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 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,...
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...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published February 15, 2018 · Last modified August 17, 2022
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 October 23, 2016 · Last modified August 10, 2023
Business English students preparing for the TOEIC test will love this game because its simple, logical design will give them a quick win. Linking words (ex: but, and, because) connect two ideas and make your writing clear and precise while adding meaning. Students will learn how to choose from among...
Want to make your ESL students sit up and listen in class? Just announce ‘We’ve got a video today’. A video, and especially a funny video, instantly perks up the hardest to inspire students. Learn to find and download the perfect ESL video without a YouTube Premium account. It doesn’t...
I think we all agree that it’s so important to give your ESL/EFL student what he needs to fulfill his language goals: personalized ESL lessons delivered in the most interesting and engaging way possible. Just about every teacher I know feels this way. But you’ve probably already got a full...
