Author Archives: alexcase

Applying to write for ELT publishers links

Posted on 03/03/2013 by alexcase

I’m writing an article on this, which I’ll link to when it’s up. In the meantime… Advice on sending unsolicited applications/ proposals Submitting material to a publisher http://www.webofenglish.co.uk/submit.htm A Decent Proposal by Neil Wood, Managing Editor for Business English, ESP … Continue reading →

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Could SEO make strong collocations stronger?

Posted on 02/03/2013 by alexcase

When I was updating the post below listing all and every ELT publisher, I also changed its name from “Full list of ELT publishers” to “Complete list of ELT publishers” as it seemed something that people would be very slightly … Continue reading →

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Teaching the Academic Word List (AWL)

Posted on 28/02/2013 by alexcase

New article on the topic here: How to teach the Academic Word List – LINK UPDATED One of my main tips in the article is to combine the vocab with phrases they will also need, as I’ve tried to do in … Continue reading →

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Complete list of ELT publishers 4th draft

Posted on 28/02/2013 by alexcase

I investigated this for a workshop I gave and all the lists online seem to be out of date, so here are all the ones I could find divided by size/ influence. If I’ve wrongly classified any or if you … Continue reading →

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15 links for teaching requests and offers

Posted on 26/02/2013 by alexcase

Teaching requests being especially important for an L1-lite classroom. Page now including an article on how to do so and four new worksheets, with at least two more to come shortly: Requests and offers activities

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Proof of acceptance of English as a Lingua Franca?

Posted on 26/02/2013 by alexcase

The recorded announcements in the Heathrow Terminal 5 monorail have a distinct Eastern European accent, if one that is a lot easier to understand than most British accents would be (perhaps the reason for it?) Any other evidence for or against … Continue reading →

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My 25 articles on using ELT materials now all together

Posted on 25/02/2013 by alexcase

Adapting textbooks, bringing dictionaries and graded readers into class, etc, etc Using published materials articles page 

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My 14 articles on teaching technology now in one place

Posted on 24/02/2013 by alexcase

People who read the blog more than my articles might imagine that my advice on teaching with technology is just “Don’t”, but hopefully it’s a bit more nuanced than that… Teaching with technology articles Also added some blog posts to … Continue reading →

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27 links for teaching animals

Posted on 23/02/2013 by alexcase

Two articles of mine on the topic plus worksheets, flashcards, songs, online games and stories together for the first time here: Animals teaching ideas and materials

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New Pearson ELT titles in 2013

Posted on 09/02/2013 by alexcase

Noticeable stuff: 3rd edition of Cutting Edge (could the tasks finally be interesting??), quite a lot of academic English stuff (probably aimed at American market), and nice to see that the Longman name still survives (just). If you want to … Continue reading →

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