Author Archives: alexcase

New classroom language page

Posted on 13/04/2013 by alexcase

This was briefly my chosen specialist subject, so it’s quite a big and mixed page, including: – Flashcards – Classroom worksheets – Teacher training worksheets – Lists of useful language for classroom objects, verbs you can do with them, and … Continue reading →

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Five new articles on getting published for TEFLers

Posted on 11/04/2013 by alexcase

General articles on getting published in ELT 30 ways to get ahead in ELT publishing Getting published in TEFL – why, what, where and how Getting writing work from publishers Articles on writing ELT articles How to write and publish … Continue reading →

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TEFLing without teaching

Posted on 10/04/2013 by alexcase

A guest post by newish TEFL blogger and TEFL.net reviews volunteer Jo Cummins: “About two years ago, when pregnant with my son, I gave up my teaching job and moved countries and haven’t (for reasons to lengthy too get into) … Continue reading →

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New worksheets for English Land 1 and English Land 2

Posted on 08/04/2013 by alexcase

These books are the American English versions of Pearson’s English Adventure and follow a fairly standard syllabus of colours, numbers, toys, clothes, basic adjectives etc, so hopefully useable for all kinds of other courses too. Arranged here by how generally useful … Continue reading →

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Why does free con continue?

Posted on 04/04/2013 by alexcase

I’ve taught plenty of students whose progress stopped years ago but still insist on the same “method” of chatting on random topics in class, and few if any where it was the best possible way of improving their English in … Continue reading →

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Discussion questions for brainstorming (or brainstorming for discussion questions)

Posted on 03/04/2013 by alexcase

Another one of those things that are so simple that it’s difficult to believe I’d never come across them or come up with them before. Simply design discussion questions to also be used after to brainstorm specific vocabulary. For example, … Continue reading →

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Longer phrases games (TEFLtastic classics Part 12)

Posted on 02/04/2013 by alexcase

Updated version of this post with more worksheets and explanation here. In my endless quest to get students using higher level functional language, I invented this simple but popular game. Students match up beginnings and ends of useful phrases, then … Continue reading →

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My lesson planning process

Posted on 27/03/2013 by alexcase

How I plan lessons: 1. Look at the next thing in the textbook and think “That’s shit. What were they thinking publishing that? And what the hell I am supposed to do with it?” 2. Get a cup of tea … Continue reading →

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EFL textbook editions between editions

Posted on 25/03/2013 by alexcase

Mistakes in EFL textbooks like wrong answer keys and typos are nothing new, though I’d swear they are becoming more common. There has also been a totally new (for me?) variation in the last couple of years: – I’m reading … Continue reading →

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Cutting Edge worksheets pages sorted (finally)

Posted on 24/03/2013 by alexcase

As usual, after a long wait now much better than they were back on TEFL.net. Mainly for New Cutting Edge Intermediate, but also Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Upper and Advanced: Cutting Edge games/ worksheets pages

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