Want to help your ESL students to finally master the prepositions ‘in on at‘? Try this ‘visual’ slideshow tour of New York City and its flashcard game. Learn how to teach your students to ‘visualize’ each preposition of place and time in 3D or 2D with this slideshow of images...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published April 30, 2018 · Last modified January 17, 2024
Every TOEIC preparation teacher needs sample tests because they are shorter: from 30 to 45 minutes compared to the two-hour full test. The sample tests give a fairly accurate estimation of the expected results on the full test and with different versions available, they can be used to measure progress...
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 November 1, 2017 · Last modified December 30, 2023
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...
There’s nothing like learning a new language to tax our memories. If you’re teaching English in a foreign country, you certainly had to learn a second language yourself. Remember how difficult it was to remember all that new vocabulary? Here’s a game to review English vocabulary in class just after...
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...
by Ellen Baker Dubois · Published June 22, 2016 · Last modified October 13, 2022
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...
The biggest challenge a business English teacher faces today is how to motivate and engage Millennials: the segment of the population born between 1980 and 2000. Especially young men and boys in a classroom setting. Wouldn’t you agree? In fact, I find it’s getting harder every year to keep the...
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...
