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Thanks to our inaugural TOEIC Propell Teacher Workshop attendees. Your professionalism and ideas helped the two-day event sizzle! Please let us know your follow-up thoughts or questions; we look forward to continued communication and cooperation.... If you didn't attend but are interested in Propell, please write us at toeic@amideast.org and we'll let you know when future such events are scheduled for the U.S.

Supplement your training with online English learning tools. We provide instant delivery of interactive, expert-designed products that your students will enjoy using at home or anywhere to improve pronunciation, idiom usage, writing skills, and more. Contact us at toeic@amideast.org for more details and teacher quantity discounts. .

Have you developed creative English for special purpose training materials? Entries are now being accepted for IATEFL's Business English Special Interest Group's 2011 David Riley Award for Innovation in Business English and ESP. Eligible materials may be for classroom use or self-study and may be print- or computer-based. Deadline is August 31, 2011.

Business English site of the month. Business Balls provides free materials for use in business-related training and career advice plus advanced English language learning resources such as business English dictionaries and acronym and idiom lists .  

Reverse brain drain hurting Silicon Valley. Tight U.S. visa regulation and better conditions in their own countries are drawing immigrants back home, USA Today reports. Did you know that Google, Intel, Amazon, Yahoo, and 52% of all Silicon Valley start-ups were founded by immigrants?