Author Archives: alexcase

10 years of TEFLtastic!

Posted on 09/06/2016 by alexcase

10 years, 1700 blog posts, over 500 actual articles, nearly 2000 worksheets, over 6000 comments, about 10,000,000 page views – and it’s all happened very much by accident. TEFLtastic started in June 2006 back when I was writing regular articles and reviews for … Continue reading →

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New TEFL stuff April and May 2016

Posted on 30/05/2016 by alexcase

Had a little burst of activity while I was between jobs and so briefly almost back to the good old days in terms of quantity. If you’d like to help me have more time to post such stuff, please support … Continue reading →

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Better self-study materials

Posted on 29/05/2016 by alexcase

Just published two articles on the topic of improving self-study books, homework materials, etc. 20 things wrong with most self-study materials Activities that match the questions in students’ heads After reading them, you can check out my attempt at making … Continue reading →

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New telephoning in English resources for students

Posted on 16/05/2016 by alexcase

On top of my new book on English phone calls (Really Learn the Most Useful Emailing Phrases ), have put up a list of the most important language and articles on how to make calls: The 100 most useful telephoning phrases … Continue reading →

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TEFLtastic e-book – Really Learn the Most Useful Telephone Phrases

Posted on 09/05/2016 by alexcase

After 20 years in TEFL and more than ten publishing my ideas and worksheets, I’ve finally put together a whole book of materials – and one that goes against almost everything I’ve done so far. First of all, it’s a … Continue reading →

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New question formation classroom activities pages

Posted on 04/05/2016 by alexcase

New pages on question formation just created, with a specific one for subject questions. That also makes the tense review page where they used to live much more manageable.

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22 key word sentence transformations links

Posted on 02/04/2016 by alexcase

Just in case you didn’t notice in the last post, a brief heads up that I’ve gone a little FCE sentence transformations crazy over the last couple of months, with an article and loads of new worksheets. I’ve also added … Continue reading →

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30 new TEFL articles and worksheets (Spring 2016)

Posted on 28/03/2016 by alexcase

A fairly typical amount of new stuff on Usingenglish.com and on TEFLtastic, though in my humble opinion the quality is getting a little better all the time… Help and Hindrance in IELTS Listening Whose is this Whose are these Possessives personalised … Continue reading →

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FCE Speaking Part Two teaching materials section expanded and reorganised

Posted on 12/02/2016 by alexcase

Possibly the most difficult part of Cambridge First Certificate Speaking and certainly the weirdest (“I’d like you to compare the two photos” “Why???), now made much more manageable and fun: FCE Speaking Part Two games, photocopiables and videos

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New small talk games/ worksheets page

Posted on 15/01/2016 by alexcase

My Business English students often complain that the most difficult part of using English in their jobs is not making presentations or chairing meetings but the networking, chatting and bumping into people in the lift that can happen before and afterwards. There … Continue reading →

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