Author Archives: alexcase

New Cambridge English materials in 2013

Posted on 21/01/2013 by alexcase

Here’s the first of the usual annual lists that I make up for TEFL.net reviewers and also post here for people with a more general interest in what is going on in ELT publishing. Notable features: Loads of Academic English stuff … Continue reading →

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Hiberno English to become official language of EU after Brexit

Posted on 18/01/2013 by alexcase

Not only is annoying the British the only reason for the French blocking English as the official language of the EU, they have found a way of finally accepting the inevitable while pissing the UK off still further by preparing … Continue reading →

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New germ free classrooms scrapped after scandal

Posted on 17/01/2013 by alexcase

Earlier this winter, one of the big two Japanese Eikaiwa (English conversation school) chains launched bacteria- and pollen-free teaching and learning booths with a loud speaker and pane of glass between the student and teacher, apparently inspired by prison interview … Continue reading →

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Taking the Cambridge Delta in 2013

Posted on 15/01/2013 by alexcase

There are many caveats about the list below (see the bottom for them), but what I can say is that it is much better than the information available on the actual Cambridge ESOL website, where about 50% of the links … Continue reading →

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Has TEFL International been taken over by ITTT?

Posted on 14/01/2013 by alexcase

It would be big news if it were true, because they are two of the many organisations claiming to be the biggest in some way – ITTT the biggest online provider with 100,000 graduates and TI the biggest face to … Continue reading →

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Describing your week/ your weekend activities

Posted on 10/01/2013 by alexcase

All 27 worksheets now together for the first time here: Your week/ Your weekend photocopiables

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My TEFLtastic year

Posted on 07/01/2013 by alexcase

TEFLtastic was started about five and half years ago just as somewhere for me to put links to my articles etc elsewhere, and only accidentally became an actual blog. Despite almost going back to that original purpose recently due to … Continue reading →

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TEFLtastic attempts at humour in 2012

Posted on 06/01/2013 by alexcase

In approximate order of how much interest they got when they first went up: Official launch of English Teaching Amateur magazine A special code for remembering students’ details Re-label your teaching 20 useful articles you won’t see in TEFL publications … Continue reading →

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TPR in adult classes

Posted on 04/01/2013 by alexcase

Gestures and body languages in adult EFL classes, mostly to teach other language. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  Although Total Physical Response started as a methodology for teaching adults, the term TPR is nowadays mainly used as a way … Continue reading →

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Grammar games/ photocopiables pages finally all sorted

Posted on 31/12/2012 by alexcase

Took me a while, but as a late Xmas present I’ve finally got all the pages in my most popular section sorted. Maybe in 2013 I’ll manage to get some of the many readers I lost in 2012 back… Communication … Continue reading →

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