Author Archives: alexcase

Two nice new activities for mixed future tenses

Posted on 07/07/2015 by alexcase

Along with the fact the authors have done boring stuff like workbooks so I don’t have to, what I most like about teaching with textbooks is the challenge of trying to come up with activities to tie together with whatever … Continue reading →

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TEFLtastic updated nearly every day (really!)

Posted on 04/06/2015 by alexcase

You certainly wouldn’t think  it from the number of actual posts, but under the hood (also known as the classroom activities section) new links to my articles and worksheets are added several times a week. To make it easy to … Continue reading →

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New photocopiable classroom activities March and April 2015

Posted on 29/04/2015 by alexcase

A bit of a random selection as always, but I do seem to be coming up with a lot of dice games recently and my collection of EFL games using dice is now up to 16. Meetings on the topic … Continue reading →

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New Market Leader Elementary materials page

Posted on 22/04/2015 by alexcase

Only up to Unit 5, but 22 relevant links so far, including a fair few worksheets written specifically for use with this book: Market Leader Elementary photocopiable classroom activities Pages for the other ML books here.

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37 activities for There is/ There are

Posted on 14/03/2015 by alexcase

32 teaching ideas, 5 photocopiable worksheets and four pages of related stuff on my much much expanded page here: There is/ There are games and other worksheets

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Does Jihadi John have a CELTA?

Posted on 01/03/2015 by alexcase

A lot of news sources are reporting that Mohammed Emwazi, allegedly the ISIS member nicknamed Jihadi John, did a “Celta” course before unsuccessfully applying to teach in Saudi in 2012, but apparently the only source of that info  says “His … Continue reading →

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New free English teaching classroom materials January and February 2015

Posted on 28/02/2015 by alexcase

Latest ones top. If you want more on any of these topics, they are also all on the relevant index pages in the full worksheets section here. Verbs with Two Objects School Rules Discussion Verbs with Two Objects Roleplay Discussion … Continue reading →

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MyTEFL.net courses – all the usual signs of dodginess

Posted on 21/02/2015 by alexcase

If you want to know how dodgy a TEFL course is, all you usually need to do is look at the accreditation page and look for these typical signs: – Mention of membership of IATEFL (which is available to literally … Continue reading →

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Why I’m a TEFLer who doesn’t worry about money

Posted on 02/02/2015 by alexcase

Given the crappy pay and job prospects, a lot of TEFLer understandably have money worries. Not me! And unlike most TEFLers who don’t worry about money, it’s not because I haven’t thought about the future. The way I see it, … Continue reading →

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New Cambridge First Certificate Writing Part One essays page

Posted on 12/01/2015 by alexcase

I’ve only managed to write one worksheet on this new part of the exam so far, but have tried to make up for it by linking to all of the few other updated resources online and my other relevant functional … Continue reading →

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