Category Archives: TOEFL

TOEFL to improve high school English?

Posted on 29/07/2014 by alexcase

The British government has finally learnt its lesson about dealing with ETS after many cock ups including the recent big fraud which means that TOEFL can no longer be used for immigration purposes, but that’s not stopping schools in Japan: … Continue reading →

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New education vocabulary page

Posted on 20/04/2013 by alexcase

Particularly useful for listening in academic exams like IELTS and ToEFL, and also for Part One of speaking exams like FCE and CAE – but also for anyone who might ever need to explain their past, present or future education. … Continue reading →

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EFL exam materials

Posted on 14/03/2011 by alexcase

Classes cancelled again, I think mainly because of trains not running more than risk of more earthquakes or the wind blowing radioactive gas all this way. As the planned power cuts didn’t materialise today and anyway will probably not include … Continue reading →

Posted in CAE, Cambridge First Certificate, Cambridge Proficiency, EFL exams, IELTS, IELTS Speaking, Photocopiable worksheets, TOEFL, TOEIC | Leave a comment

ETS to introduce new exam for teachers

Posted on 16/05/2009 by alexcase

Their spokesman said “With IELTS increasingly taking over from TOEFL, BULATS eating away at TOEIC, Eiken expanding in Japan and the Korean government introducing its own English language exams, we were worried that the level of English teaching in Asia … Continue reading →

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Five more reasons to hate ETS

Posted on 04/02/2009 by alexcase

I got a bit of a rise out of someone (probably) associated with ETS, the people responsible for the language teaching travesties that are TOEFL and TOEIC, last time I laid into them. So, let’s see if we can’t carry … Continue reading →

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The truth about TOEFL

Posted on 22/11/2008 by alexcase

“TOEFL- Test of English with Fluency Lacking- A test of English in which you can get full marks without speaking one word. Originally developed only for people who have physical problems with their voice box, eventually having been through an … Continue reading →

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IELTS, TOEIC, TOEFL, FCE, CAE and CPE worksheets, articles and tips

Posted on 09/09/2008 by alexcase

Have done a bit more tedious reorganisation so that you don’t need to do so much tedious searching, and you can now find all the links to my stuff on said topics elsewhere on the internet as well as my … Continue reading →

Posted in CAE, Cambridge First Certificate, Cambridge Proficiency, EFL exams, English for Academic Purposes, ETS, IELTS, IELTS Academic Reading, IELTS Speaking, links, Listening, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, Reading, Speaking, TEFL, TOEFL, TOEIC, Usingenglish, Vocabulary | Leave a comment

The alternative EFL jargon dictionary Part 12

Posted on 10/07/2008 by alexcase

SLA- Second Language Acquisition- The theory that you are guaranteed to learn a language if you just spend enough money on it STT- Stupid Talking Time- How long you should let a student talk after you realize they’ve got completely … Continue reading →

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The Alternative ELT Jargon Dictionary Part 10

Posted on 12/06/2008 by alexcase

BIELT- The British Institute of English Language Teaching, set up with the goals of establishing a framework of professional qualifications and a professional code of practice. It failed. BULATS- EFL testing euphemism for “bollocks” Cloze-

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The greatest misconception in TESOL?

Posted on 23/04/2008 by alexcase

“Native-Japanese speakers taking the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, scored lower than students from China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, South Korea and Vietnam in 2007. Even North Koreans scored higher.” From the famous Japan … Continue reading →

Posted in Business English and ESP, EFL exams, Teaching English in Japan, TOEFL | 3 Comments