.
In the past, suggestions to use empirical measures such as TOEFL or IELTS scores have been turned down due to the expense involved.
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