Author Archives: alexcase

The main reason why I prefer being freelance

Posted on 21/06/2013 by alexcase

I’ve never mentioned following through on my little protest about the impossibility of teaching properly given the burdens of a full time contract. Well, I did and so I’ve been freelance again since April, even if working almost full-time hours for … Continue reading →

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Six years!

Posted on 18/06/2013 by alexcase

The stats: 1490 posts 1312 pages (mainly worksheets) 5378 comments about 5 million page views 650,000 page views of the 438 posts and 139 pages of TEFLtastic spin off Japanexplained 7,480 views of the Japanexplained spin off Tips for Brits … Continue reading →

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21 resources for teaching transport vocabulary

Posted on 16/06/2013 by alexcase

To go along with my fairly popular Travel English page, I’ve created a new page dedicated to the vocabulary of transport and things related to it, including this brand new article: Teaching transport vocab to kids The worksheets etc on my … Continue reading →

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TEFL in Libya in 2013

Posted on 13/06/2013 by alexcase

While writing a TEFL Newsroom story on a recent English UK trip there, I did a bit of research of how much Libyan TEFL had recovered since the 2011 revolution/ civil war. None of the schools I contacted got back … Continue reading →

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The accusations game (TEFLtastic classics Part 15)

Posted on 11/06/2013 by alexcase

A classic Past Continuous activity with variations for Present Continuous, vocab, young learners, etc. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  Updated 9 June 2020 I’m not claiming any particular originality for the ideas I’m including … Continue reading →

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Making current affairs lessons less temporary

Posted on 10/06/2013 by alexcase

I’d always assumed that the reason why I hate teaching current affairs lessons is pure laziness, given how quickly the lesson generally becomes impossible to use with later classes. Recently, though, I’ve started to think that maybe my lack of … Continue reading →

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Further proof that CLT never had what it takes?

Posted on 07/06/2013 by alexcase

Macmillan have just sent me a PR announcement of their latest CLT title, but CLT doesn’t mean Communicative Language Teaching to Macmillan (any more?), it means Chinese Language Teaching. You can’t imagine the same doubling up happening to acronyms like … Continue reading →

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The best summary of the present learning styles situation?

Posted on 06/06/2013 by alexcase

“There is no scientific evidence to show teaching to learning styles is effective, but what it has done is encourage lots of teachers to teach using different modes of information and actually all learners benefit from having information in visual, … Continue reading →

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The most half-arsed TEFL course website page ever?

Posted on 04/06/2013 by alexcase

There ain’t much of it, so quoted in full just as on the original page: “TESOL Worldwide – Teach English in Palestine Wikipedia article – First two paragraphs – no links. Palestine (Greek: ?a?a?st???, Palaistine; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: ???????? Palestina; … Continue reading →

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Personality games/ worksheets page expanded

Posted on 04/06/2013 by alexcase

Somehow took me two and half years to add my two relevant articles, and have also put an extra three worksheets up. As well as some fun practice (including videos), I’ve also tied it in with question formation (including those … Continue reading →

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