Author Archives: alexcase

TEFLtastic is now TEFLtastic.com

Posted on 28/06/2026 by alexcase

– ad free, easier to find, and with more e-books coming soon. All the links, pdfs, etc seem to be working fine after the change, but please leave a comment anywhere you can if you find something that needs fixing.

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The most TEFLtastic new stuff in 2026 Part 1

Posted on 10/06/2026 by alexcase

New articles, photocopiables and pages from the first half of this year, starting with personal favourites not mentioned yet/ recently: Irregular Past Simple games/ worksheets Irregular plurals games/ worksheets Relationships vocabulary storytelling activities Socialising in the UK tips and useful … Continue reading →

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New series of How Not to Teach English articles

Posted on 27/05/2026 by alexcase

I started this series to come back to old topics in a new way, and it also turned out to be a great way to combine basic advice and more debatable talking points, and so provide something for almost everyone. … Continue reading →

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My TEFL race against time

Posted on 29/10/2025 by alexcase

My daughter is well into her second term at Japanese high school, so I now only need the world of TEFL to survive another two and half years before my in-laws’ university savings account kicks in and I can achieve … Continue reading →

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Analysis of IELTS Academic 19

Posted on 09/10/2025 by alexcase

The Cambridge official IELTS practice exam books are from the organisation that writes the real tests and so are the most important source of information about what could be in the actual test, particularly about how it is changing from … Continue reading →

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My new favourite picture books for EFL young learners

Posted on 30/07/2025 by alexcase

A list and descriptions of some books I’ve recently found have really worked with two to twelve year olds, mostly titles I didn’t know when I made my original list of The Best Picture Books for EFL Young Learners and … Continue reading →

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New TEFLtastic photocopiables on almost everything coming soon

Posted on 24/07/2025 by alexcase

A mere 18 years into the history of TEFLtastic, I have finally found time to have an actual plan for new PDFs so that there will be a good mix of topics as the months go by. Instead of yet … Continue reading →

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My top selling e-books of 2024/2025

Posted on 15/07/2025 by alexcase

A sales ranking, then some musings on what it might mean: The most noticeable thing for me is that my emailing book has dropped out of the top sellers and my telephoning books have continued their decline – perhaps because … Continue reading →

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What is my IELTS innovation?

Posted on 20/05/2025 by alexcase

I’m thinking about applying for the IELTS Morgan Terry Memorial IATEFL Scholarship*, as it’s for innovation in IELTS and I’m sure I must have managed an innovation or two in over 1000 pages of photocopiables and 29 articles on IELTS. … Continue reading →

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The best IELTS Listening practice test?

Posted on 08/04/2025 by alexcase

An IELTS Listening practice test wish list, then two candidates for the prize. The perfect IELTS Listening test would have: It would also be nice to have a flowchart in Part 3 to tie in with Writing Task 1, even … Continue reading →

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