TEFLtastic blog wasn’t much of a blog in 2015, and it is unlikely to become one again in 2016 given the two unintended consequences of blogging less:
One slightly disheartening effect of never blogging was a record-breaking number of hits, nearly twice last year’s at well over two million page views. That could well be because people can now click on TEFLtastic for teaching ideas and photocopiable activities without any danger of accidentally coming across attempts at humour or navel-gazing on their way there. Or it could, hopefully, be the result of the second consequence of never blogging, which is that a lack of musing on pointless TEFL-related questions has left time for a leap in the quality of the more useful stuff that I’m producing. It may not seem like it from the big list below, but I do believe, or at least sincerely hope, that 2015 was finally the year I went for quality over quantity. In fact, frankly I’m not sure I’d use any of the materials I produced before 2015 anymore
New TEFL articles
Fitting learner training into your syllabus
Why does my teacher not speak more slowly?
How to teach Cambridge First Certificate Listening Part Four
How to teach the zero conditional
How to teach English syllables
New pdf classroom activities
Personal Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives Memory Games
Sentences with “in case”- Discuss and Agree
Singular and Plural Possessive S TPR Miming Game
Present Simple and Progressive Trends and Meetings Practice
Passive Voice- Free and Controlled Speaking
Numbers in English- The Same or Different
Third Person Present Tense Questions- Alphabet Game
Politeness in making arrangements and future tenses review
Choose the Best Job Interview Responses
First and Second Conditional Negotiating Practice
Past Simple Make Me Say Yes- Personalised Speaking Game
Processes in Planes and Airports- Present and Past Passive Practice
Have & Have Got with Prepositions of Position
Business Moral Dilemmas Conditionals Practice
Collocations- Counting Syllables Practice
Make Sentences from Syllables- Scrabble Game
Consonant Clusters Pronunciation
English Collocations- Counting Syllables Consonant Clusters Practice
Dealing with Requests and Enquiries- Line-by-line Brainstorming
Good and bad responses in negotiations
Do you like + Does he like Categories Coin Game
Cambridge First Certificate (FCE) Exam and Self-study Tips- Speculating Practice
Defining Relative Clauses Discuss and Agree
Modals of Deduction Guess the Country
Discussing Business Problems with Conditionals
TV Ads- Present Simple and Present Continuous Presentation and Practice
Emailing- Dealing with problems and complaints
Social English Responses- Card Games
Dealing with Problems and Complaints- Card Games
Business English Meetings – Comparative Adjectives Practice
Meeting People- Line-by-line Brainstorming
He has/ She has-Present Simple Games
Present Simple and Continuous Needs Analysis and Presentation
Countable and Uncountable Nouns Roleplay- A Buffet Lunch
Present Perfect and Simple Past- Small Talk
Academic English- Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Comparing products using comparative and superlative adjectives
Like and Would Like- Make me say yes speaking game
Describing Companies with Present Simple and Progressive
FCE (Cambridge First Certificate) Speaking- Needs Analysis and Useful Language
Giving Advice- Personality Problems
Food and Drink- Present Perfect Bluffing Game
Small Talk in Business- Present Simple Questions
Guests and Hosts- Restaurant Vocabulary
Do you have + May I have Games
Planning FCE Writing Part One essays
HR vocabulary and trends practice
Number of Syllables- The Same or Different Games
Zero Conditional Practice- Advice for Parents
Zero Conditional- Personalised Sentence Completion Guessing Game
Hi Alex!
Hi! Many thanks for all the worksheets you produce. It’s also great to read about other people’s experiences in the classroom and compare them to mine. All the information you produce is great for inspiring new ideas and activities.
All your resources really help. Keep it up!