Researchers Build a Training Course for Teachers of English Around the World R&D TOEFL iBT EFL TAE ELLA

Author(s):

Sandberg, Hans

Publication Year:

2019

Source:

Focus on ETS R&D, n15, Nov 2019

Document Type:

Periodical

Page Count:

3

Subject/Key Words:

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), TOEFL iBT, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Teaching Academic English (TAE), Teacher Training, English Language Learning and Assessment (ELLA)

Abstract

The Teaching Academic English (TAE) with the TOEFL IBT test training course is for use by teachers around the world who teach English as a foreign language. It was built by a team of ETS researchers in just six months and is already in use in China. Focus on ETS R&D talked to John Norris and John Davis, two of the researchers behind TAE, about the course.