Author Archives: alexcase

Teaching tenses Xmas lessons

Posted on 11/12/2023 by alexcase

Teaching past, present and future verb forms in end of the year lessons tips and photocopiables: Teaching tenses in Christmas lessons article Present tenses Xmas photocopiables Present Simple Xmas photocopiables It is and they are Xmas photocopiables It is and … Continue reading →

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Englishlessonhandouts articles for teachers boxset

Posted on 25/10/2023 by alexcase

It’s been nearly a year, so I guess we will never see the long-awaited Season 2 of my series of englishlessonhandouts.com articles. However, I think Season 1 works as a standalone series, as it covers everything I had left to … Continue reading →

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The great Usingenglish.com PDFs renovation is well underway!

Posted on 03/10/2023 by alexcase

After a bit of a break, I’ve accelerated my efforts to polish up all 1355(!) of my UE photocopiables, with clearer instructions, more answers, few pages, easier and/ or less cutting up, fixed typos, etc. If you have any old … Continue reading →

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New pronunciation pages

Posted on 05/09/2023 by alexcase

New and newish pages on connected speech, schwa, magic E, doubled letters, and IELTS pronunciation, available with many other pronunciation pages here: Pronunciation games/ worksheets

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New IELTS Listening e-book out now!

Posted on 07/03/2023 by alexcase

Over 200 pages to teach students what IELTS Listening really involves, giving them knowledge of the key vocabulary, typical phrases, trick questions, difficult things to listen for, hard spellings, etc in the test.  All without any boring recordings or awkward … Continue reading →

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Business communication reviews (TEFLtastic Classics Part 51)

Posted on 10/01/2023 by alexcase

Often after my last TEFLtastic Classic (needs and instant personalised practice), I often start business courses with a big review of the basic language for electronic and face-to-face communication, with materials like these: First contact and further contact picking roleplays … Continue reading →

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400 IELTS Writing tips!

Posted on 12/12/2022 by alexcase

Have finally finished my biggest writing challenge of the year, divided into four slightly more manageable lists of 100 tips for teachers and candidates on Task 1 and Task 2. 100 IELTS Writing Task 1 teaching tips 100 IELTS Writing … Continue reading →

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Problems with Usingenglish.com links fixed

Posted on 06/12/2022 by alexcase

Thanks to a heads-up from a reader yesterday, noticed that loads of links are broken as they are all trying to go to https://www./files/ with no name of the site in it. Seems to be sorted now, but if it … Continue reading →

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15 years of TEFLtastic!

Posted on 28/11/2022 by alexcase

In that time, about:

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Three nice new this/ that/ these/ those activities

Posted on 21/09/2022 by alexcase

There are so many possible fun presentation and practice activities for “This is/ That is/ These are/ Those are…” that you have to be careful not to spend more time on this minor grammar point than it deserves… However, I … Continue reading →

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