Decoding the IELTS and TOEFL Essay Rubrics
IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics As teachers, it is helpful to use IELTS and TOEFL essay rubrics to guide our students to get top scores on their independent essays. However, […]
Teacher, Trainer, Rapper, Designer: Jason R Levine, A.K.A Fluency MC
Jason R Levine an English language specialist for young learners and adults He runs workshops for teachers and shows for students worldwide. Best know as Fluency MC Jason has clocked […]
The TOEFL® Family of Assessments: A Portfolio of English-language Testing Options
Over the last 16+ years, ETS’s TOEFL ® program had one four-skills English-language test offering a single mode of delivery that learners around the world could use for university study, work […]
John Healy’s New Company Helps Teachers Beat TOEFL Speaking
Today’s guest is John Healy. I chat to John about his career in IT prior to begging to teach English. We talk also about his time in Korea and his […]
6 Tips for Teaching TOEFL Online 2022
During a panel discussion included in EFL Magazine’s TOEFL Training Summit last week, participants were asked about possible gaps in the TOEFL training market that prospective teachers could fill. My […]
TOEFL Teaching: Why Your Students Are Not Getting Higher Scores
Whatever a student’s ability, if they are unfamiliar with the strategies required to perform well at a particular examination, they will not do their best. The TOEFL is quite unlike […]
A Short Guide to Acronyms in ELT
Acronyms in ELT: What they mean and where and how they are used. Like any profession or field, the teaching of English has evolved and developed a whole range of […]
Learning Enhancers and Effective Learning Strategies
Learning Enhancers and Effective Learning Strategies Effective learning strategies have always been a part of my professional reflection. I have lost count of the times I have tried to clarify […]
School for Sale – Beat Eikaiwa in Osaka
BEAT EIKAIWA IS NOW SOLD! Beat Eikaiwa was the brainchild of Peter Carter and Taeko Kashiwagi and was established in November 2007. It opened its doors for its first students […]
Which English Test is Best for You?
I sometimes tease my students by saying, “Do you TOIEC?” or “Do you TOEFL?” since those are apparently the most popular of the commercial English tests available here in Korea […]