Author Archives: alexcase

As promise in my list of my most popular articles, here are some of my articles on those two sites that were never going to get googled more than once every two years or so. In approximate order of wackiness: … Continue reading →

The last decade or so has generally been a good time to be a left-winger with a scientific bent, because nowadays it is mainly right-wingers who ignore all evidence and get slagged off in editorials of New Scientist. However, it … Continue reading →

I’m one of the many people who has only come across Earl Stevick’s ideas indirectly, but the number of review copy requests I got for the new CUP book on his ideas shows that for many others his influence is still … Continue reading →

This list is based on stats which are almost a year old, but wanted some way to mark the ending of my series of over 270 TEFL articles on TEFLnet. Not many great surprises in the list – for example, it … Continue reading →

For starting and ending presentations, formal and informal presentations, giving presentation feedback, advice and useful phrases for presentations, voice and body language, errors and other typical confusions, and – believe it or not – roleplays. Giving presentations games/ worksheets Also … Continue reading →

I’m not a big one for giving away personal details in class, but I’ve recently realized how much the materials I write for my classes, especially discussion questions, are doing that for me anyway. Without me saying a word, students … Continue reading →