Author Archives: alexcase

More bad IELTS tips

Posted on 18/02/2019 by alexcase

I recently published a list of 32 bad IELTS tips. That seemed like a lot, but then I remembered even more bad advice from textbooks, websites and students which I think is worth a mention. Would love to hear other people’s ideas too. … Continue reading →

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The most TEFLtastic photocopiables of 2018

Posted on 07/01/2019 by alexcase

In approximate order of how often I have used them and am likely to use them myself. They are all also on the pages for each topic, and mentioned in any relevant TEFLtastic Classics posts on the most adaptable TEFL games … Continue reading →

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The most TEFLtastic articles of 2018

Posted on 16/12/2018 by alexcase

As my last article of the year is already up, I thought I’d give a list of all the ones in 2018, in approximate order of how often I’ve been using those ideas in my own classes. If you’ve found any … Continue reading →

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New TEFL stuff autumn 2018

Posted on 06/11/2018 by alexcase

Most recent top of each section New teaching materials pages Imperative games, worksheets, stories and songs Quantifiers page New TEFL articles How to teach British and American functional language How to teach giving and asking for directions British and American … Continue reading →

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New teaching quantifiers page

Posted on 22/10/2018 by alexcase

Am still working on an article on the topic, but have already made a new page for worksheets on “some”, “a few”, “too many”, etc, with mutual links to and from my related pages like countable/ uncountable, there is/ there are, … Continue reading →

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Matching Games Part Two – Pelmanism

Posted on 09/09/2018 by alexcase

Pelmanism in ELT article and PDFs. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Updated 22 September 2020 I’ve written a lot about pelmanism/ pairs/ the memory game before. However in the second half of the latest … Continue reading →

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New TEFL stuff summer 2018

Posted on 29/08/2018 by alexcase

I had a real TEFL-free summer holiday this year for once, but not a bad haul before and after that. Newest ones that I haven’t mentioned before top of each section. Lists of useful language The 150 most useful Business English … Continue reading →

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Emotions vocabulary page much expanded

Posted on 27/08/2018 by alexcase

New article, many new worksheets and flashcards, plus new links to songs and stories here: Feelings vocabulary index page

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New teaching time expressions materials and ideas

Posted on 15/08/2018 by alexcase

I start far too many of my articles with suggestions to teach more of this and less of that, but this time I really really really really really really mean it! Perhaps the most shocking weakness I have found in … Continue reading →

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TEFL dominoes (TEFLtastic Classics Part 36)

Posted on 10/07/2018 by alexcase

Part One of the most recent of my articles in ETP magazine, with links to related PDFs. Readers who saw the number of variations in my article on jigsaw games might be surprised to find that those are just part of … Continue reading →

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