2010 Teacher Professional Development Workshops for TOEIC and TOEFL tests

Advanced TOEFL iBT Workshop 

This Professional Development workshop is ideal for experienced TOEFL teachers or those who have already taken the introductory workshop. Using on-line demonstrations, this hands-on and interactive workshop is designed to show teachers how easy it is to incorporate the integrated-skills approach to teaching English as a Second Language.

This 4½-hour workshop will provide you with:

• Samples and copies of classroom activities you can use in your TOEFL preparation course.
• Strategies and skills to help your students prepare for the integrated tasks.
• Resources and lesson ideas for teaching important skills such as summarizing, paraphrasing, and note-taking.
• Techniques for teaching vocabulary and for providing students with feedback
• A list of valuable resources, including on-line resources
• An opportunity to share ideas and resources

In addition to workshop materials and an ETS issued certificate of completion, Advanced Workshop participants will receive a copy of The Official Guide to the New TOEFL iBT, recently published by McGraw Hill and ETS, the People Who Make the Test! The book includes an audio CD with real TOEFL passages and students' spoken responses and can be purchased separately for $39.95 plus tax.

Can't attend the workshop? Purchase the Official Guide through the ETS Canada Online Store.

Schedule of Advanced Workshops in Canada

Toronto:  May 27
Vancouver:  November 19

Registration Information

Workshop Cost: $125 plus tax
The Advanced Workshops will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

To Register:

1. You can register through the ETS Canada Online Store
2. Or, call us at 1-800-615-8666 toll free in Canada or U.S. (613-542-3368 if outside the U.S. or Canada)
3. Or email us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   for more information

Propell™: TOEFL iBT Introductory Workshop

This workshop provides instructional techniques and strategies using the integrated-skills approach to teaching language and preparing students for success with the TOEFL iBT.

This intensive, 7-hour teacher professional development workshop will cover the following:

• The integrated-skills approach to teaching, and how it can help your students communicate with confidence
• The listening, speaking, reading and writing skills that students need to communicate successfully in English-speaking academic environments
• Learning objectives for each of these skills, and demonstrations of sample classroom activities based on these objectives
• How the TOEFL iBT test assesses these integrated skills
• Sample responses for speaking and writing tasks on the TOEFL iBT test

Workshop participants will use all this information and work collaboratively to practice creating their own classroom activities. As well, they will have the opportunity to examine — and discuss with one another — how they might incorporate this integrated-skills teaching approach in their classrooms, if they are not already doing so.

The workshops are designed to offer highly interactive, hands-on, classroom-oriented learning experiences. Instructors who participate in — and successfully complete — the workshop will gain an understanding of the integrated-skills approach, which is recognized by leading language educators as the most effective way to build communicative competence and is now the basis for the TOEFL iBT test.

Workshop participants will receive:

1. A workshop manual and comprehensive guide to help implement what you learn in the workshop.
2. Five activity books that focus on individual learning skills.
3. A complete TOEFL iBT Practice Test.
4. A CD-ROM with audio samples to use with the practice test.
5. Scoring rubric reference cards
6. ETS-issued certificate of completion, which verifies that the participant has completed the "Propell - Helping Your Students Communicate with Confidence" workshop.

Schedule of Full-Day Workshops

Vancouver: April 9 and October 22
Toronto: April 9 and October 22

Registration Information

Workshop Cost: $150 CDN (approximately US$ 125)
The Propell Workshops will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a half-hour break at lunchtime (lunch not provided).

To Register:

1. You can register through the ETS Canada Online Store
2. Or, call us at 1-800-615-8666 toll free in Canada or U.S. (613-542-3368) if outside the U.S. or Canada)
3. Or email us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   for more information

 

Propell™: Workshop for the TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests

 These workshops explain everything you need to know to prepare your students for the TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests.

You will learn about the types of questions on the test and have the opportunity to practice scoring sample responses. As well, we will discuss activities you can use in the classroom to build language skills needed to succeed on the test.  

Workshop participants will receive:

1. A workshop manual and comprehensive guide to help implement what you learn in the workshop.
2. Two activity books that focus on individual learning skills.
3. A complete TOEIC Speaking and Writing Practice Test.
4. A CD-ROM with audio samples to use with the practice test.
5. Scoring rubric reference cards
6. ETS-issued certificate of completion, which verifies that the participant has completed the " Propell Workshop for the TOEIC Speaking and Writing Tests".

Schedule of TOEIC Workshops in Canada

Toronto: May 28
Vancouver: June 11 

Registration Information

Workshop Cost: $150 plus tax

To Register:

1. You can register through the ETS Canada Online Store
2. Or, call us at 1-800-615-8666 toll free in Canada or U.S. (613-542-3368) if outside the U.S. or Canada)
3. Or email us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   for more information

 

 

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