Author Archives: alexcase

The Experimental Language School (Random Ideas to Change TEFL Part 11)

Posted on 03/06/2013 by alexcase

The latest in a very occasional series of ideas to reform the world of TEFL and/ or make some cash that I lack the dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit to do myself and therefore offer for free to the first person … Continue reading →

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Rotating revision board game (TEFLtastic classics Part 14)

Posted on 31/05/2013 by alexcase

This is both one of my favourite TEFL board games and one of my favourite revision games. If you like this and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Updated 13 December 2021 There are two variations to this game, one of … Continue reading →

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Teaching turn taking (interrupting etc)

Posted on 28/05/2013 by alexcase

New stuff: Article How to teach turn taking Turn taking worksheets Make turn taking phrases from key words Interrupting key words cards speaking game Turn taking roleplays Turn taking politeness competition speaking game Other worksheets including turn taking Post-discussion discussion … Continue reading →

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12 extended speaking activities

Posted on 22/05/2013 by alexcase

with 31 worksheets. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. This was the first TEFLtastic Classic I wrote about, and it has turned out to be such a classic since then that when I went back … Continue reading →

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Teaching headlines vocabulary

Posted on 20/05/2013 by alexcase

It’s my latest big thing, so quite a bit of stuff. Links near the top are new. Article Teaching headlines language Worksheets Headlines vocabulary guess the story and Version 2 Headlines vocabulary extended speaking and test each other Headlines vocabulary Strong … Continue reading →

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3D printers for TEFL

Posted on 15/05/2013 by alexcase

It’s obviously not going to happen for a while, but 3D printing strikes me as a rare example of technology in TEFL that I could go for. There must be other uses, but the main thing I imagine is being … Continue reading →

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22 politeness competition games (TEFLtastic Classics Part 13)

Posted on 14/05/2013 by alexcase

The most fun and intensive way of practising formality. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  An easy to organise and fun game  for all kinds of polite language. Students choose one of the rude sentences … Continue reading →

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Activities for this/ that/ these/ those

Posted on 13/05/2013 by alexcase

Updated 14 May 2018 All these links now also on the index page on this topic here. Related pages Plural nouns page It is/ They are page Articles on teaching this/ that/ these/ those How to teach this/ that/ these/ … Continue reading →

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Have you really been nominated for Top 100 Language Lovers 2013?

Posted on 09/05/2013 by alexcase

I’m very suspicious that these kinds of competitions are just to publicise the sites the lists are put on. I was even more suspicious when I received the email telling me I’d been nominated on the first day of the … Continue reading →

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Teaching checking/ confirming/ clarifying

Posted on 07/05/2013 by alexcase

I seem to be starting all my articles with slight variations on “… is an important point which needs teaching more and/ or better”, but I really really mean it with phrases like “What does… mean?”, “Can you repeat that … Continue reading →

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