Welcome the new year, improve your career prospects. Earn the world's leading proof of English proficiency for the workplace with TOEIC testing.  Click here to register for TOEIC Listening & Reading tests in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, or Dubai.

Need to justify that English language training and testing are worth the cost? Check out a new blog post from AMIDEAST's U.S. testing division documenting some of the many reasons employers lose money when they don't invest in English skills. 

Writing: the neglected English skill? Ever notice that writing skills practice is usually at the very end of the lessons in most textbooks? It's often also given less attention by language trainers than other English skills. Build that hard-to-teach skill using the ETS English Skills module on writing for anytime, anywhere, interactive, and fun practice of this essential business skill.

Business English site of the month. The BBC news site has a section specifically for students of general and business English. Listening and reading practice that also updates you on current events, quizzes, and more.