by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published October 16, 2021 · Last modified February 19, 2026
Over 3.2 million people took the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test in 2024. 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...
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 December 26, 2020 · Last modified February 4, 2026
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...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published February 15, 2018 · Last modified February 4, 2026
If you teach TOEIC preparation classes, here’s your heads up. The TOEIC test will be updated in June 2018. Read on for details about the changes and how it will affect you as a TOEIC preparation teacher. This multiple-choice Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), designed to measure workplace...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published November 1, 2017 · Last modified February 4, 2026
Here’s the logical, efficient hack to teach your English students how to differentiate between past and present tenses and help them to improve their speaking skills. It’s a timed flash-card game using 41 keywords normally associated with the four basic verb tenses in the present and past. Keywords like: always,...
As EFL teachers, maintaining motivation and high energy levels can be difficult sometimes. We work alone and prepare alone. What’s always worked for me to pull myself up out of the doldrums was to look for inspiration from another teacher. Often times it was a colleague showing me the latest business English...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published June 22, 2016 · Last modified February 4, 2026
Games are a great way to use competition and team learning to motivate your students to learn and retain new business vocabulary and expressions. Print these four business phrasal verb games today to use in class over and over. This is a follow-up to my last blog “How to engage...
This post has been updated to reflect strategies for the current generation of students, including Gen Z and young adult learners. These scaffolded paper-based games are a refreshing break from “screen fatigue” and a way to build human connection in a world of online content. The biggest challenge a Business...
An English conversation club is fun, informal, and helpful. Your current and past English students will thank you for the opportunity to improve their speaking skills or to maintain their hard-earned level. Any English teacher could organize one, just follow the steps below. If you’re a Language School director looking...
Get your students speaking accurately in minutes with this zero-prep verb tense game. Download it from my TeachersPayTeachers store for FREE.
Master workplace vocabulary with these scaffolded activities designed for professional learners. Download for $3 from my store on TeachersPayTeachers
