When taking the TOEIC L&R use these skills and strategies to boost your TOEIC score. All seven parts are covered and you can practice with a mini-test part by part. Knowing what to expect on the official test day is reassuring, soothes fear of the unknown, and reduces stress. The...
Leverage gives us more power. It was the ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher Archimedes who calculated just how much it helps. Why not encourage your business English students to leverage their English skills to reach their goals? Celebrities, professional athletes, and rock stars have learned English to reach the top....
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published October 1, 2022 · Last modified October 11, 2022
Give your ESL students the vocabulary to discuss their life goals and what success looks like to them. Brainstorm the difference in meaning between goals and success. The aim of this lesson is to start students thinking about setting goals in English or in TOEIC exam preparation. Start off by...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published October 16, 2021 · Last modified February 21, 2024
Over 6 million people take the TOEIC L&R test every year. Have you thought about suggesting it to your business English students? Learn about the different TOEIC tests offered by ETS with these nine FAQs answered for you. Watch this short YouTube video that you can show in class, then...
What’s the difference between language teaching and language coaching? A trainer transfers knowledge and skills to learners. It’s as if the learner were a passive passenger in her language acquisition journey. A coach puts the learner directly in the driver’s seat by pushing her to accept responsibility for learning. A...
Bus Eng teachers: Are you keeping up with the times? Read about my EdTech survey and hear from an expert in pedagogy on how the times are changing in EFL.
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published January 24, 2021 · Last modified August 17, 2022
If you’re an English teacher you’re going to want to organize your ESL lessons so you can reuse them. I’m going to show you my system, where I put all my lessons into an Excel table with a link back to the file location. I classify each lesson by subject,...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published December 26, 2020 · Last modified August 16, 2022
Have you been hearing about breakout rooms? Maybe you don’t even know what they are? Or why they’re important for online EFL teachers? We’ve asked an expert EFL teacher, Uma Tadema, to answer our questions about Zoom breakout rooms. Watch the interview with Uma or read the accompanying article with...
Find the list of 80 words you’ll need for this lesson on one of the top TOEIC topics “Kinds of Jobs and Kinds of businesses” including five suggestions for making your own vocabulary games that are proven to engage students and increase retention of new words. To round out the...
Every TOEIC teacher wrestles with choosing the content to include in a preparation course. What TOEIC topics should I cover? What are the most common vocabulary themes found in the exam? I struggled too. So I did some research and drew up a list of the most important topics. Stick...
As a TOEIC teacher, what do you think is more important teaching TOEIC grammar or teaching TOEIC vocabulary? I’m sure you have an opinion on this. This question has been troubling me for quite some time especially when I was planning content for larger classes. One-on-one TOEIC training was easy...
